Hikaru is a sweet, youthful and energetic 14 year old girl, whose life is changed forever when she is taken by a flash of light while on a school excursion on Tokyo Tower. Along with her new companions Fuu and Umi, Hikaru finds herself in Cephiro, where she must become a Legendary Magic Knight in order to save the land from destruction.

Series: Magic Knight Rayearth
Character: Shidou Hikaru
Type: Warrior (manga)
Completed: August 2010
Worn at: Manifest 2010
Cost: ~ $400

One of the most time consuming and hardest costumes to create. I also created the props and casted the crystal resins for my Fuu and Umi (photos coming soon). The sword probably took about 5 full weekends to made, the costume itself was very heavy thanks to the sheer amount of fabric I had to use to create a "flowy" effect made famous by CLAMP. I had to hand sew in the extensions to the wig, spend many weeks casting all the crystal resin, altered my boots etc. Overall, this costume is probably my current favourite. It was a labour of love.