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Cosplay Feature: Gray Oranges' Rikku!

Photo by David Ngo I won't ever shy away from writing about cosplays of Rikku's look from Final Fantasy X-2 and Gray Orange did a fantastic job portraying her in both the overall cosplay look PLUS the pose work. Of course I'll get to all that in due time but let's start at the top! It's certainly a cosplay worn for several events and I want to say I first saw this in the overall collection of MAGFest photos back in January of this year. I really love how the multiple braid strands are integrated into the blonde wig for starters. I can't tell if they're either part of the wig itself or the blue headband that's wrapped around. In any case, following this is a red scarf wrapped around Irini's neck before you then get to the yellow bikini top. Here, you can also see orange trim lines as part of the piece. Oh, I forgot to mention that the red scarf actually travels all the way down to her legs. These end points then transition to a yellow/orange gradient!
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Cosplay Feature: Ireland Reid's Vaporeon Gijinka!

Photo by Neeko Photography
At NYCC this year, I had the pleasure of meeting the beautiful Ireland Reid after following her work shortly before the convention. I actually managed to post up an interview I did with her a few weeks ago which I'll include a link to at the bottom of this feature. One of her cosplays that grabbed me was her Vaporeon gijinka which I have to show for you guys today. Lots of blue is shown here with the layout of the cosplay being a bra top and a long skirt for the bottom. Blue sleeves are also present and holy crap are there sparkles everywhere. The upper parts of the bra are adorned with little crystals as is Ireland's face which I love in terms of make up. In some of the pictures I have, you can see blue shading around her eyes along with lipstick. There's also upper blue bands along her arm.

For the skirt, Ireland went with a long shiny blue fabric. Adding in tears/openings on her leg sides. The waist is decorated with beads/jewelry and a small PokeBall which is thin and covered in glitter. A necklace/choker can be seen around Ireland's neck and again, blue is the primary color along with clear beads. Most likely to throw in some emphasis on Ice as well since Vaporeon can learn such attacks like Ice Beam and Aurora Beam.

Ireland's hair is made up of a long blue wig with a head ornament up on top. Vaporeon's iconic fins can be seen here and various types of materials make them up. Fabric for the blue part and possible some thin material or foam? I can't really tell. Ireland is also seen holding on to a glittered up Great Ball as a prop which really compliments the whole cosplay. Her figure is also beautiful in the cosplay and really inspires me in terms of fitness and being confident in my own cosplays! Enjoy the other pictures guys, I really love how this cosplay turned out <3.


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Photo by Nei Photography
If you haven't looked up Ireland Reid yet, check out her page! Also here's a link to the interview we did recently! :D
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