Cosplay: How and why.
I've been a part of the cosplay scene since 2005.
It all started when I found out about a site where people dressed up as their favorite anime or manga character. I've always told others that I would like to wear costumes like the ones worn by the characters in the Dead Or Alive games.
At fashion school I was being taught how to sew and shortly after I found out about a convention by the name of Animecon. Where other cosplayers were attending aswell.
I asked a friend of mine, if she would like to join me at the next Animecon, if there would ever one again.
Then finally an update on the Animecon website was posted, announcing Animecon 2005. So we booked our tickets, reserved an hotelroom and went to the Animecon that year cosplaying both Tokyo Mew Mew and Rikku from FFX-2.
At that convention my dream came true. From that moment on I decided to cosplay on every convention I could go to.
So, did I choose my fashion training only for cosplay?
Answer is both, yes and no.
At that time I didn't know what I was going to do with my life. Nothing really came to mind and I didn't really like administrative work or something related.
So first I attended a fashion school, where they taught me much about sewing and fabrics. I had a great time at that school and with and a lot of knowledge about fabrics I graduated.
Since that school was not a very high level education (VMBO level 2), I decided to aim for a higher level and applied at the 'Mondriaan College' in The Hague.
It was very different from my previous school and I didn't go off with a good start.
I am currently in my third year and if all goes as planned I'll graduate next year.
I have a great teacher here who can teach me EVERYTHING I need to know about anything for making my patters and outfits.. He can talk about a simple collar for 4 hours if he wants to. So I hope I can learn much more from him in these upcoming two year.
More about me
I live in The Netherlands in Delft
I have a sweet fiancée who helps me out with the props for my cosplays. I also like to make cosplays for him.
I'm currently working at a tanning salon named Sunday's and I really like it over there.
So I'm quite a busy girl with school, a part-time job and working on my cosplays.
In order not to stress out completely, I decided to work on my website and spend some time on my cosplays and/or school sewing projects at home and spend time on my theory at my fiancée's place. He doesn't have a place of his own at the moment, but we hope to have one about 1,5 years from now.
So, any questions?
Just E-mail me ^-^
