I'm back with another costume! Aren't you glad?
Stats:
Character: Haruhi Fujioka
Series: Ouran High School Host Club
For: AnimeCentral '07
Price: $40
Completion Time: Since everything was bought, minutes?
This was my third cosplay and my second for a convention, so I was 15 years old and a sophomore in high school. My friend Waffuru and I teamed up as a duo, with her going as my "client" in a poofy yellow dress. She ended up getting more attention than me, since the male uniform is way easier to do. But I actually looked like Haruhi (vaguely), so we went that way.
Components:
- Blazer
- White blouse that buttoned at the neck
- Tie
- Black pants
- Dress shoes
- Ouran patch
This is a really simple costume, but the odd color of the blazer and the necessity of the patch makes it not-so-closet cosplay. Luckily for me, I already had most of the components. The white blouse is the same one I used for my Azumanga Daioh costume, so there was a great recycler. The pants I already had as well as the shoes (I used the pair I had for marching band, which made nifty clicky noises on hard surfaces).
For the blazer, I turned to eBay, because of the lack of sewing abilities available to me. I got lucky and snagged the one I did - for twenty bucks no less. It's a Liz Claiborne jacket and from the last decade, so upon arrival, I had to go in and remove the shoulder pads. That wasn't hard - just cut open the jacket lining, take out the padding, and sew it back up.
Then the tie. The Ouran tie is tricky because it has that purple stripe. Me, I saw it as a highlight color, but official ties have a purple ribbon sewed on. I balked at the concept of purchasing one (anywhere from $20-$30), so instead I just purchased a black one for about ten dollars. It came in handy when I needed a tie for work - and another costume.
Finally, the patch is one I bought from somebody on a LiveJournal Ouran cosplay community. Her design was the one I liked best and that didn't look hideous. That cost about seven dollars.
In retrospect, I can't really pull of Haruhi. I'm just too European.
