One of my childhood heroines has finally come to life. When I watched Sailor Moon for the first time I felt totally identified with her. She was my age, had my zodiac sign, was born the same month and was a crybaby! (yeah, so what). Many years later I was finally able to do this Sailor Moon Cosplay.
How I made it
Sailor Moon wasn’t my first sailor. Several years ago I made a Sailor Neptune, as well as a Sailor Mars for a friend. I had also made a Sailor V cosplay so you can say I already had a bit of experience.
This time I decided to remake the original pattern from scratch. I started by designing all the parts on my computer. It took some time and effort but I was very happy with the results and I could now easily modify the patterns for my future sailors. Did you ever think of using interchangeable pieces? Well, I am playing with that idea for future projects, …
The dress consists of a bodysuit with a sailor collar, a skirt, gloves and boots covers and of course many ribbons and complements like earrings, brooches, bows and a choker. It may have looked easy at first sight but was actually a very detailed construction.
The bodysuit, gloves and bootcovers are elastic. I used lycra for them. For the hot pink bows, collar and skirt I used polyester silk, which had a lovely texture and shine. The back bow and the sleeves are organza, which is what keeps them so sharp, yet see through.
Wearing my Super Sailor Moon Cosplay
I couldn’t resist wearing this beautiful cosplay at least once. I used my improvised photography studio at home. With some help of the amazing ironkobra we took some wonderful photos which I edited later on my new digitalizer tablet.
On this photoshoot I was wearing the Sweety K Premier Blue contact lenses by Uniqso which I had recently reviewed here, and I also wore their beautiful Sailor Moon wig which I modified and adjusted to fit the character even better. Wearing a good quality wig and lenses does make a difference. Make sure to use my code ALICECOS for a 10% discount.
Downloads
Making a cosplay from scratch is very rewarding, but if you want to, I created a sewing pattern for this cosplay that you can download on sizes US 4 to 14. You can download all the blueprints I used to make the brooch, tiara and accessories clicking the image below as well. They are free! Make sure you visit the Free Downloads section to check my other files.
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