Back in 2009, I got the inspiration to make an elegant, Amano-inspired version with my own elements of Rosa after I started playing the Nintendo DS remake, and realized the new CG version just did not do proper justice to the beauty of her original design. I started collecting fabrics, beads, and patterns 8 months prior to the finished product, and when I voiced wanting an extended deadline to better do all the little details, Yunie kindly joined in to be my beautiful Rydia.
Probably the most detailed costume I’ve done, and that’s saying a lot considering Alexiel’s wings are over 900 hand trimmed feathers. There’s over 40 hours of beading were put into the corset, crown, and cape drapery that don’t always photograph.
Shoulder armor was made of polyunthane, plaster, linen, and a satin. This made the plates more bendable, but that way I could accent the fabric with beads, and I always imagined white mages to be in leather armor rather than metal. Wig is from Cyperous, but I assumed it would be a more yellow-blonde shade rather than honey hue, though I decided to stay with it due to the lovely texture. So I probably have the darkest Rosa hair ever worn, deal with it.