- More photos to come at a later date, it was a very hectic day at Expo so I didn't manage to get to do a proper photoshoot - I also left some of the jewellery at home *fail* -

Final Fantasy IX was my favourite game as a kid and has remained my favourite FF game throughout the years, ever since I started cosplay Garnet's coronation dress has always been a dream cosplay. And I made it back in May 08! However I wasn't very pleased with it and knew I could do better now that I know what I'm doing, so I decided to go crazy and remake it! And that's the biggest mistake I've ever made in my cosplaying life.......

I used a McCalls pattern for the bodice and extended it to make it a one piece, then I changed the top so that it made a 'V' shape. The overdress took pretty much half the time to embroider - much like my first version of the dress the embroidery design is my own variation because of the unclear FMV clips.

There's a four-hooped skirt with a handmade petticoat sewn on to keep the dress' shape. The underskirt was a pain to drape properly, seriously! It's like I have an inability to hem circles/ovals, I got there eventually but it was still time-consuming and down right annoying. For the fleur-de-lis pattern I made a stencil and used it to paint it on using acrylic [too cheap to buy pots and pots of fabric paint! Acrylic works just as well ohohoho].

The gloves were reused from my old version only they're altered to be more accurate. Arm jewellery were also reused from my old version because I ran out *coughtoolazycough* of time to make new ones.

The crown I made first time round and it didn't fall apart [despite me dropping it accidentally, woops]. It's pleased me, thank God for the creation of craft foam! I used black craft foam as the base and built up the design with model magic which was then painted using acrylics. The crown was then hot glued onto a black headband and chains were also glued on.

The barrette was made from craft foam which was painted with gold acrylic. To attach it to my hair I used a real barrette as a base, glued velcro onto it and also the inside of the craft foam barrette and put the two together! It stays on perfectly~

Waist jewellery and necklace were also reused from my old version! I DID find a more accurate pendant which was only £10, but I honestly didn't want to splash out that much because I know I probably won't rewear this much - much like all my other costumes!