To be honest I haven't even looked for pearls for my robe yet. I'm assuming the usual bead store will have what I need in ivory since it's a common colour. Last time I used the cheap plastic Xmas ones (10 mm size) because that's all I had around. It was a week before thing for the xmas con last year. ><

Do you really think 10 mm is too small to show up in pics as pearls? http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=933840

I though they were ok, but I do agree that nicer pearls would be better for a hall cosplay. Especially if it's entered in judging. ^^;