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My Robin cosplay pictures are now up for viewing! I made the outfit for Otakon 09, but after a horrible wig ordeal, I *had* to re-wear the cosplay ‘properly’ for AUSA 09. If I were to re-wear this cosplay again…I’d have to buy yet another wig and a different corset.

The first wig I bought was pretty perfect, I just had to cut the bangs and straighten the hair’s flip with hot water….but no, I had to go that extra mile and make the highlights blues!! Well….the wig died. Unfortunately I had no time before Otakon to redo a new one and was stuck with my horribly dead wig. Wig 2 was not as great as the first one, but in a hurry I trimmed the bangs all wrong. Wig 3, if there is one, will be better! (And I’d figure out a way to make the highlights blue!)

As for the corset, I thought I had purchased the perfect one for this cosplay, but I was sorely disappointed when it came in. Let’s just say it didn’t make me look any thinner in the outfit than I already was. (I’m already pretty thin, but Nico’s waist is like 12 inches.) I borrowed two different corsets each time I wore the cosplay. I wish I had purchased one of the ones I wore with it before I made the cosplay; I could have make my waist look very close to that of the character’s.
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Tags: 2009, convention, cosplay, costuming, Enies Lobby, Nico Robin, One Piece, Water 7, Water Seven