Dragon*Con 2011 Costume Post!

[jaina]

Before I dive into my Obsessively Detailed Recaps, I thought I'd do a costume round-up post from this year's D*C.

The final tally was nine costumes, with three con debuts (Annie, USO Girl, Ravenclaw student). In order of wearing:

1. Wedding Dress
2. Annie, from Community (episodes "A Fistfull of Paintballs" and "For a Few Paintballs More")
3. Hawkgirl, as part of the Renaissance Justice League
4. Captain America USO Girl
5. Elizabeth Swann, POTC plum dress
6. "Gaga" Quinn, from Glee (episode "Theatricality")
7. Ravenclaw student, Harry Potter
8. Penny, The Big Bang Theory
9. Suki (Fire Nation disguise), Avatar: the Last Airbender

Thursday

1. Wedding Dress Night!

sistersola informed us that Thursday night was for wearing wedding dresses, and princess_lesa, amaz0n_princess, and I all rounded up our actual wedding dresses and stuffed them into our luggage. (I added an ivory Pennyblossom for the occasion.) (Also, bonus vampire!Yvette.)



With sirrogue, anariazar_rel, and miana_dude:



Friday

2. Annie, from Community (episodes "A Fistfull of Paintballs" and "For a Few Paintballs More")

I LOVED DOING THIS GROUP SO MUCH. COMMUNITY IS THE BEST EVER.



3. Hawkgirl, as part of the Renaissance Justice League

I DID NOT MAKE MY DRESS. NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT. IT IS ALL aviendiora's GENIUS. WORSHIP HER.





Saturday

4. Captain America USO Girl

I still can't believe how many girls we got. We had 13 for the parade and 28 for the photoshoot that night. The parade was so AWESOME and we looked SO SHARP. Also, I discovered that with 40s makeup and hair, I look eerily like my grandmother when she was my age.











5. Elizabeth Swann, POTC plum dress

luminousbeing78 hosted an 18th-century cupcake party on Saturday afternoon (yummmm). This being the only 18c thing I own, I threw it on!



Ashlee had comfy pillows under her dress. No, seriously.



6. "Gaga" Quinn, from Glee (episode "Theatricality")

amaz0n_princess and I put on our Gaga Santana and Quinn costumes from last year for late Saturday night. Here we are with macbeemer's amazing Jessica Rabbit (and a photobombing my_belle_)



Genderbent Huntress, Rebel Pilot Mickey Mouse, Gaga Quinn, and The Most Interesting Man in the World, otherwise known as "my family" (husband, brother, me, father):



Sunday

7. Ravenclaw student, Harry Potter

I couldn't make the Final Battle shoot that morning because of a later costume group, but I came down for some "before" pictures! My robe is borrowed from aviendiora.





8. Penny, The Big Bang Theory

We were down two members (our Howard and Amy Farrah Fowler were both unable to attend at the last minute and THEY WERE MISSED TERRIBLY) but we still got the group together and met Wil Wheaton!!!







9. Suki (Fire Nation disguise), Avatar: the Last Airbender

SO EXCITED to have a Sokka to take pictures with! And it's even the right version! We solved the height difference with a little creative posing.





Monday

2 (repeat): Annie again! This time with Pierce in our group!

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Comments

[mandymitchell.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the Captain America USO Girls group shot! I think it's like my favorite photo out of D*C 2011. Everyone looks so coordinated in the parade and in costume!
I wasn't able to make it for the Final Battle photoshoot either. In fact, I didn't hear about until I saw your previous LJ entry. Either way I was still in L.A. That Ravenclaw school uniform eerily looks so much like my Cho Chang costume. In other words, your friend did an excellent job on being movie accurate with her costume. (It costed me a few hundred dollars just for me to get my costume right, and I even had to make a second robe because the first one didn't match my tie. >_<)
I don't know how you pack several costumes to an out-of-state con and wear them all! The most I ever brought to D*C was 3 and I only wore 2 of them.
Looks like you had an amazing time, and thanks so much for posting up pics!

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

AHA. It was you guys I saw on Monday! Sadly, I was too lazy to come running out of High Velocity to accost you and be all "omg, I think you are on my flist".

You looked awesome, and that Elizabeth dress is so pretty!

[amaz0n-princess.livejournal.com]

I love all your costumes so much & I love how much time we got to spend together!

Also I'm totally holding your Suki shoes hostage... ;)

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

You look so awesome!!

[dm-lunsford.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the pics. I only got to see your Annie/Community in person, but you guys looked great. The Hawkgirl costume was gorgeous! Very cool that your dad and brother got at attend this year - nice to be able to meet them.

[laughingmagpie.livejournal.com]

I LOVED doing a costume group with you and your family! In fact, I love your family! Definitely a highlight of the Con for me :-)

[kagomechan.livejournal.com]

OMG the Captain America USO girls~~!! SO cute. XD I'm sad I was working all of D*C. NEXT YEAR!!! I shall go and it will be awesome.

[fieryredhead.livejournal.com]

So much awesome in one post! <3

BTW I just added aviendiora as I LOVED the gown; please tell her I'm not... well, I'm the good kind of crazy. ;D

[rosiewook.livejournal.com]

You looked awesome in all of your costumes!

The Hawkgirl photo doesn't convey the stunning detail of that costume. It was really amazing. Congrats to aviendiora!

Great job, as always.

[http://users.livejournal.com/my_belle_/]

photobomb!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL!!
awesome costumes, as always! :)

[anariazar-rel.livejournal.com]

So many awesome costumes - I'm glad I got to see several in person this year :) And I had such a great time in the USO girl group :)

[aviendiora.livejournal.com]

So much AWESOME!! Your USO costume is really fantastic! And I can't believe how quickly you got Annie done! And of course it looks great!