We’ve seen several tutorials on the internet and Youtube that show how to make cosplay boots, thigh-high boots, etc, and honestly we’ve always been a bit underwelmed.
The material never integrates with the shoe or boot all that well, and it tends to look amature and home-made. Complain no more! Whitney Lu created one of the sickest looking pair of DIY Balengencia legging boots that we have ever seen. Oh, and she models it like a runway model.
Check out her boots as well as how she made it at Whitney’s YouTube Channel:
The key is how she takes apart the shoe and attaches the fabric around it. While other tutorials typically try to mold the fabric around a high heel or boot, Whitney actually rips the shoes into pieces in order to get the best integration with the fabric.
She shows you would to pin the material to the upper part of the shoe, and then re-attach the lower part of the shoe back. A critical step in making the finished product look showroom bought.
Legging boots are awesome because who likes to see those unsightly lines that are created when the shoe / boot / heel transitions to a legging. We wonder what’s next? Catsuit boots? Oh definitely!
BTW – we’ll be coming out with a women’s’ custom-fit catsuit sewing pattern within the next couple months. Be sure to check in with us to find out when it goes live! And if that’s not your thing, email sales@MJTrends.com your ideas for what you’d like to make and we’ll create a custom-fit sewing pattern from your drawings, pictures, or descriptions – at no cost!
I’ve tried those usual cosplay boot methods and always get that awkward ankle line, so the pinning and reattaching step she shows here feels like the missing piece.
Whitney modeling them like a runway piece really sold how polished they look, but the real trick seems to be integrating the fabric with the upper before rebuilding the sole.
What stood out to me was her decision to actually take the shoe apart instead of stretching fabric over it, which is probably why the finish looks so seamless and not like typical DIY attempts.
Very good write-up. I absolutely appreciate this site.
Keep it up!
Estanozolol
The idea of eliminating that harsh transition between shoe and legging is huge, and ripping the shoe apart honestly makes more sense now that I see how clean the result is.