/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

I'm thinking about doing Zelda's royal/formal outfit from BotW and was looking for advice on the gold trim/appliques and the base white pieces of the dress.

I was thinking about using simple bias tape/fabric to trim and apply the gold to the dress, but was wondering if cording/braiding or piping would look better?

And for the bodice, i'm not sure what the name for it is (it looks like embossed paper to me), I was wondering if I could actually create that textural difference myself. I don't want to just draw lines on the fabric, I want an actual height difference between where the lines of the pattern are and the rest of the fabric. Does anyone know how to achieve that?