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Q&A: Rose Cosplay

 

Princess Zelda from Hyrule Warriors Photography by Carlos Mayenco Photography
Princess Zelda from Zelda: Hyrule Warriors, Photo by Carlos Mayenco Photography.

Rose Cosplay, more casually known as Cassie, has travelled across Australia to create costumes, collaborate with photographers, and dress up as as fiction characters – an act known as cosplay – and shared her adventures for her followers across the globe. Cassie and I spoke about how she got into cosplay and her experience with it.
Q: How did you discover cosplay?
A: In high school I studied Japanese, and there was a poster in my Japanese classroom for a convention in Sydney called Animania! My friends and I talked about going, and in September 2009 we all made the trip together and we attended our very first convention! Looking it up gave us a very vague idea of cosplay, and I made a backpack that looked like a character from my favourite anime at the time (Kagura from Fruits Basket), thinking that I didn’t want to stand out too much. When I got there, and saw all the brightly coloured wigs and elaborate costumes my mind changed immediately, and after that I decided cosplay was for me. It all seemed so fantastical, and I desperately wanted to be one of those people in the big, beautiful cosplays. Ever since, I’ve been striving for that.
Q: What’s the most challenging part about choosing and making cosplay?
A: The most challenging part for me is definitely starting a new costume! I’m the kind of person that can’t leave a job half done, often sacrificing sleep to finish something I’ve started. If I haven’t started yet, I feel a little less obligation to get going with it, however. Once I get the ball rolling and just pick one part of the cosplay to start, even if it is as small as jewellery, the momentum from that keeps me going and it becomes much easier to finish.

Q: What’s the most expensive and least expensive cosplay you’ve ever done?
A: Ooh my most expensive would definitely be Samara from Mass Effect due to the latex headpiece alone. Unfortunately there was some complications which made the costume unwearable the week before the convention, but I sunk $800-$1000 into that one, and I actually bought an airbrush machine to do the makeup as well!
Least expensive would probably be Futaba from Persona 5 at the moment – I was lucky to have all of her outfit pieces on hand already so I just had to buy a six-dollar set of headphones and an eight-dollar T-Shirt, which I will be altering.
Q: Any tips for someone just starting to get into cosplay?
A: Don’t worry about whether a cosplay will suit you or whether people will “get it” or recognise you, just pick a character you love! There is no way to do cosplay “wrong”. The most fun I have in cosplay is when I am dressed as a character that I really like and enjoy. The best part of my day is always when other fans of the series come up and talk to me about it, or yell the character’s catchphrase at me, or even something as simple as taking a photo with me and saying how much they like the character. It gives me just a brief connection with someone else that shares my love of the character, and it feels so nice when people get excited about it with you. Cosplay is for fun! So if you’re not going to have fun doing it, there is no point in doing it. Wear something that will make you feel good, and at the end of the day it will be worth it.

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