[AB] Lets Make a Cosplay Costume!

So, activity on this blog has died down mainly because I've been lazy, but with Anime Boston approaching, I have decided to go full-out and cosplay a character, wig and everything... Maybe even colored contacts... assuming I can handle contacts in the first place.

I have always enjoyed the Touhou characters, the story, the games, and especially the music. That's when i woke up one morning and thought, "Maybe I'll cosplay one of them!" At first I thought I'd just make one of the 50+ "iconic" hats and wear one of them. With a little pressure from one of my friends and my love of making things, I decided, "Nah! This will probably be my last time to cosplay until after graduate school -assuming I get in- So lets go all out!

I thought back to the previous conventions I went to and how people would cosplay these characters... And I had a few, less-than-pleasant flashbacks. If a guy "cross-plays" one of these characters, they usually won't shave their legs, arms, nor face. Not that they have to, and many probably do it because a) its common, b) who cares as long as you're having fun, and c) who cares!

I on the other hand, want my cosplay to look decent to myself, therefore I scoured my memory and recalled a certain character who wears pants, and long-sleeves. This means I don't need to worry about thick calves full of hair popping out of a frilly skirt, and hairy armpits. Also the costume is relatively simple!

Fujiwara no Mokou, The Extra Stage boss from the 8th Touhou game: Imperishable Night.
Art by ZUN, because... ZUN

Mrs. Mokou is a pretty cool character with a sad backstory. Your aristocratic father has just been humiliated by a commoner calling herself a princess! In shame, your father becomes an empty shell. You discover an elixar of immortality, the same one the "princess" used to make herself immortal. Snatching it away before it is destroyed, you feel a surge of power and are now immortal! Still feeling pain and rage, you and the "Princess" battle to the death daily, killing each other countless times, but never truly dying. For 1300 years this has continued, like the tides... for ever, and ever... Except you can control (or rather create) fire!

So, for this costume, I will be wearing a long white wig, Poofy red pants, red shoes, a white, poofy shirt, and red suspenders. Pretty simple. The bows she sports are made from the seals on her pants.

Anime Boston is Easter weekend. A little later than I probably should have started... but with no school, I have plenty of free time!

For whatever reason, I am super-mega excited to do this! Even if it looks trash, I just wanna wear the pants of poofosity!