Luna (Human Form) from Bishoujo Senshi SailormoonS: The Movie

Debuted: Summer 2012

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Luna is a guardian cat sent to Earth to help the Senshi learn about who they were and who they are meant to become. She lives with Usagi (Sailormoon) and is often seen in every episode of the series. In the movie for the S season, Luna falls in love with an astronomer and wishes to become a human to tell him how she feels. Her wish is granted, but as a human she decides to let her love interest go and finds new respect for her cat form and her cat lover, Artemis.

 How I Made It

The yellow dress is sewn from Casa Satin material. The skirt is created with yards of black tulle (as is the back bow and front flower designs) and yards of purple organza fabric. The back of the skirt is actually over 60" long, and can be bustled up beneath the yellow dress with snaps so that it doesn't drag on the floor, but can also be left down for photos. The yellow neck ribbon and yellow shoulder straps are simply 1" yellow ribbon sewn in place (the bow on the neck ribbon is sewn in place and the back has a snap attached for ease of on/off). The wig had the bangs cut and styled and the hair buns were added and styled by myself. All jewelry (necklace, earrings, anklet) were hand-crafted by myself using gold embroidery thread, gold metal beads, pearls, and yellow clay for each moon (which was painted gold after it had been baked). The moon on my forehead is painted on.

For creativity sake (and to make the back of the dress look more interesting) I've sewn pearls along the bottom of the purple layer. I think it picks up on the pearls of the jewelry and looks really fantastic. I love being able to give my own personal touch to a classic costume.

 Images taken by Brian Aufiero