Lei Fang - Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore

Worn by: Dahlia Complete: July 2003 Status: Retired Photos: Photos 1 & 6 courtesy Kyle @ Cosplay.com.  Photos 2-5 courtesy Eurobeat King @ Cosplay.com.

The dress is made of red satin using a regular ol' Mandarin dress pattern. The phoenix is hand-painted with gold paint that was approved for fabric. Dahlia used reference images from both DOA 2 and 3, and added some of her own personal flair. It's edged in gold bias tape. The cuffs are made from the same materials as the dress and are also hand-painted. They close with Velcro. At AX, her own hair was long enough that she was able to simply braid that; however, at Nan Desu Kan, she had cut it some time ago, so Christine and Dahlia had to do a two-second style on an old wig in the hotel room.