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COSPLAY!
All my life, I've loved to play dress up. When I was three I started getting sequin-studded costumes for my dance recitals. My mother bought me gowns at garage sales, and I had treasure chests bursting with plastic jewels. Then I started theatre and going to Renaissance Festival in junior high. Then all of this culminated in my discovery of anime, and its world of impractical clothing. First summer of college I went to my first anime convention, a little event known as JAFAX, and they informed us there would be a cosplay contest the next year. I spent the entire year working on that first costume off and on with my mother. I didn't really know how to use a sewing machine or read pattern instructions, but I could alter patterns and make some things without. I still wouldn't call myself a seamstress, but I've got an obsessive attention to detail and a lot of determination, which I think counts for a lot.
Costumes I want to do in the future include KOS-MOS from Xenosaga, Mercedes from Odin Sphere, Xianghua from Soul Calibur 4 and Princess Garnet from FF9.
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Chai Xianghua Soul Calibur II |
Naomi Armitage Armitage III |
Fuu Hououji Magic Knight Rayearth |
Miyu Vampire Princess Miyu |
Chai Xianghua Soul Calibur |
Moogle Final Fantasy |
Relm Arrowny and Setzer Gabbiani Final Fantasy VI |
Ai Amano Video Girl Ai |
Gwendolyn Odin Sphere |
Daisy (Lolita Style) Super Mario Bros. |
Ahiru and Fakir Princess Tutu |
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