Sailor Moon Couture Intermission

Instead of the usual rant of how the Cosplay is coming along and the research done to complete outfits and get them just right, I've decided instead to grace my BlogSpot with a quick Sailor Moon Gothic Lolita Couture. (Keeping it as amateur as possible.)

Also, all images were searched on google images. Links to the search engine's find provided.
Let us begin by starting with the blond Lolita wig.
Blonde Lolita Wig
Red Hair Bows
Pearl Hair Clips
The wig is a nice color, very similar to that of Serena's own golden locks, it is just a bit more pale in comparison. It is about 40 inches and very cute for Lolita style.  Styling tips would be to create odangos for the hair piece and to clip twin red hair bows to the front almost as substitutions for her odango covers, following with twin pearl hair clips above the bangs.

Blouse
Next is the Blouse. It is a MM Emmanuel Puff Sleeve Blouse with button up front, lace trims, a white cotton bow on the neck and a high neck collar with lace trims. It is elegant and gives Serena's usual sailor fuku and run for its money.

Corset Fingerless Gloves
Serena often wears white elbow high gloves, I thought, white gothic fingerless corset arm warmers/gloves with compliment the white shirt and give a spin on her plain white gloves.

High Waisted Skirt
The high waisted skirt is a Iw's Lilly Emblem Pintuck Frill Skirt in black. However, following Serena's sailor fuku, the color we'll pretend it is is navy blue or royal blue. To give it a puffy look, a white pettiskirt should be worn underneath. In the manga, Sailor Moon's skirt had a fullness and had lace underneath, we can recreate this with the pettiskirt.

Red Boots 

Lastly, are the red ankle suede boots. I had actually had to decide between two others, these, and these. I decided on the ankle boots in the end only because of my own preferences. Because of the length of the high-waisted skirt, a thigh high pair of shoes would ruin the look. (Sailor Moon's thigh highs work well with her mini skirt) And since the high -waisted skirt is long, a lower pair of boots would look nice. The second pair is much nicer, but I disliked the simple look, although it would also work well with the piece. I also think, because of the low cut of the boots, she'd be able to pull off a pair of printed stockings such as the ones above.

So, here we are. Doll Master playing virtual dress up.

Sailor Moon Cosplay pt 3

As the end of January comes up fast, the preparations for the Sailor Moon Cosplay are being properly constructed. Wig Styling being the first because of wigs being purchased online (and all 6 are coming from China.) Although it seems the actual cutting and sewing of the cosplay should be priority number one; it's actually the last on the list. Whereas, mediocre things such as accessory fabricating and posing and posing for photos has been researched first, as well as staying in character.

The Tutorial for Posing was found here  Behind Infinity. It's a Guide to Posing and Proper Convention Etiquette. I read this top to bottom, left to right, in and out and found it to be a delightful description and informative read. I think anyone who wants to give Cosplaying a shot or just wants do some research, ought to give it a look over.

However, I haven't actually tried this on Dolls as of yet.


I think letting the little ones ease into it during February until the convention itself is the way to go. And once I've done that, it'll be posted in another part of the Sailor Moon Cosplay, along with pictures. However, right now, I have them actually watching some of the episodes on loop and easing some of the dialogue into everyday life just to see if they catch on; that's what I've been doing.  I've said some things like, 'my cookies came out perfect and yours are funny looking, just like you.' and the more obvious, 'in the name of love and in the name of justice.' and got smiles and giggles from them. Remember, the 2012 sisters are just babies and if I had said anything not too blunt and obvious, they might not have picked up on it.

So right now...progress is kind of hiatus, since I'm doing research until I get a significant amount of cash to spend on my soon to be profession.
So, instead, read about how I turned into a young adult on the day of my voodoo magic manipulation day (FairyTaleVomit) and received Sailor Moon Volume 1 (shown to the right) as the best birthday present I could ever get! I literally got on my knees and cried. And I used the word 'literally' meaning that I actually did get on my knees and bawled like the little child I am. I also received the first volume of Sailor V, but I was too lazy to google a picture. So enjoy the Sailor Moon image posted.

But for those interested in what I've really been doing all this time. Here's a head's up. After Anime North, we're hoping to hit up Canada's second (hoping there is,) Lolita Convention, Atomic Lollipop 2012. I've been researching the Lolita fashions and coming up with dresses to hand make for each of the Dolls'  personalities as well as cute wigs to buy for them (to the left.)


So, don't fret, as soon as I get any money, I'll post all that I've bought and take lots of pictures to show my progress.