My hair is naturally dark brown and my girlfriend sprayed it with blonde temporary hair dye from Walgreens. We painted a nerf gun black and silver to make it look like Korben’s gun from the movie. I bought the jacket from old navy and the pants from K-mart. For my costume I took a white A neck ribbed tank and dyed it with goldfish orange fabric dye from Joann’s. We went as a couple, Leeloo and Korben Dallas. This costume is based on Bruce Willis’ character from the movie The Fifth Element. My boyfriend went as Korben Dallas and everyone would stop at the Halloween party and say wait! fifth element? I love that movie! This costume took the most work out of every other costume I’ve made for Halloween, but it was prob the most fun to wear. Then I traced a quarter to create the hole pattern and cut them out. So I bought orange suspenders and cut the clips off, then created the y shape by stitching the back straps one on top of another. I attempted to make them from orange electrical tape and FAILED. The suspenders were the hardest part to make for this costume. The boots were some black winter boots that I already had and I bought the multipass off amazon as well. I bought the leggings at rainbow and spray painted the sides with gold fabric paint and lined the front and side with a black fabric marker. The t-shirt was a ribbed shirt that I found in a bag we were going to donate and I cropped it. I bought a long orange wig on amazon, cut it short, and twisted sections with mousse. (Pro tip: watching the movie Mamma Mia during this part make it extra fun, just take my word for it.I chose this Homemade Leeloo and Korben Dallas from the Fifth Element Couple Costume because I love the fifth element and it was a fun costume that I’ve never seen anyone wear before. Starring Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, and Gary Oldman. The movies plot is focused on an extraterrestrial object set on a collision course with Earth, and a group of humans moving to stop it. Lastly, I used an Exacto blade to cut out each circle in the suspenders, referencing an image for their placement. The Fifth Element ( 1997) is a science-fiction film from Columbia Pictures. I cut the area a little narrow and reinforced it with more duct tape. Then, I placed the duct tape-covered suspenders over my body and measured what width and space I'd need in the crotch in order for it to not be too tight or uncomfortable. I made sure that I determined which side of the template was going to be facing inward, and folded the extra ductape around the sides of the suspenders, so hair or other things won't get caught on the sticky duct tape ends. Next, I covered the paper skeleton with orange duct tape. I needed to make a few edits as I went along, but it generally kept pretty straight. Throughout all of this, I constantly held the skeleton of these suspenders to my body to make sure I was on the right track. I did this all down the Leeloo suspenders. Once that looked good, I would trace this cutout and cut out a replica of it, for the other side of the suspenders. I then cut it out and held it to my body to ensure that it fit. In the Fifth Element, Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) is a Supreme Being who becomes The Fifth Element. I held the paper up to my body, starting from my shoulders, and started to trace a general outline of what the suspenders would look like, drawing from a photo for inspiration. 5th Element / Fifth Element movie /Elemental Stones Leeloo cosplay Corben Dallas prop supreme being. Tags: luc besson, milla jovovich, the fifth element. I took a handful of thick cardstock papers and got started. I didn't want to print a template - mostly because it may not fit my body dimensions anyway, so I started from scratch. Together they must retrieve the four elemental stones in order to stop the Great Evil from destroying Earth. She escapes from the lab where she is reconstructed and falls (literally) into Korben Dallas' life. I started making these suspenders by looking at what other cosplayers have done, specifically from this article. In the Fifth Element, Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) is a Supreme Being who becomes The Fifth Element.
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