I actually just sold my Wampa Wear gloves to a friend who is doing a full tie. More like traded. He then ordered the Leather Mystics gloves and is having them shipped to me. So soon I'll be able to provide a first hand account of them.
Get it? First hand. Cause it's about gloves? #dadjokes
Magnoli is a custom clothing shop which hand-tailors fine clothing. They do everything from bespoke suits to detailed wardrobe recreations. They're highly respected in the industry. Based in New Zealand. Their customer service is top notch, and they bend over backwards to get every last detail right, and make the customer very happy. That said, they're also pretty stupendously expensive, compared to other sources. Somewhat a case of "you get what you pay for." You'd have to contact them to see how long their current delivery estimate for a uniform might be. I can nearly guarantee you'll be thrilled with the end product, IF you can afford it.
The Anovos uniform looks very good, in photos, and they tend to make pretty high quality pieces, so it's entirely possible their kit will be excellent. But no one has ever seen a finished, non-prototype uniform in person, because they don't exist yet. Further, they have a TERRIBLE track record for delivering items on the timeline they promise on their website. (There are people who have ordered armor from them a YEAR ago who still have not received theirs.) And their customer service is, let's just say, "spotty". At best. So you might do well with them (eventually...) or you might have an on-going nightmare. No real way to know which way things will go with these particular uniforms until they actually start shipping the pieces people have paid for.
The other option that's quite popular in my area (SoCal) is Cosplay Sky. They are NOT PERFECT. Even with their added-cost "custom size" option, you are almost certain to need to take it to a local tailor for alterations. That said, the starting point is SO inexpensive that this usually works out quite well. My wife's total cost is looking to be well under $200 (not including hat and accessories, but including the post-purchase tailoring), since she got hers on sale, and mine wasn't much over that. If you go that route, be sure to select the "New" Officer's uniform, as the others are not constructed to 501st standards. They generally deliver to SoCal in 11-12 days, based on the two I've ordered (and a couple others I know who had similar delivery timeframes). (Note: Their hat is NOT approvable... if you go with the green Line Officer you'll need to buy some extra fabric from them so it matches, and have it made elsewhere. For the black officer hats, there are a number of more easily-obtained options that match just fine.)
As for obtaining all the other various pieces, boots tend to be the most difficult to get right, depending on your budget. If you can smile while buying $500 equestrian boots, there should be no problem. If you're going to wince at finding $100 used boots, it's going to take some searching.
All the rest of the parts (belt, code cylinders, belt boxes) can easily be purchased here, from people selling the parts in the sales forums.
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