NAME OF CHARACTER: Sakura Kinomoto ANIME SERIES: Card Captor Sakura COSTUME STATUS: 90% made by Claudine Roselle Puente COSTUME DEBUT: Otakon 2001 DETAILS: I always wanted to dress up as Sakura, just for the heck of it.  What baffles me is that almost everyone who cosplays as Card Captor Sakura wears either the Neko Costume and the Pink Costume.  For Christ's sakes, people!  Stop it.  I've only seen one person wear the burglar costume, and maybe 2 or 3 people wearing the angel costume.  I chose the Jester costume because... well, it's blue.  Do I have to go into detail about that again? *laughs* Okay, the white dress is made of white felt.  Yeah, you kind of get the idea that I was very fond of felt back in the days.  Nowadays, I use felt for trimmings or designs.  Who knows?  I might go back to using it.  *shrugs*  Both the hat and the boots are made of felt.  For the boots, I pulled my white socks over, since I didn't have time to make the white trim.  Hey, it worked out pretty well.  Who needs the trim?  I added bells to the hat, the dress, and the boots.  It's a nice look, but the jingle jangle gets annoying after a while. :p   The only part of the costume that's bought is the royal blue leotard.  The staff was made from a wooden dowel and a styrofoam ring, painted in hot pink tempera paint, and glossed as a finishing touch.  The wings on the staff's ring and the star in the middle are made from foamies.  The star was painted with gold tempera paint, and glossed. :)  Last but not least, the Kero Chan stuffed animal (not to make fun of Kero-chan) that I have around my shoulder is actually a purse, that can only be purchased from Japan.  My ex gave him to me since he knew that I liked Card Captor Sakura. :)