Isabelle Lightwood from Shadowhunters

Character Name: Isabelle Lightwood
Series: Shadowhunters
Specifics: inspired by her looks in season two
Cost: ~$80
Time: 2 weeks
Started: August 2017
Completed: August 2017
Debuted: FanExpo 2017


References

Please see this tumblr and my runes guide for references.


Gallery



Photo credits: Becky


Costume Information

As I was marathoning the first two seasons of the Shadowhunters TV series, I realized that I really wanted to cosplay Isabelle. I love her character, I enjoy most of her outfits, and I look an itsy-bitsy bit like her.

I decided against trying to cosplay her exactly like she is in the show, and instead of trying to accurately re-create her looks, I made up a look that I felt looked like something Izzy would wear. I did this because I wanted this to be a fun costume that was easy for me to make, rather than something stressful.

First off, her runes were a big part of this costume. I made a guide detailing how I made her runes. This guide explains how I figured out what her runes were, made her runes, and applied her runes. The rest of the costume was relatively straight forward.

I bought the boots and the dress dress. The dress was originally about four inches longer and I hemmed it shorter. For Izzy's silver snake bracelet, I found the exact bracelet they use in the show on AliExpress but it couldn't ship in time for the con I wanted to wear it to. Luckily, I found a silver snack bracelet at a local dollar store. It was a little too loose, so I spent an hour bending it into a tighter shape. The necklace was the generic Izzy necklace they sell on AliExpress and eBay.



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