撮影会: 愛野美奈子

Hi everyone!

Lately I'm so spontaneous it scares me Σ(ﾟ＿ﾟ；)
It was a sunny Wednesday afternoon when I decided that I wanted my own Sailor Moon costume. NAO.

"Minako?? Why Minako?!?"
- Was the first thing Feder asked when I told her about my plan. The answer was simple: No money = No wig. Actually I was quite suprised by my own decision. I always thought that if I ever did a Sailor Moon costume, it would be Makoto/Jupiter. But with the wigs in my possession atm, the only characters I could do would be either Minako or Michiru. Michiru wears a lot of beautiful dresses throughout the series and is very ladylike, but I don't really like her character. Minako on the other hand is girlish, cute and energetic. She's soo much younger than I am (14??), but I can relate to her in many ways, so I chose her.

Next question: Which outfit?
So I showed Feder two possible costumes. The first was a white dress I've seen in one of the artbooks, the second was Minako's school uniform. Feder voted for the first one, saying that long dresses suit me better. That same evening I asked Maddi, who voted for the latter, because she thought the white dress was too plain (read: boring). Then, to get to a final decision, I asked my sister which dress she liked. She just said: "Neither. Why don't you do the maid version?" And I was just like "OMG, I LOVE YOU!" ｲｲ━━(σ+ФωФ)σ━━ﾈｯ♪
The idea came up on Wednesday, the decision was made on Thursday. On Friday I went shopping and on Sunday everything was done.



The Shoot
I wanted to take some pictures of Maddi's beautiful Princess White Rose costume and asked her to take some of my Minako costume in return. We did our shoot on April 22nd and had a great time despite the changeable weather. The pictures I took of Maddi came out great (she's so pretty!!) and I really like the pictures she took of me. But then when we were almost done I realised that I had forgotten my hairband at home!! Nooooo! A maid without hairband?　Σヾ(o･｀д･o)ﾉﾞ))ｧﾘｪﾅｨ
So I begged asked my sister for a second shoot. Surprisingly she agreed and I got my second shoot on May 2nd. The location wasn't as nice as the first one, but the weather was lovely and there were hardly any people around.
PS: All the cakes you can see on the pictures were kinldy donated by my sister (who is a confectioner). All of them were very tasty ♥
(BTW: You can see the pictures I took of Maddi at Animexx. Please have a look at it, feedback is always welcome!)

The costume

Minako Aino - Maid Café Ver. (Sailor Moon Sailor Stars) Minako's wearing this costume in one episode towards the end of the series when they're having a school festival at Usagi's school. The dress pattern is quite simple, so it was easy to sew. I had some difficulties with the apron, however because of the bow-shaped edges. Every normal person would have just sewed ruffles seeing as this is what they are supposed to be anyway. But apparently I am a hopeless masochist so I decided to sew bow-shaped ruffles. I am happy with how they came out though. I also like the red hair bow and the hair band. I think I discovered some hidden maid fetish. After all, this is my second maid costume. ↓ pictures in the 1st row are taken by Maddi on our first shoot ↓↓ pictures in the 2nd and 3rd row taken by my sister 1 1/2 week later

Goofs
Proof that I was absolutely stupid in character during the shoot:

No idea what I was trying to do there, but my face is just hilarious ・ﾟ(つ∀´｡)σﾟ・｡ｩﾋﾋﾋﾋ
Oh noez, a paparazzi monster!!!one11eleven!! Σ(ﾟ◇ﾟ；) ｹﾞｯｹﾞｯ！
Yami-Minako...ヾ(*｀⌒´*)ﾉ
My sister a.k.a. my photographer a.k.a. my cake provider

Please visit Animexx for more pictures from the first and second shoot.

I'm really tired right now, so please excuse all the spelling and grammar mistakes... il||li＿|￣|○il||li