Cosplay tips

[Tuomas]

Hi. I finally convinced my girlfriend to try on some suits. well, actually it was her idea, and she got excited, because she's pretty handy with clothing and all that, always fixing my pants and jackets that have holes in them from crawling around the playground.

Anyway, she said, that she didn't know any anime/manga to copy, and she thought she'd want my opinion before making the outfits for herself. Also, she didn't know, if there was more to cosplaying than just dressing up. I told it was ok just to wear stuff, no need to LARP etc But frankly, I only ever watched Urusei Yatsura, Love Hina, Pokemon and didn't read any, so I'm not the best to suggest stuff. And I promised her links to pictures. So I was wondering if any of you could help me finding clothes probably suitable for a long haired blonde with a nice figure. Oh, and she also said there's no limit to the shortness of the skirt Oh, and she said she'd make some for me too, so I should start imagining myself as a mangaboy

\^_^/

[GarageGothic]

So I was wondering if any of you could help me finding clothes probably suitable for a long haired blonde with a nice figure. Oh, and she also said there's no limit to the shortness of the skirt

Two words: Sailor Moon

[Trent R]

So what's wrong with Naru?

~Trent

[Tuomas]

Nothing wrong Just not enough to be a variety to choose from.

[Ghost]

The Melancholy of Harui Forgetthelastname.
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=S9uH8a6Sra0&feature=related
Amazingly popular. A Cosplay evergreen, you could say.

Here's the "How Not To Do It" version...

[Phemar]

Two words: Sailor Moon

Dude that's like upskirt... In fact I don't even think that is a skirt, it's more like a rag attached to a leotard haha.

[Stupot]

Hey Tuommy, will we get to see some pictures?
(actually you might have second thoughts about letting me see them if you've read my post to you in 'tosh's thread.)

And theres nothing wrong with Pokemon... Pikachu is FIT!!!
http://lh5.ggpht.com/jesskah/RokW0ZZutHI/AAAAAAAAAGg/u68okpLREEY/IMG_4339.jpg
http://images.uncyc.org/pt/thumb/2/2a/PikaCosplay.jpg/200px-PikaCosplay.jpg
http://polygamia.pl/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pokemon-cosplay.jpg
http://odb.giantrealm.com/content/st833_The_Pikachu_Mom_by_Dogsfather_v2.jpg

[auriond]

The Melancholy of Harui Forgetthelastname.

Suzumiya. But no one in there is blonde, so she'd need a wig, at least.

Does it have to be anime? Here are all the blonde anime females I know (besides Sailor Moon):
- Belldandy from Oh! My Goddess (pic)
- Mireille Bouquet from Noir (pic)
- Misa Amane from Death Note (pic)
- Julia from Cowboy Bebop (pic - another pic)

If you're willing to consider game characters:
- Trish from Devil May Cry (pic)
- Rikku from Final Fantasy X and X-2 (two versions of her costume - FFX-2 and FFX)

These are all I can think of for now. If your girlfriend is planning to wear her costume to any conventions though, she should at least read up on the characters before she does something totally out of character! But if it's just for fun, then no reason to go to all the trouble

[Phemar]

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6902/rikku2rk2.png

I wonder how her sleeves don't fall off ...

[auriond]

Now that you mention it, I don't really know. We could ask the Rikku cosplayers.

[Andail]

Cosplay, the wonderful mixture of geekiness and perversion

[Tuomas]

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6902/rikku2rk2.png

I wonder how her sleeves don't fall off ...

With needles of course. Needles and pins.

Also, Aruiond, you might want to close your html tags with [/url] up there, right?

[abstauber]

Here's another weird version of "How not to do it"

Warning, you'll get blind, clicking on this
http://www.geekstir.com/birdo-cosplay

[Arboris]

definatly Sailor moon

[Matti]

Cosplay, the wonderful mixture of geekiness and perversion

Yep. Another strange japanese tradition to combine the world of games with the real life..

..and i've heard the word for the first time. I guess it's coming from playing with costumes..?

[Ishmael]

Larping is way more fun than cosplaying in the end. Unless you're hopeless with anything else than making costumes. But then again, in cosplay competitions you need to know the character too, if you're going to take it that far.

[LimpingFish]

But then again, in cosplay competitions you need to know the character too, if you're going to take it that far.

Like this dude...

[jetxl]

Mini-skirts and blond, hmm.


As for myself, I like the original manga Vash coat.

[auriond]

With needles of course. Needles and pins.

Also, Aruiond, you might want to close your html tags with [/url] up there, right?

Fixed, thanks. That's what you get for not checking back on your own posts.

Oh, and there's Quistis from FF8! How could I forget her? There are a couple costumes of her your girlfriend might want to try.

Oh, and if your girlfriend is ok with not-so-animeish type characters, she can try Eva from MGS3 or Lisa from Silent Hill... characters like that. Might be easier to pull off the look... some of those anime costumes are really intricate.

[LimpingFish]

she can try Eva from MGS3

I second this suggestion!