Carbon Costume Posts by Tom
Leanne Grayson from Servant
In M. Night Shyamalan’s AppleTV+ series Servant, Leanne Grayson (Nell Tiger Free) is a mysterious young woman who is hired by Dorothy and Sean Turner to move in and take care of Baby Jericho. However all is not as it seems, as Leanne is actually responsible for caring for a reborn doll after the Turners’ tragic loss, and strange happenings occur in their Philadelphia home.
Phoenix Buchanan
In Paddington 2, Phoenix Buchanan (Hugh Grant) is an egostical ex-actor on the West End who now resorts to dog food commercials to make ends meet. Using one of his many disguises and his acting chops, Phoenix steals a special pop-up book of London from an antique shop that Paddington Brown has been saving up as a 100th birthday present for his Aunt Lucy.
Pajama Sam
Pajama Sam is a point and click adventure and puzzle game released in 1996. It features a young boy (voiced by Pamela Adlon) with an active imagination who befriends many anthropomorphic inanimate objects on his adventures.
Rin from Shelter
In the music video for the Porter Robinson single Shelter, Rin is a teenage girl who finds herself alone in the world. It’s revealed that a planetary object was on a collision course with planet Earth, and her scientist father labored for years to build a spacecraft for her to survive, forever plugged into the spacecraft’s simulation to experience life.
Lee Scoresby from His Dark Materials
In His Dark Materials, Lee Scoresby (Lin-Manuel Miranda) is a skilled aëronaut balloonist. He’s hired by the Gyptians to safely transport Lyra Belacqua to Svalbard. Lee’s dæmon is an arctic hare named Hester.
General Leia Organa from The Last Jedi
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) is on the deck of her flagship Raddus when the crew is expelled into deep space. Using the Force, Leia makes her way back to the ship and suppresses Poe Dameron. With the help of her brother Luke Skywalker, who distracts Kylo Ren, she makes her escape aboard the Millennium Falcon. For this costume, the star pieces are definitely the dazzling jewelry Leia wears, which stands out even more against her simple clothing.
Young Michael Scott Shaking Hands from The Office
In The Office episode “The Carpet”, Michael Scott (Steve Carrell) reflects on being a friendly boss with his staff, and then reminisces about his old boss Ed Truck who was no-nonsense and no fun. The camera flashes to an old Dunder Mifflin staff newsletter photo where a young Michael Scott — mullet, fanny pack, and all — is shaking hands with Ed after receiving top sales honors.
Cosplayer Wishlists for Christmas 2019
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Gwart from Silicon Valley
In Silicon Valley, Gwart (Nandini Bapat) is an up and coming programmer that Jared Dunn discovers at the Hacker Hostel. Gwart is eccentric to say the least, a woman of few words who has a taste for artichoke cooked rare, leaves and all. For Gwart’s costume, you can opt for the coke bottle glasses true to her character or the more screen accurate tortoise half-rims with ultra-strong prescription.
Jeanette Miller from Alvin and the Chipmunks
In Alvin and the Chipmunks, Jeanette Miller (voiced by Janice Karman) is the second of the Chipettes, younger than Brittany and older than Eleanor. She is the absent-minded professor type of the group, gifts with extraordinary intelligence that leaves her contemplating the universe while tripping over her own feet and knocking things over. In a sense she’s most similar to Theodore, but gets along best with Simon due to their shared interests. Jeanette has brown hair and green or blue eyes, and her signature color is purple.
