Best Of Show (Akon 2003)

I've always loved this particular Rosiel outfit, as it has more details than the simple black Atziluth uniform he wears at the beginning of the manga, a real status symbol proving that Rosiel finally climbed his way back up the food chain as Lord of Heaven, Sevothart finally out of his way. Since I found the perfect purple vinyl on sale at $3 a yard at my local fabric store, how could I resist making it? To accessorize (and since I needed a weapon for the battle-heavy skit that was planned) I made a banner with the "Black Sword", the emblem of Rosiel's personal army.

This costume was a lot of work, and had to be hand-sewn due to the thickness of the vinyl. The coat is fully lined, the cuffs are beaded, and the striped ribbon is in fact a number of ribbons sewn together. There are 20 hand cut and sewn white crosses on the coat, a little original touch (the cross is the logo from Lost Angel Artbook) to make the movement of the coat more visible onstage. The cloak -also fully lined- can be worn with or without wings. As far as the colour scheme, I chose OAV colours for the coat, since it's obviously not black as the thigh-highs are black and the uniform shaded gray, and it looks like a more elaborate version of the OAV uniform.

One detail I always loved about this costume was Lucifer's "soul" hanging from Rosiel's frilly vinyl garter belt. While it never ended up sitting right for pictures, it was still lovely, and is an exact replica of the one in the manga. The detailwork on this costume was painstaking, down to the smallest details of the medal and the rank insignia, the ear-rings, the hair-bow, and the shirt and vinyl tie under the trench.

The photos at left feature Katan (costume by Rosiel), Koumori as Jibril and Khamryn as Lucifel.