Cat girl costumes can be made up of only the ears and tail and cat-like mannerisms.
When becoming a cat girl for cosplay, your costume can be as simple or as wild as you want. The cat girl persona can be individual to you, but if you're portraying a specific character, such as the anime character Nuku Nuku, you can copy her dress sense and mannerisms for a perfect interpretation. Alternately, work from a picture of the cat girl character you wish to portray or design your own personal cat girl and let your imagination run riot. Cat girls are generally kitten-type characters, that use their sexuality as part of their powerful or superhero like qualities, so you can use feminine fabrics, styles and mannerisms to boost your persona to the next level.
Instructions
1. Choose a basis for your costume. This does not have to be cat-related, but can be a copy of a favorite character's dress sense. For example, Nuku Nuku wears a short blue pleated skirt, a white blouse with a blue trim and a yellow scarf-like tie on the neck. She also wears sneakers and short white socks. For a more straightforward cat costume, wear a tight-fitting black long-sleeved top and black leggings.
2. Find an appropriate wig to suit your cat girl persona. For example, Nuku Nuku has thick pinky-red hair with a fringe. Her hair is long enough to reach her waist. Long, thick feminine hair is generally used to boost the attractiveness of cat girl costumes.
3. Style your face to be more Japanese-looking if you are going for an anime character or more cat-like if you are aiming for a more feline appearance. Clear skin, wide eyes, long eyelashes and brightly colored eyes are common features of cat girls. Use pale foundation, black mascara and black eyeliner with a flick out past the outer edge of your eye to achieve the look. Consider using colored contact lenses to boost the contrast of your eyes with your heavily made-up face if necessary.
4. Cut triangles of cardboard out to act as the base for your ears. Make the edges rounder towards the top to mimic the curve of a cat's ears.
5. Cover the triangles with fur, glue the fur on and sew the edges together. Use a lighter color of fur to create the inside of the ears if you prefer. Sew the base of the ears, curving the base slightly inwards, onto the headband. Cut holes in the wig to allow the ears to stick through without exposing the headband underneath.
6. Unfold a thin metal wire hanger to use as the backbone of your tail, if your character requires a tail. Fold the ends of the wire back on each other and twist together to avoid having two sharp ends. Cover the wire with your fur, wrapping multiple times if necessary to create the desired thickness, and sew the loose edges together. Sew one end of the tail onto the back of your costume. Alternately, sew the tail onto a belt and make the belt part of the costume. Bend the tail outwards halfway down to create a natural cat look.
