Carbon Costume

City Girl’s fourth album, Celestial Angel, includes beautiful cover art reminiscent of 90s anime.  The city scene takes on an ethereal appearance with the cover character, likely the titular Celestial Angel, hovering off a set of stairs, an otherworldly glow enveloping her as she ascends.  The Angel’s appearance includes a blue skirt and puffy-sleeved blouse as well as blue chin-length hair.

Rory Gilmore (played by Alexis Bledel) is the intelligent teenage daughter of Lorelei and one-half of the titular Gilmore Girls on the well-known CW show.  Rory is studious and headstrong, much like her mother.  Throughout the course of the show, Rory wears a wide variety of outfits.  You can’t go wrong recreating her Chilton Prep School uniform or any of her other iconic outfits.  In the pilot of the series, Rory wore a cozy sweater perfectly suited to her Connecticut hometown.  As she grew and attended college, her style matured along with her.

Inomata Babayaro Yutaka (voiced by Tasuku Hatanaka and Lee George) is a kind-hearted student at Yamanami High School in the anime series Re-Main.  Inomata’s father is from Nigeria. Inomata wears a standard school uniform consisting of a blue blazer, blue and white striped tie, and lighter blue slacks.

Deirdre Beaubeirdra (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) is an IRS worker and sometimes antagonist in the film Everything Everywhere All at Once.  Deirdre is a bit of a stick in the mud and puts pressure on Evelyn and Waymond Wang when she audits their laundromat.  Deirdre becomes an enemy of Evelyn when another version from a different universe who is loyal to Jobu Tupaki jumps into her consciousness.  Deirdre has a blunt haircut and wears a gold turtleneck and grey trousers with a yellow vest over top.  To get the colors to match more closely, you can cut the arms off a yellow crochet cardigan.

Ezreal is a fearless explorer and champion in the video game League of Legends.  Ezreal’s gift in the magical arts is unknown to him at first, though he eventually wields the Shuriman gauntlet to devastating effect.  Ezreal has blonde hair and wears a brown jacket with dark blue pants.  To recreate his knee pads, you can use iron-on patches for comfort and simplicity.  Finding a replica of the Shuriman gauntlet might prove difficult, so don’t be afraid to either purchase a pre-made cosplay outfit or use gold gauntlets meant for medieval cosplay to recreate the look.

Malaria (voiced by Jeannie Elias) is a gothic woman who fell in love with Grim on an episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy before realizing he was the actual Grim Reaper and running away.  Malaria and Grim meet when he goes to the beach with Billy and Mandy.  Malaria wears black opera gloves and a long black strapless dress.  She uses an umbrella at the beach and wears purple eye shadow and red lipstick.

Eda Clawthorne (voiced by Wendie Malick) is a rebellious witch in the animated series The Owl House.  As a young girl, Eda was cursed by her older sister Lilith.  Eda’s current appearance is a little different from her original look on the show.  Now, she wears a three-tone dress that can be tough to find an exact replica of, but by taking a little time to layer different pieces together and cut the hems to match, you can achieve a similar look with minimal effort.  Using glue or fabric tape, you can add a jewel to the front of the outfit to match Eda’s.

Jill Valentine (voiced by Una Kavanagh) is a former member of the Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.), an elite unit of the Raccoon Police Department, in the Resident Evil video game series.  Jill eventually leaves S.T.A.R.S. and co-founds the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance.  Though Jill has had several different costumes throughout the series, her first appearance is one of her most iconic, wearing a blue beret and matching uniform.  In the updated version of Resident Evil 1 released in 2002, Jill’s costume receives a more realistic upgrade, though it maintains many of the same components.  Whichever version you choose to emulate, you’ll want to splurge on a S.T.A.R.S. patch to update your shirt, and make sure you wear fingerless gloves and sturdy combat boots.