The Covey Clan: XENA- The Warrior Princess DIY

Shawn decided to make this for me.. since I was struggling.. really, REALLY bad. He used 2 wire coat hangers, floral wire, and masking tape and created this, MASTERPIECE!
He used the coat hangers for the cups and the base, so basically the outline. Then he filled in the rest with floral wire creating the shapes for the holes, and making the cups for the top. Then he covered the whole thing in masking tape. Rolling it to create the cool shapes, then taping over it and pinching around it! I wish I had a picture
with just the wire.

After he did that, I finished the designs on it since it was like 10:45 pm and we both had to work this morning. Then after that I spray painted it gold. I tackled the spray paint portion at 12:45 am outside in my stairwell after we had a good inch or so of snow. Fun filled. :) Now will be the task of attaching it all to me...

We ended up one strip of thick black elastic to the back of this to make it sit well on me.

We made the skirt of with 3x17" pieces of fabric cut to points, and then I sewed a stud to the end of each. We put it on a 3 inch waist band, and darted the back (since I have a tiny waist and big hips) Then it just velcroed together. The top was the hardes part. I bought a bustier thingy from walmart and we sewed the fake leather to the top of it. The back was still the black mesh, because if we covered it, it would not stretch enough to be wearable by any normal sized human being. We made straps and shoulder guards with the scrap fabric. I cut out pieces and put velcro on them for armbands. I made a stencil for the patterns on them, and used gold spray paint to make the designs.

Next was makeup! My favorite part. I did my hair like I do everyday, because I just so happen to have a Xena haircut, and then did bronzer under the cheek bones, a black smokey eye, and toffee colored lipstick.