kaliko_rosa as Lacus Clyne

Lacus Clyne

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

1st series, 1st outfit

Cosplayer: kaliko_rosa
Since before I was cosplaying, I wanted to cosplay as the first outfit of Lacus Clyne from Gundam SEED. I really love that series and even though I have found many of her outfits to be pretty darn cool from Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny, I'm happy to have done the one I originally wanted to do.

I am proud of this cosplay because I made it entirely by myself with only minor assistance from my b/f (who used to make all of our cosplays before). He went as Kira Yamato spacesuit version. My Lacus required investing in some pretty pricey fabrics, and complicated patterns, but I love how the dresses came out because of it. Making the sleeves was really tricky, and the hairpin, but I'm glad it worked out.

I have two wigs for this costume. Because I'm darker skinned than Lacus, I just went with a fun "popstar" wig that suited how I looked more rather than being entirely accurate, since there were already differences. But I did purchase a more accurate Lacus wig that's yet to be styled, so there aren't any fully accurate wig pictures yet.

Going around Anime North with Haro was fun! lol. and a Tori too. It was a great experience. However cosplaying Lacus has really made me feel a desire to cosplay characters with a better physical semblance. Sometimes it's hard to identify with a character that doesn't really look like you in any way. But I still enjoyed it a lot, and AN05 was a lot of fun!

Plus we won our very first award! :D. We never enter masqs so we've never even tried to get one before, but this kind hall award man came up to us in disguise, and awarded us a few ribbons, so that was really neat.