Hunting for a very elegant and not over done costume. Help?

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Hunting for a very elegant and not over done costume. Help?

Post by Orange_Popsicle » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:58 pm

Hi!

I'm attending a convention in October (Anime Banzai 2008) and would like some help finding a very elegant and beautiful costume to make for the costume contest.

I don't have a picture on this computer at the moment, but I can give a description of what I look like.

Height: 5'5
Weight: Around 100 lbs.
Hair: Honey-Nut Blond and VERY short. I plan on getting a wig.
Eyes: Blue, but I have colored contacts. I also have glasses.
Age: While I don't really think it matters, people always ask me this for some reason... 0_0 anyway, I'm fourteen.

I REALLY want to wear an elaborate Kimono, but the only character I can find that I'm willing to cosplay as is Soha from Bride of the Water God. BUT, since the manga is not popular here, in the United States, I cannot find ANY good ful-color pictures of any of her outfits (In fact, I can't find any pictures from the series that aren't just manga scans at all) I also cannot find any pictures of people that have cosplayed as her before. So, I would have to guess on all the colors.

Of course, I'd be fine with wearing a fancy dress, it's just that I'm already doing a NANA group cosplay and I agreed to dress up as Reira in her Trigger Album white gown for the other convention day, so I'd rather make a Kimono then another gown.

I'm open to suggestions from ANY series EXCEPT FOR:

Anything created by Clamp. I have nightmares about Clamp ninja's who try and force me to watch and read Clamp Creations. lol
Naruto

Time isn't a problem, as I still have over half a year to get the costume done. Money isn't a problem either, because my parents promised they'd pay for my costumes.


I'm sorry if this post made no sense at all-- my brain has been turned off all day long. I'll try to get some pictures posted when I'm not feeling as spacey.

Thank you in advance for any help/suggestions you're able to give ^_^

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Post by Choji Warrior » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:09 pm

So a kimono! Sweet! That is amazing.
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Post by Andichan » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:51 pm

If you don't mind cross-playing (kind of...you would be crossdressing as a crossdresser lol) then Nuriko is very elegant and his kimono is beautiful.

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edit: forgot to mention he is from Fushigi Yuugi

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Post by Misstress Testament » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:03 pm

I was going to say Fushigi Yuugi

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Post by Andichan » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:40 am

Or what I didn't previously think of from Fushigi Yuugi:

Miaka as Suzaku no Miko:

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or Yui as Seriyuu no Miko:

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Post by Jasdero » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:11 am

apalogising ahead of time for page stretching
Mana Sama would be good. He has TONS of outfits and some are really hard and not so over done
the one in blue
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once again the one in blue
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Post by Orange_Popsicle » Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:31 pm

Thank you guys SO much! <3 I really appreciate your help!

I'm still open for more sugestions, BTW.

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Post by Andichan » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:38 pm

oh yeah, something I did not think of before is Kaoru Kamiya from Rurouni Kenshin. I'm watching that series right now, so I feel kinda silly that I didn't think of it earlier. ^^;

Her usual one is a cute yellow one, but I couldn't find any good pics of it.
She wears bunches of them, so pretty much take your pick!

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