I'm finally done with all my presentations for this semester (YEAH) and thought it would be nice to spend my
hard-earned freetime by sharing some pictures with you guys (o´・∀・｀o)♪
I visited Maddi and together we attended the Japan Day in Düsseldorf ♥
(Yes, that was a month ago. I told you I've been busy lately... orz).
A week later, she came to Berlin where we had two really nice photo shoots.
So this entry is about one event, two photo shoots and three costumes (･∀･)
The con
It was my first time in Düsseldorf, my first Japan Day and my first visit to Maddi's new flat, so I was really looking forward to it ♥
The Japan Day is more of a festival than a con, which means lots of ("normal") people all over
the city. It was crowded and noisy everywhere we went. Oh, and it was HOT. We were really
happy about the good weather at first, but at the end of the day, we were terribly exhausted.
Nevertheless, it was a fun experience. Most people were really nice, the kids at the festival
were really cute (especially the Japanese kids in their colourful yukatas (っ'∀｀c) ) and
the firework at the end was awesome (we were watching it on TV, though, because it started raing
in the late afteroon). Also, Düsseldorf's Old Town is really pretty, it was a perfect setting for our costumes:
The costume
Visiting Maddi was a quite spontaneous decision, nonetheless we both wanted new, simple, matching costumes.
I don't really remember why, but somehow we came up with alternate Disney Princesses' costumes.
Maddi wanted to cosplay as Ariel in her blue dress, I decided on Briar Rose a.k.a. Princess Aurora.
Maddi's costume was really popular at the festival (especially with the kids), hardly anyone recognised me (I was mistaken for Cinderella, Belle, Alice and even Snow White!).
Either my costume sucks badly or Disney's Sleeping Beauty is not as well known a I thought it is. (￣ロ￣ll)
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Princess Aurora - Briar Rose Ver. (Disney's Sleeping beauty)
I'm not sure yet whether I like this costume or not. I chose Aurora because I like her 60's-ish look, so I tried to recreate that look through my make-up: Lots of eyeliner, fake lashes, red lips... it looks kind of strange on me.
I also put some effort into the little twirl in her bangs and it came out great on Japan Day and rather shitty at the shoot.
As for the costume: The blouse and the bodice are actually one piece. Bad, bad decision. It's way too short (making my waist miraculously disappear |||orz|||) and the sleeves are too tight. I like the skirt, though, but it's lenght is not very flattering. But, FOR ONCE, I'm really happy with my choice of fabrics.
As I stated before, we wore our costumes once at Japan Day (1st and 2nd row)
and once more for a private shoot here in Berlin (3rd to 6th row - pictures were taken by my sister and me)
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Full Japan Day Gallery
Full Disney Shoot Gallery
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Right after our Disney shoot, we did another one, this time featuring
Maddi in her adorable Sakura costume.
She's so pretty isn't she? It's always a pleasure to take pictures of her ♥
Doing two shoots in a row was pretty exhausting, first, because it was hot (again) and second, because there were like a gazillion of mosquitos launching attacks on us (｀Д´). I'm happy how the pictures came out, though. I think it was worth the pain (≧ｗ≦；)
Sunday I'll have another photo shoot with Krone, who is going to take some pretteh pictures of my Nakajerine costume. Woot! ﾔﾀ───v(-∀-)v───♪
