I am a fan of ninjas and Japanese culture, so I decided to make a handmade Kunoichi (female Ninja) costume. I drew a sketch of what the costume would ideally look like, then took a three week period to put it together. First, I had to order the 51′ purple wig from China (Kanekalon wigs are look best, $30).
For the outfit: I made the mask with black canvas cloth, I dyed a white karate gi greyish black then cut and sewed it to form-fit my torso ($15), I cut the feet off of a pair of knee-high leather boots to make the leather shin guards. Underneath I wore a black top and leggings with open lace on the side.
I finished it off with Tabi socks ($2), thong sandals (that I hot glued purple and black strips of fabric onto) ($3), a purple satin sash found at a martial arts store ($6), fishnet arm warmers ($5) and boxing hand wraps ($10) (tied over the fishnet on my arms).
Altogether I paid about $75 for this handmade Kunoichi (female Ninja) costume (note: excluding the costume eye contacts, which were bought years ago), and put about 3 hours of work into it. Not bad for an awesome result that impressed at the Anime convention and Halloween Parade in NYC!
Where did you purchase the karate gi? Is it a jacket?