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The new 2023 biopic film Priscilla follows Priscilla Presley’s life and her relationship with Elvis Presley. The film is directed by Sofia Coppola and is an adaptation of Priscilla’s book Elvis and Me. In this film, Priscilla is played by Cailee Spaeny along side Jacob Elordi who plays Elvis Presley.

Elvis in this film has costume that are of course inspired by original ones that Elvis Presley wore at different points in his life. One costume features a mostly brown look with a brown tweed blazer, a brown knit sweater, and black wool pants. Another is his summer pool-side look with a black and white vertical striped shirt with navy shorts and a pair of classic orange tinted sunglasses with gold detail.

Cleveland Brown (voiced most recently by Arif Zahir) is a character in the animated series Family Guy.  He also starred in his own spin-off series The Cleveland Show before it was canceled.  Cleveland lives on Spooner Street with Peter Griffin, Joe Swanson, and Glenn Quagmire.  He has a distinctively slow drawl and is a postal worker.  Though Cleveland occasionally dons different outfits, his primary costume on the show consists of a yellow t-shirt, blue jeans, and brown shoes.  His most important accessory is his mustache.

Shauna (voiced by Mona Marshall) is a minor character in the adult animated series South Park.  She is a student at South Park Elementary alongside Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Eric.  She goes on a date with Jimmy Valmer that ends with her throwing her drink in his face.  Shauna has long ginger hair which she clips on each side with small mint green bows.  She wears a black skirt and black flats.  Her blouse is purple and white with short sleeves and ruffles, so choose a shirt in a similar shade with ruffle details.

Dominique [Domi] (voiced in Japanese by Ai Kayano and in English by Alexis Tipton) is one of the major protagonists in the anime/manga series The Case Study of Vanitas, by Jun Mochizuki.

She is a vampire, much like the majority of the rest of the main cast of the series, and has been very close friends with Noé since they were kids. The main vampire governmental stronghold, Carbunculus Castle, has her currently employed as a knight.

Domi has long black hair that reaches down past her mid-back, and vibrant golden eyes. Her work outfit consists of a white military-styled jacket with pinkish-lavender lined coattails, black and gold accents, and a white and purple sash. Her undershirt is a high-collared black shirt with a matching bowed cravat topped by a vibrant gem. Her pants are white and mostly covered with thigh-high boots, with grey tops, and golden metallic heels and shoe tips. The rest of the look is finished off by dark pinkish-red gloves, and her trademark sword.

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Sal is the main antagonist of the pixel horror rpgmaker game, Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea. [Spoilers below]

He is the ambassador of the Sea of Death, serving under Mikotsuhime, and is obsessed with Wadanohara in a possessive and manipulative way, even to the point of trying to violently steal her from his twin brother, Samekichi. Both of them are sharks, and can shift between both an animal and more humanoid form.

Sal has white, chin length hair, with a shark fin sticking out of the top, and bright red eyes, occasionally ringed in red eyeliner. He wears a mid-toned grey button-up shirt tied with a black tie, and a white coat with dark buttons over top. With the jacket, he wears matching white pants that you can see his shark tail over, and the outfit is finished off with black gloves over sharp fingers, and black heals with red soles.

Tom Nook is a popular and well-known character from the Nintendo game Animal Crossing. Tom Nook is one of the first characters you meet in the game and he is the manager of the town shop and Nook Homes. His design is based off of an animal called a Tanuki, or a Japanese Raccoon Dog.

To dress like Tom Nook, wear a headband with ears, and either an Animal Crossing Hawaiian shirt with khaki shorts, or his dressier look with a green argyle sweater vest, red tie, white button down, and gray pants.

Shalnark (voiced in Japanese by Noriko Hidaka and in English by Griffin Burns) is one of the members of the main group of antagonists of the York New arc of the Hunter x Hunter series.

He is one of the initial founding members of the Phantom Troupe, having known Chrollo since they were both very young, with the majority of the members all growing up together in Meteor City. Shalnark’s nen specialty is Manipulation, and he uses a modified cell phone in order to control people like puppets, which also extends to himself, using his autopilot mode to turn him into an extremely powerful fighting force.

His color palette is significantly different in the 1999 adaptation, but in the 2011 version of the anime, he has a much lighter pastel appearance. His hair is a short cut blonde with a slight green wash to it, and his eyes are a mid-toned green. He wears a matching two-piece outfit, with the sleeveless top a light lavender color, with a black under layer, and different shades of teal as the cuffs and waistband, with small white details. The pants are the same lavender shade, and are cuffed just above the ankles, revealing slip on shoes that match the teal detailing on the top.

This past weekend, the 2024 Oscars were more than memorable thanks to Ryan Gosling bringing the Kenergy to the awards with his explosive live performance of ‘I’m Just Ken.’ Although Barbie didn’t win best picture or director, Ryan truly made a lasting impression by flooding our screens and the stage with pink. He was accompanied by a large ensemble of Kens supporting him as background dancers. The look of the performance was inspired by the famous scene featuring Marilyn Monroe’s ‘Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend’ from the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Of course in this case, Ryan is the iconic blonde and the ensemble wear costumes inspired by the men in the ensemble from the film. Choosing this classic film as inspiration is also fitting as Greta Gerwig took a lot of inspiration from large sweeping sound-stage musicals from that time. The I’m Just Ken scene in Barbie is actually inspired by Singin’ in the Rain, from the dream ballet sequence with Cyd Charisse and Gene Kelly.

Ryan wore an all-pink outfit to this performance. This can be created by wearing a hot-pink suit, pink shirt, pink gloves, pink socks, black dress shoes, and fashionable black sunglasses. The rhinestones can be added with AB rhinestones and glued with E6000. A black cowboy hat can also be added like he wears in the very beginning of the performance. This would make for a great duo or group costume with your favorite Kens as the background dancers.

Axel (voiced in Japanese by Keiji Fujiwara and in English by Quinton Flynn) is one of the major characters and a temporary antagonist at this point, in the Kingdom Hearts series.

While he does return later as his Somebody, Lea, for this part of the series he is still considered a key member of Organization XIII. He is number VIII (8), and his title is The Flurry of Dancing Flames, due to his flame-based powers. He joined the Organization at the same time as Saix, as they were very close beforehand.

He has voluminous red spiky hair with a dark gradient running through it, and vibrant green eyes, lined with red eyeliner, and purple upside-down teardrops underneath them. He wears the standard black Organization cloak, with black leather gloves, black pants, and the same silver topped black boots. His weapons are a pair of multi-colored spiked chakrams, as a variation off of the frisbees he used to play with as a child.