My oldest daughter is 13 and is having fun with cosplay. I’ve coached her through sewing a thing or two…
…and she’s put together a cosplay outfit here and there…but now she wants to be All Might, aka Toshinori Yagi, from My Hero Academia for Halloween.
This is a screenshot from a site, EZ Cosplay, where you can order a custom-fitted cosplay of the character you want.
I don’t have experience ordering from them, but honestly, that’s really not a bad price if they really fit and it comes on time. My daughter wanted to be sure it would fit and on time, so she requested mom-help.
We have purchased things on eBay in the past, and have been perfectly happy there as well. These Attack on Titan belts were complicated, but worked out great.
Point being, however you get to your outfit is how you get to it, and it’s all about enjoying it.
For this adventure, however, we are going full custom. We looked at Simplicity’s many, many base costume/cosplay options:
This base pattern of a jumpsuit and leotard was a strong contender, but at the end of the day, I wanted my daughter to do a lot of the designing, and be able to use the restroom easily, so we opted to use a basic long sleeve t-shirt top and leggings patterns as a starting point. We have enough pattern hacking to do without having to remove panels, or deal with snap crotches. We’ve also borrowed The Hero’s Closet from the library.
It’s a great book with a lot of base patterns, and if you’re new to sewing and pattern hacking, it would be a great resource. In our instance, my daughter has me, and I’m not new to it, so we’re going to use what we have on hand.
Like I said, we’ve opted out of using a leotard or unitard, and we’re going to hack a long sleeve t-shirt and a pair of leggings. The basic t-shirt we are using is from the same Craftsy class the hoodie my daughter is wearing above, and the leggings base will be the Seamwork Manila leggings.
So, if you’re interested in following along, I’ll document our journey on creating a custom costume based off of these basic patterns.
