Misty Cosplay

Model and Costume Design: Rosie         Photography and Editing: Mandy

Hey Guys! It’s Rosie here, and I just wanted to share some of my cosplay journey.

In Montreal we have an annual convention for anime called Otakuthon. I had a few friends who were going and I decided to tag along, but there was no way I’d show up without a costume. Now keeping in mind I was very new to this, had about one month, and I’m also a perfectionist, it was hard to pick a character I could get done in time; after much deliberating I chose Misty from Pokemon!

Hold up! I know what you may think, Misty is overdone at conventions and usually isn’t a cosplay with much effort. However, I grew up loving Misty and really wanted to do her character justice. Once I had my character chosen it was time to get to work. First I had to gather as many reference photos as I could, since I really wanted to do well on details and impress my fellow cosplayers despite the low budget costume design. These are some details on what I used; I bought an orange shoulder length wig from a shop in Montreal called Imagine Le Fun, I bought some fabrics, fabric finishing, and a pair of red fabric shoes. I was able to style the wig and used a blue hair elastic to tie off her side ponytail, making sure it was the same colour used in the anime. I had my grandmother help me sew together a red draw string bag and a yellow crop tank top. I used yellow fabric strips to sew on the red shoes; I definitely recommend using a thimble to protect your fingers since the fabric is really though to sew through. I got green contact lenses to match misty, and I found denim shorts and red suspenders in my closet.

I also went into my anime collection merch to get my pokeballs, and got a Psyduck and Togepi plushy to help complete my look. 

 

There was ONE finale thing I needed to craft and that was a PokeDex! Yes that’s right, no Poketrainer is complete without it. I bought a cheap red iPhone flip case and used some paper and glue to transform it into a PokeDex complete with the download of the PokeDex App on my phone.

I was ready to hit the convention floor and talk to people about all our common interests. I had a blast and got so many compliments on the realism and quality of my cosplay. It was definitely a great experience and I encourage everyone to try new things!

Who knows you just might get obsessed too!