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.

Mark Cohen is a character in the musical RENT, written by Jonathan Larson to depict bohemian life in Lower Manhattan’s East Village during the HIV/AIDS crisis. Mark serves as the musical’s narrator, documenting the events with his antique video camera. He is a struggling Jewish documentary filmmaker as well as Roger’s roommate. Maureen is his ex-girlfriend. Anthony Rapp portrayed Mark in both the Broadway run and 2005 movie-musical.

Cat Valentine is a character on the Nickelodeon series, Victorious. She also appears in the spin-off, Sam and Cat. She is portrayed by pop singer Ariana Grande. Cat attends Hollywood Arts to pursue a career in singing and acting. She is the ditzy one of the friend group. While sweet and naive, she can sometimes get irrationally upset. She owns many stuffed animals and she is obsessed with bibble, a colorful popcorn snack. In a stark contrast to Jade, her fashion is very cute and feminine with lots of pink and ruffle textures.

Carly Shay (Miranda Cosgrove) is the main character in the Nickelodeon series, iCarly. She begins as a teen living with her older brother, Spencer, in Seattle. She creates the web show iCarly with her friends Sam and Freddie. In the reboot, Carly is now twenty-seven having graduated college. She now shares an apartment in Seattle with her new friend, Harper, and she revives her web show with the help of Freddie and her brother. While easygoing and caring, Carly has an impulsive streak when she can’t do what she wants. As with the character, her sense of style has been modernized and matured.

Matt is one of the three main characters of Cyberchase on PBS Kids. He is part of the Cybersquad alongside Inez, Jackie, and Digit. He is an eleven year old boy who lives on Earth. His interests include sports and Greek mythology. His red backpack contains helpful objects to go into the technological Cyberspace.

Mimi Marquez is a character in the musical RENT, written by Jonathan Larson to depict bohemian life in Lower Manhattan’s East Village during the HIV/AIDS crisis. She is a nineteen year old exotic dancer at a club called the Cat Scratch. She struggles with a drug addiction, and she is HIV positive like Angel. Mimi falls in love with Roger, and her growth throughout their romance is an important part of the story.

Inez is one of the three main characters of Cyberchase on PBS Kids. She is a Latina girl who lives on Earth. Inez is part of the Cybersquad alongside Matt, Jackie, and Digit. At nine years old, she’s the youngest member of the bunch. She loves to read, in which she often quotes from books. Inez possesses a wide vocabulary, and can speak both English and Spanish. Iron on the star patch in the middle of the pink shirt, and you’re set!

Hugo is a character in the Street Fighter video games. He first appeared as an enemy in Final Fight, referred to as Andore before his debut as a playable fighter in Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact. His character is a professional wrestler managed by Poison, who are both members of the Mad Gear Gang. Hugo bears a strong resemblance to real life wrestler Andre the Giant.

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.