I miss the heady days of TARDIS Tuesday with Maricel and the Doctor Who Style inspiration with Melanie at the FollyBird. It was fun trying to think up new cosplays or subtle wearing of Doctor Who themed items. Since I've been on Instagram, I've discovered a whole community of VERY SERIOUS Doctor Who cosplayers who wear totally accurate renditions of the outfits. When the advert introducing Bill as the Doctor's New companion came out a year ago, cosplayers were identifying her costume pieces and buying them instantly- Mint coloured Vans trainers, Topshop stripy body suit, jacket with patches.
I am luckily enough to own a few Screen Accurate pieces worn by Clara Oswald (mostly VERY lucky finds in Charity shops- heck, one coat I own, someone is selling on Ebay for £89.99 currently!) but I enjoyed the days of trying to make something out of what I had.
To that end, a little while ago, I decided to just do a wardrobe cosplay (Cosplay= dressing up...I think!) of one of my favourite Classic Who characters- Romana, who was Tom Baker's Time Lady companion. In her 2nd incarnation here, played by Lalla Ward, she wore a lot of 'costumey' costumes, to put it rather clumsily. One of my favourites was an outfit from an episode called The Leisure Hive in which she wore a sort of stripy Edwardian bathing suit and a sailor jacket with hat.
I lacked stripy knickerbockers, so I wore a Tu Stripy skirt and teamed it up with a Primark simple stripy top. The Sailor cardigan is from long-ago Primark.
Sadly, up until a few months ago, I had an identical hat to Lalla's but it didn't fit my head without feeling very tight so I gave it to a charity shop- it doesn't seem to fit Lalla either! I tried various ways to imitate the red scarf which all failed so I just added a touch of red ribbon from my craft stash.
A very simple cosplay, but fun to try and recreate in some way!
What do you think?
xx
I haven't seen Dr Who since the departure of Christopher Eccleston so I don't know the sidekick but your outfit is fabulous. A wonderful interpretation.
ReplyDeleteOne of my blogging friends, Ros, has a great Dr Who story:
http://clothescamerasandcoffee.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/my-grandma-president-of-earth.html
You look fabulous! I love this look! I absolutely love Edwardian bathers, they're just so pretty xxx
ReplyDeleteLove the touch of the ribbon - I would never have thought of that! You like fab, as always.
ReplyDeleteI think cosplay is dressing up as a specific character from popular culture. It's different to "just" dressing up - say like you would for Halloween - because you are meant to be a specific someone and not just a generic vampire or witch or whatever. Also, I believe for serious cosplayers you are also supposed to act like the person you are dressed as?? I'm far from an expert though!
The ribbon idea is fab. I like your outfit, you look great. x
ReplyDeleteCute! You look ready to take on the Fourth Doctor and have adventures.
ReplyDeleteHave you gotten to see some of the new episodes? So good!
What a fun outfit, and a fabulous cosplay! xxx
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful look! You look so pretty and feminine. Great cosplay combo!
ReplyDeleteI think it's lovely, and in a way it's nicer to come up with your own version rather than to spend a lot of money buying exact pieces - there's not much creativity in that is there?
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This is ace Kezzie, and the outfit is spot on for Romana too! I have to confess I've only seen a few of the older Doctor Who episodes so I need to sit down and have a marathon session, but you captured the look perfectly here. I must get instagram when I upgrade my phone so I can see the other cosplays! - Tasha
ReplyDeleteA good result I'd say. I love anything nautical.
ReplyDeleteLisa x