3/13/2024 0 Comments Strawberry shortcak character bow![]() I’ve never made myself a hat before, but I went for a simple ‘top hat’ style tube, brim and circle top and it worked perfectly. Heaps more including photos after the cut…īefore I took the stage again on Sunday, I tore apart an old turtleneck sweatshirt and make myself a hat. I looked more like a freakish clown than a cute dolly. For the first day of Armageddon I didn’t have a hat, as you can see above. I added a pale pink ribbon around the top of the waist band, a big old bow in the back (I don’t think I got a photo of it, unfortunately), and some fancy ribbony bits on my sleeves. Michaela suggested we do fancy ‘EGL’ inspired versions of our characters, which let me add in some details and fun stuff to the costume. ![]() Almost like it was trying to tell me something.) It’s actually a circle skirt with a wide waist band and a billowy gathered shirt. I picked up the perfect colour green (read: eye burningly bright lime) cotton at Arthur Toyes and made up the dress with help from Giffy and her sewing machine (mine broke down during the making of this costume. I made it a bit on the large size, because Lime Chiffon should not be sexy. You know the ones, the same pattern could be a sexy nurse, sexy Little Red Riding Hood, sexy waitress, etc. I made the dress from one of those generic ‘sexy Halloween costumes for women’ patterns that Giffy loaned me. This choice would come back to haunt me when the whole group looked adorable apart from freaky old me. ![]() Her outfit is completely obnoxious life size. My reason for choosing to me Lime Chiffon? Well, I had the doll as a kid and she was my favourite (after Apple Dumpling but I think it’s wrong to cosplay a baby), plus she’s the ‘ballet dancer’ one and also…well, look at her. Giffy is Almond Tea, Michaela is Strawberry Shortcake, Ange is Orange Blossom and me, well I’m Lime Chiffon. Strawberry Shortcake and Friends was our solution. We needed something that was easy enough to wear and recognise and also was ethnically inclusive. So, we wanted to follow up our astounding Jem and the Holograms cosplay with another vintage 80s icon group. This year’s Wellington Armageddon happened back in Auckland, right in the middle of Easter. You shouldn’t either, because you get lots of neat photos to look at. ![]() This is a very late costume entry, but I don’t mind. ![]()
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