I basically cried over this costume because of the wig.
I'm not the best at styling wigs so this was a major challenge for me.

Wig:
I used an Epic Cosplay wig which was a base wig with two buns and a 50' ponytail clip. Due to the popularity of the color most of the wigs and wefts were out of stock when I realized that the base wig was too short for what I needed. My solution was to start off by taking out all of the wefts from the ponytail clip and the wefts from the back of the base wig. From there I began to flip the wefts upside down and hand stitch them in place. I sewed them instead of gluing in case this didn't work out and it would be easier to remove. While rearranging the wefts I made sure that there was a vertical gap down the center back between the wefts in preparation for the center part. After getting about halfway down the wig, the base wig wefts were now too short to reach the height I would need for the pigtail stubbing so I pulled some wefts from my ponytail clip weft stash. I tried to limit my use of them and used the excess I cut off from the extremely long 50' wefts and used the fibers to make my own wefts. I then cut down the center back elastic, down the gap I left between the wefts, now splitting the back of the wig in two (with the front bang area still intact). From there I stitched in wefts vertically under the cut edge on both sides then rejoined the wig with a nude colored fabric to create the center back part. I also placed wefts along the bottom edge underneath in preparation for them being pulled up to cover the edge of the wig. I then pulled the fibers up to where I wanted my stubs to be, tying them off along the way, leaving the center and bottom edge for the very end. Working from the top I slowly pulled the center part fibers over, using a blowdryer to heat the fibers and get them to relax, adding them into the tied of stubs. I then did the same thing with the bottom edge as well as glued in some wefts I had made to fill in additional spots that needed more coverage. When the fibers were completely pulled up I then glued them with a clear tacky glue and let them set. As for the hair buns/odango, they came premade from Epic but I didn't like how full they were so I removed every 4th weft to decrease the size and placed them to the side for their final attachment. The tails were the ponytail clip wefts I had salvaged and sewn into their own single mass (x2) I attached an elastic to the top of the giant weft mass/tail and it simply loops over the stub on the base wig. The hair buns/odangos also simply slip over the stubs and were quickly stitched in place and can be removed quite easily if need be. For the bangs I used heat and curlers as well as adding in the salvaged wefts from the hair buns to give them a better volume. I'm still not completely happy with the bangs yet and may fiddle with them some more but I gave them the okay for now. I also would like to add the curly wisps that stem from the temple/sideburn area for my next wearing of this wig.

Costume: As for the actual costume the top is a black and white striped knit that I quickly drafted a pattern for, matched up the stripes when sewing and used bias tape and a slip/blind stitch (not exactly but similar) to finish of the hem.
The pink jumper is a full circle skirt with a waistband and bodice/top I drafted & interfaced and top stitched. I used bias tape to hem the edge of the skirt and there is an invisible zipper in the side seam as a closure. The straps are permanently attached and 4 buttons were hand sewn in place.
And my boots were something I already owned.

Prop: The umbrella is a cheap one I got off Amazon and have not yet had the chance to paint the white bunnies on but plan to do so for my next wearing of this costume.

1/10/15