Costumes for Cats

Due to me just graduating from college and now being cheap (and considering most costumes for girls my age are $$$ or cheap n crappy or slutty) I decided to make a homemade costume.

I decided on the Cheshire cat from Alice and Wonderland. I bought a black and purple striped shirt to wear over black leggings with black boots. I just need ears and a tail. Unfortunately, I came up with the idea at a store and totally messed up the colors…the cat is pink and purple, not purple and black. I’m afraid nobody will know who I am supposed to be.

Should I buy pink and white cat ears (google cheshire cat ears)? Will it clash badly with the purple/black shirt? Should I just get purple cat ears? Wear pink/black tights instead? Wear pink tights? I’m at a loss!
Here are the ears I was talking about:

http://www.halloweencostumes.com/cheshire-cat-ears-tail.html

Here’s the purple/black shirt: http://www.target.com/Mossimo-Black-Stripe-Shirttail-Purple/dp/B003PIX2VI/ref=br_1_3?ie=UTF8&node=2182523011&sessionID=190-7002794-7369267&searchSize=30&searchView=grid3&searchPage=1&sr=1-3&qid=1287799107&rh=target_com_brand-bin%3AMossimo%20Black&searchBinNameList=target_com_category-bin%2Cstyle_name%2Csleeve_type%2Ccollar_style-bin%2Clifestyle-bin%2Ctarget_com_size-bin%2Cprice%2Ctarget_com_brand-bin&searchRank=salesrank&frombrowse=1
I KNOW the cheshire cat is purple/pink….that’s the problem. I originally thought it was purple/black, so I bought stuff for that. I just don’t know if I had pink to it if it’ll look bad.

Basically, I want to know if the stuff in the links I added match or not lol.

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No witches, ghosts, skeletons, pumpkins or anything common. No Princess costumes or animals (like a cute cat, but no). Nothing like a character from Hairpray, harry Potter, or High School Musical/Camp Rock. Nothing horror or adult-ish. No fairies. Something unusual and unique. I am 12.
Once I was a pumpkin, it was cute! And a candy corn!
Those are cool, and un-common.
This costume should be unusual but on a website or in a catalog.
Thanks!!

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Can you help me find it please?

It was like this girl who was looking for a costume and they all said "sexy cat" "sexy princess" etc. and this little boy was looking at costumes that said "batman" "firefighter" "ninja" etc.

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I’m no sewing-expert, nor I have any good experience with sewing (Maybe a little bit in school) but I’m curious- what sort of materials do people use to sew costumes? And by costumes, I don’t mean those cheap renting costumes, I mean what those female fantasy/comic/video game characters wear such as Harley Quinn, Catwoman, Black Cat, Poison Ivy, Batgirl, etc. Do they wear the cotton type or those swimsuit kinda fabric? Is it easy to make? Please elaborate more. I’m excited to hear about it.
I’m no sewing-expert, nor I have any good experience with sewing (Maybe a little bit in school) but I’m curious- what sort of materials do people use to sew costumes? And by costumes, I don’t mean those cheap renting costumes, I mean what those female fantasy/comic/video game characters wear such as Harley Quinn, Catwoman, Black Cat, Poison Ivy, Batgirl, etc. Do they wear the cotton type or those swimsuit kinda fabric? Is it easy to make? Please elaborate more. I’m excited to hear about it.

Updated note: Thanks for the feedback. What about the swimsuit materials? What is it called and is it useful to create a real catsuit-like costumes like in the comics?

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I’ve been searching, I’m looking for one like this:

http://yumekuri.nobody.jp/eng/disp-photo.html?p=ena/6011.jpg

(That picture is really creepy, I know. But that is what I’m looking for)

I’m trying to make a black cat costume. I’d prefer vinyl, though the cut is what I really like.

Black Cat:

http://media.photobucket.com/image/black%20cat%20costume/crankleft/comiccon2007_costumes/costume42.jpg

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My dance academy is doing Alice in Wonderland for our recital theme and the girls in my pointe class are being the Cheshire Cats.. Any ideas for costumes??

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Hey~,

So, our school is producing a play based on the famous children’s tale, Puss in Boots. I am in charge of the art department, and I’m wondering where I can find a good costume for Puss. She is female, about 5′ 4” , and is quite busty. Are there any costumes out there? We were hoping for the costume to be orange and cream coloured, like in Shrek, or something of the like.

I could possibly sew something, but fur fabric is quite pricey, especially if we want it striped orange and cream…

If there aren’t any found, could you give me some ideas on how to sew it/make it?

Thank you all in advance~! <3

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Which Halloween Costume?

http://www.spirithalloween.com/product/night-watch-costume/

http://www.partycity.com/product/costumes+%26+accessories/teen+girls/see+all/the+cheshire+cat+costume+teen.do?sortby=bestSellers&page=2

or

http://www.partycity.com/product/costumes+%26+accessories/teen+girls/see+all/harajuku+girl+costume+girl.do?sortby=bestSellers&page=3

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