well...it'd depend on your sewing skills. the school uniform, unless you buy something similar, is going to be a bit more difficult for the pleating. The shinigami one is the easiest(lots of rectangles), the white outfit the hardest.

you make a good point!
my sewing skills are... more-or-less non-existant at this point
>.<
i'm working on it though!

well, if you swing that way, you can buy most of them. but I think if you want to make it I'd tackle the shinigami one first, there's a milllllllion tutorials on how to make it.

awesome, that's really good to know!
if i can make the costume myself, i can probably afford a better wig
which is the important part for me 'cause i can't do the hair-dying thing anymore
my hair is fried XD

yeah, I have a loooooot of wigs cause I'm not willing to kill my hair. But yeah, gimme a sec and I can find the step by steps on it(so you can have them should you want them).

when buying a wig, BUY A WIG CAP wig caps are your best friend

that'd be totally sweet
yeah, i was born with grey hair so i've been colouring my hair since high school (kids are cruel, especially at all-girls schools)
but now i stick to my "natural" colour (ie the bits that aren't grey) which is dark brown-black
it's still damaging but it's a lot LESS damaging than the pinks and reds i used to go for
and i figure it evens out when you take into account that i don't ever use heat on my hair

I just dyed my hair red

M'kay, the tops tutorial
And the hakama pastern I can't find...I'll update when I find it...

And I'm sorta jealous your hair is already grey....I don't know if I"ll ever go that way thanks to my genes.

Edit

Hah found it!

i love red hair
i'd kill to be a ginger
but my natural colour is so dark that even in-salon i have to bleach twice before i can go red :(

Fey - oooh thanks!
i'm really lucky there. if my gran and my mom are and indication, i'll go white-grey fairly early, which is AWESOME.

Sadly, my maternal side is too blonde to go grey and my paternal side didn't go grey at all...but I"ll live with it I guess...my herd of wigs will keep my need to have different hair colours in check.

wigs are awesome :)

I've got nearly thirty at the moment...and I need mooooooar(which is the thruth, I need them for other costumes LOL)

wow... that's a lot of wigs...
i don't have any (being new to it and all)
i wore one once at a silly costume party
but it was one of those really poor quality synthetic ones and it was bugging me so i ditched it within seconds XD

lol, I am lucky, I live between three wig stores for natural coloured ones and have a great webpage I like to order my other coloured/styled ones from.

that IS lucky!
anyway, i should head to bed now. thanks for all your advice and stuff! :)