![]() So enough about my background, on to some costume stuff! A lot of people ask me what my first cosplay was. RELATED: Check Out Our Cosplay Photos From Dragon Con! I would eventually go on to quit my day job to pursue a full time cosplay and content creation career! It was the biggest leap of faith imaginable, but I am thankful every day I took it! ![]() I worked in the fashion industry for a few years during this time as a Production Assistant, which is basically an assistant technical designer. I eventually went on to graduate from CSULB with a BA with honours in Fashion Design. I graduated with home economics honours (I know that seems so dated to say haha!) and moved on to further my education by taking a full course load from two community colleges because they offered a vastly different variety of courses! I got my foundations and basics of sewing and fashion at Orange Coast where I also eventually transferred with a AA to Cal State Long Beach, while simultaneously working on a certificate from Saddleback College because they offered fun courses like Millenary (hat making), Shoe Making, Corsetry, Tutu making. I was lucky enough to be at the only school in the district to still offer sewing classes as electives! I spent the next several years learning how to sew from historical costuming books and patterns, taking high school sewing classes once they became available to me to hone my skills. I still have that machine and it still works! I’ve since modernized my tech a bit, but I will always fondly remember that time, because it gave me my foundations for the career of my dreams. I started off sewing historical costumes at a young age, I was 12 when I first learned to sew with my mom on my grandmother’s 1940 Singer sewing machine. RELATED: Jensen Ackles & Sarah Michelle Gellar Share Their Cosplay I also have a thriving community of Patrons and Fans as well as a website you can visit to see more of me and my work! You can also catch me streaming games on twitch and watch the occasional cosplay building session there as well! But more on that later, for now here is a bit about me! I have been given the opportunity to build costumes for some fabulous major companies, and have been hosted at some amazing international and domestic conventions. It is truly my passion and my drive, and I am so lucky to be able to play dress up for a living! I have participated in, won and judged cosplay competitions, though competing isn’t really my scene! I prefer to live in the judgment free zone of cosplay as much as possible! I’d like to take the time to introduce myself and tell you all just a little bit about my background and how I got started cosplaying! I have had the great privilege of meeting so many wonderful and talented people in my time in the cosplay community, and have seen the community grow and shape in so many ways since I joined it.
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