I absolutely adore the design black lady has, and I really wanted to make it for a long time now. I never really cared for chibi usa's character, but I love her little story as black lady.

About the costume- I knew exactly what I wanted; a velvet that had a red tint to it for the fabric to create the dress out of. It literally took me 9 months to find this velvet, it was 20$ per yard =XXXX!!! but there was no way i wasn't buying it, it was perfect. The black cuffs and collar are also velvet with gems placed on top of them. The whole dress is fully lined too! This was my first time working with sheer material and i absolutely hated it with a passion! But i managed and really like how the top, and under skirt look. I also have my shawl, which was also made with sheer fabric. I decided to create the pearly straps you see in one of the artbook images of wicked lady, i thought it was a cute detail to add. Also have the black moon earrings too. And last but certainly not least, the wig. I bought an innocent wig, and the extensions, but i only had 2 weeks before anime expo, and a whole bunch of costume stuff to finish. I've never touched a wig before and this one scared me to be my first, so windofthestars offered to do it for me, and takes wig commissons!