dessertfox: (via Citadel Layer: Pallid Wych Flesh – Element Games – Warhammer and Warhammer 40k Store) I wish my foundation had a name like this! I nicknamed my foundation corpse grey because it really did look grey in the bottle. Revlon Colourfast I think it was. Can’t find 000 foundation any more. I use powder…

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fuckyeahbiowarecosplay: Samara from the Mass Effect series Cosplayer: glittersweet Photographer: krisez Yay! always like to see photographers credited 🙂 It’s got me pondering though- how do you credit the costumer if a cosplay was not self made and you are at a convention…. I’ve even had people flat out refuse to say who made their costume….

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davidbowies-bulge: Gosh, she’s gorgeous, I wish I looked like that! Ms B! I hadn’t seen this set, that’s her as Blind Mag right? Darnnit. If I weren’t so broke I know where to get that elastic and a good fabric substitute…. And my new wig is just so. Add to that a slight resemblance (she…

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Had to go back to Nar Shaddaa for a bit and having just trawled around Coruscant grabbing screenies of Republic dancers to help someone else out I thought I’d grab some of my favourite Empire side dancers:) The zebra stripes of the dancers on the barge on the lower promenade are gorgeous!  I want to…

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bestofcosplay: Cleves Blue 1 by ~glittersweet I’m surprised this got even one note 😉 Seriously, I’m flattered as this is a style that doesn’t really fit in with the modern aesthetic 🙂 It’s accurate, right down to pinned on sleeves (okay that is my conjecture based on woodcuts of the time as well as written…

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    lliminal: Thierry Mugler Haute Couture Fall/Winter 1997: The Chimera Gown H’oh lawd. I’ve only seen still images of this before. Seeing it moving is BRILLIANT. This has been on my inspiration list since forever. The 90s seemed to be the decade for the most amzing theatrical stunt couture gowns. Look at how the model…

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I think you would make an excellent Marie Antoinette! Sofia Coppola style, crapness of the movie aside the costumes were very very nice. Also maybe the posture collar outfit from The Cell!

There are many The Cell costumes I’d love to make. The molded leather armour is one, the white feathered another. Some of the MA costumes are close copies of extant items (I highly recommend the Kyoto Costume Institute/Taschen co publication of Fashion for anyone interested in costume from movies. Some of the photos are available…

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Sigh, actually this one is true, for a given value of true.:http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/6564102/Don-t-ask-what-hes-drinking A few sell the stuff doesn’t make it a delicacy here by any means. abimused: andariel-axe: lslines: 23deadbatteries: perplexingarticulator: There are so many things I could say about this.  So, so many.  More than anything, it horrifies me as a student of journalism…

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