Arkham Knight Harley - The base of the costume and the harness

I have been slowly creating the harness and gathering materials for this confusing costume. I found two skirts from Goodwill. The first one has two layers of ruffles and the other skirt I found was a similar fabric so I layered them, this creating the three layered black skirt! I will be cutting the back of the skirts open to create a dress (with a top being sewn and added of course) with a large zipper down the back. I hope this makes sense. I am still trying to figure out how to "build" this simply because sewing this just won't look good- at least to my standards of the cosplay I wear- I also am building off a hot pink corset LOL. _______________________ Here is some photo references I have been using for specifically the harness and white shirt (I plan to make the two into a jacket that stays on via the harness). __________________________________ This is the harness pinned together with a practice white shirt. I used fake leather that is used for the cordi...