I got my sister hooked on this show, and she fell quickly for Kraehe. I proposed a skit for us to do, barely getting past “Princess Tutu” before she said yes. And then the challenges came. She wanted it actually backless and somehow I had to make sure all this tutu fit underneath Rue’s school uniform. As information about how to make transformation dresses is hard to come by, I had to get experimental and creative for this one.

Related tutorials

Rue

• Adding stripes and details with satin ribbon
• Tear-away transformation dress for short dresses

Kraehe

• Felt wig alternative for short-haired characters
• Lets make fake tatas!
• Making a fluffy idol petticoat on a budget
• Making Kraehe’s backless corset

Related primers

• Cutting chiffon and voile with a soldering iron for the feather trim
• Fabric crash course: acrylic felt

Competition info

My sister and I performed our skit at Anime Los Angeles 2023. I wanted to do something a bit different, so I planned out an entire skit where Kraehe regrets poisoning Mytho’s heart and only seeks love. We won runner up for dramatic performance for our skit.

build book

These are the build books. Plural. So much work went into making this transformation dress I had to split Rue and Kraehe into their own build books. Many of the techniques have been turned into tutorials above.

Competition gallery

Several of these were taken as screenshots from the YouTube video of the competition. These are placed in the order of how they were performed

Cosplay gallery