Stocking wig from a NZ store?

By Senia. 03/07/11, 06:26 pm

My parents are well.. uh.. against eBay and overseas sites for buying things online. Worried about getting ripped off, I guess.

Could anyone direct me towards a New Zealand cosplay/wig site selling Stocking's wig?
Anything under $70 would be great, but I'm willing to pay more if its necessary.

Something like this?

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By Pura. 03/07/11, 06:59 pm

I don't think any stores in NZ sell Stocking's wig. Stores sell plain ones mostly, and if it's a coloured one it's generally a party wig.

When do you need it by? People sometimes do overseas group orders, so it's essentially getting it in NZ Razz

By **Riven_**. 03/07/11, 07:26 pm

Could you provide a picture of the kind of wig you're looking for? There are wig sellers in NZ and you could probably find something similar looking.
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By Senia. 03/07/11, 07:29 pm

By **Riven_**. 03/07/11, 07:36 pm

Awesome! And wow! Good looking wig!
I haven't seen any wigs exactly like that, but you could buy two long wigs (one dark blue, one pink) and sew them together with the blue on top and the pink on the bottom?

What Pura was talking about is groups of people buying wigs from overseas sellers in a group (everyone telling one person what they want, then that one person puts the order in). It works out pretty cheap for postage, and because a lot of people are buying together, you can ask which wig shops overseas are reliable/good quality.
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By Senia. 03/07/11, 07:45 pm

By firecat70. 03/07/11, 08:06 pm

What I did was get the blue/purple wig then sew pink extensions underneath.

By Senia. 03/07/11, 08:30 pm

By Pixel. 03/07/11, 09:10 pm

I think you should go with the group order idea! It doesnt cost too much and if you get the wig from a good store then it will be a really nice quality~

By Senia. 03/07/11, 09:15 pm

By Pixel. 03/07/11, 09:27 pm

Wait until someone in the marketplace creates a thread, someone will probably create one in a month or two because Auckland Armageddon is nearing perhaps....^^

By **Duckeh**. 03/07/11, 09:31 pm

You could always look into dying the wig! Dying is really easy and you get pretty colours out of it.
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By Pura. 03/07/11, 11:36 pm

Ohhh, you could get a long blonde wig and get pink and purple sharpies/shurpies (if you're budget) and colour the wig in with sharpies (it's a well used method, haha).

Yeah, people have done wig orders from Taobao (Chinese site like eBay) where the wigs are only like $20 with about $10 shipping roughly. But you'd have to wait until someone starts one up. I miiiight be doing another after Overload and before Auckgeddon, but it might just end up being a private thing because it's a big job ;;

By Senia. 04/07/11, 04:18 pm

By brunetteyes. 30/07/11, 10:28 pm

For such a long wig the sharpie method would take a long time. No.9 coloured a shoulder length wig with sharpies and it took her 3hrs.

I'd suggest the FW ink method. it looks pretty simple, much faster, and it looks to still leave most of the shine and softness. I think you can get a bottle for about $10 at an art supplies website.