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COSMIC COUTURE

05 ‘Bounding’ involves
evoking a character’s look
as day wear rather than a
full cosplay outfit.

“I wanted to do
something special for
my 40th birthday,”
says S.L. Surovec, “so
I spent the latter half
of 2017 and the first
part of 2018 training
for the runDisney
First Order Challenge.
General Hux is one of
my favorite characters
from the new movies,
but his costume is
far too hot, heavy,
and restrictive, so I
imagined what he
might wear to jog in.”
Surovec’s solution was
a sporty ensemble. “I
added his rank stripes
and patch to a black
hoodie, designed and
created some Arkanis Academy stormtrooper fabric at a fabrics store.
leggings and a tank top, since his I designed the dress myself, adding
homeworld is Arkanis and his father red accents to give it that Vader
ran the Imperial Academy there,” touch and make it stand out.”
she explains. “And I thought I’d get Johanna Nybelius discovered
a bit cheeky with the jogging shorts an additional benefit from making
as well, by printing ‘Starkiller’ on Star Wars clothes: it was a break
the backside.” from making more detailed
costumes. “It turns out that making
Complementing The Star Wars clothing is great stress
Costumes relief,” she remarks. “If you have
Quite a few of the homemade done costuming for a while, it’s
designers Insider spoke to are also easy to fall into the mindset of
accomplished Star Wars costumers, always having to make something
many of whom make their own that is bigger and better than the
costumes as part of the 501st Legion previous thing. And that can be
or Rebel Legion fan clubs. stressful. Making a new Star Wars-
When not in her biker scout themed dress for the last Star Wars
armor (or in the 501stLegion’s only Celebration was a lot easier and
Muftak costume), Dawn Levian more fun than trying to scramble
can be seen at conventions in her for a new costume, and I still had
stormtrooper sugar skull dress. something new to wear for the
“I wanted something fun, flirty, convention. Fandom fashion is one
and different for when I’m not in way to have fun with fabric without
costume. I bought the sugar skulls the stress that comes with trying to
make a screen-accurate costume.”

For The Love Of Star Wars
Whether designing their own
fabrics, sewing garments, or
06 “Half the time people don’t even realize I’m wearing
assembling unique Star Wars something geeky,” says Bria LaVorgna.

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