As some of you have heard me say before, when CostumeCon comes to New Jersey in 2011, especially with a theme like Broadway, there is no way I'm missing out. Its so far off that I really hadn't given much thought to what I wanted to do for a costume, until today. Now, maybe I'm getting a little ahead of myself, but if its CostumeCon I really want to go all out...and well, of all places to be inspired I went to NYC today to see The Lion King on Broadway. ZOMG COSTUMES.

Anyway, the long and short of it is, I think I want to make a costume based on Nala from The Lion King. [link]

I say based on because no matter how much attention I pay to detail I will not get it all accurate, not to mention the character is, I believe, meant to be played by someone of African decent...which I clearly am not. So I think I'm going to take a few liberties with it. But I still want to try to do handbeading on the corset. I think I might come up with something a cross between her child self and adult self though for the hair/headdress and avoid the lioness headdress piece unless I really come up with something good. Plus I just LOVE the way they do young Nala's hair [link] as if her two little braid-buns are ears.