Emma Bloom Cosplay Costume Guide

What You’ll Need

Emma Bloom’s costume in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children centers on a deliberate contrast: an airy, wartime-era blue dress anchored by heavy, cumbersome lead boots. Because her peculiarity causes her to float away unless weighed down, her footwear isn’t merely decorative—it defines her physical silhouette and dictates how she moves through every scene.

Recreating her screen appearance comes down to balancing that gentle 1940s civilian aesthetic against industrial, mechanical hardware. The outfit is approachable to put together, but dialing in the dress proportions, hair texture, and boot weight creates a convincing tribute to the character.

Finding the 1940s Dress

Emma’s signature garment is a mid-calf day dress in a muted powder or cornflower blue, fitting the 1943 Welsh loop setting. The design relies on wartime practicality: long sleeves, a modest neckline, a fitted natural waist, and a soft A-line skirt that flows naturally around her legs.

The Blue Long Sleeve Dress provides the necessary full-length coverage and simple vintage drape. If you prefer a version with more surface texture, the Blue Ruffled Dress introduces delicate gathers across the chest that evoke vintage period detailing. Whichever base you select, check where the hem falls. A hemline resting around mid-calf keeps the proportions accurate while ensuring your footwear remains completely visible.

You can refine the dress silhouette with a couple of quick adjustments. If your base dress lacks waist definition, adding a narrow belt or a self-fabric sash in matching blue pulls the fabric inward at the natural waistline. Lightly pressing the collar and cuff edges gives the garment the crisp structure expected of wartime clothing.

Replicating the Heavy Lead Boots

In the film, Emma relies on custom boots forged from solid lead to anchor herself to the earth. Visually, they look like oversized orthopedic work boots outfitted with thick riser soles, dark matte leather, and multiple horizontal retention straps secured with metal buckles.

Real metal boots would be impossible to walk in, so platform footwear provides the practical illusion of mass. The Black Buckle Platform Boots deliver the chunky sole profile, raised height, and strap hardware needed to mimic the prop design without burdening your ankles. The thick tread also encourages a deliberate, grounded stride that naturally mirrors Emma’s onscreen movement.

If you want to age the boots to look like weathered lead, apply a dry-brush treatment using dark grey or pewter acrylic paint across the buckle edges and sole rims. This dulls the factory sheen of new synthetic leather and creates the appearance of scuffed, cast metal that has spent years walking through the loop grounds.

Hair, Watch, and Peculiar Accessories

Emma wears her golden blonde hair parted slightly off-center in soft, brushed-out 1940s victory waves that brush past her shoulders. The Blonde Wig matches her pale yellow-gold hair tone and gentle wave pattern. Running a wide-tooth comb or paddle brush through the synthetic fibers breaks up uniform factory curls into a more relaxed, natural volume. Setting a couple of small bobby pins behind each ear keeps the hair neatly framed away from the face.

Her single piece of personal jewelry is a practical wristwatch, used constantly to keep track of the minutes before Miss Peregrine resets their daily loop. The Small Brown Watch features a slim leather band and a modest analog dial that aligns with period civilian wear.

For cosplayers who want an extra visual prop, carrying a coiled length of natural hemp rope provides an immediate connection to her lighter-than-air nature. Throughout the film, Jake and Miss Peregrine use a harness or waist tether to guide Emma when she floats above the ground. Looping a three-foot section of rope over your arm or securing it loosely at your hip signals the floating peculiarity without needing wirework.