Carbon Costume Show
Bombshell Batwoman
In DC Bombshells, Batwoman (real name Kate Kane) is a vigilante who earned her name by fighting crime with a bat and her baseball uniform. Her costume is inspired by the women’s baseball uniforms in the 1940’s. For authenticity, use the iron-on patch and numbers to recreate her team logo and number, 52. She also has “batwoman” written on her bat, which can be easily added to the prop bat.
Joan of Arc from Clone High
Joan of Arc is the teenage literal clone of the original Joan of Ark in the MTV animated series, Clone High. It was a early 2000’s series that barely lived a single season. Surprisingly, it has a cult following and is one of MTV’s most popular animated shows. Joan represents the goth girl found at any given high school, dressed specifically in mall goth attire.
To pull off this look, you’ll need a collection of items that look straight out of the early 2000’s, such as a simple black choker, a black long sleeved shirt, some dark green cargo pants, black combat boots, and of course a simple magenta bob.
Peter Banning / Pan From Hook
Robin Williams plays a grown-up Peter Pan in the 1991 Steven Spielberg fantasy adventure film Hook. It acts as a sequel to the original Peter Pan play focusing on an adult Peter Pan who has forgotten all about his childhood. In his new life, he is known as Peter Banning. However, when Captain Hook, the enemy of his past, kidnaps his children, he returns to Neverland in order to save them. If you want to make his coconut hilt sword, get a regular sword, paint it gold, and attach one half of a coconut bra to the hilt. You can cut some material from the costume for his shoe covers.
Casey from Kid Chameleon
In the Sega Genesis platformer Kid Chameleon, the boss of the new virtual reality video game “Wild Side” begins abducting players and the main character, Casey, goes to beat it and rescue them. He does this by using masks to change into different characters in order to use different abilities.
Penelope Garcia
On Criminal Minds, Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) the sweet-and-spunky technical analyst for the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. Unlike the rest of her team, Garcia is flamboyant and often provides comic relief. Her signature style includes bright, vibrant prints and color-coordinated accessories.
Harleen Quinzel
Harley Quinn was introduced as Harleen Quinzel, a psychiatrist in 1992’s Batman: The Animated Series. Since 1999, she has become a DC favorite. If you’re tired of the usual Harley cosplay tutorials such as the jester suit, Arkham series, or the Suicide Squad film, look no further.
Aside from most of the screen time Harley spent in the two ’90s Batman series’ parading around in her jester suit, she was known to dress quite feminine and formal. One of the looks aside from the usual was her outfit worn while shopping out on the town or when out with Ivy.
To pull off the simple look, you’ll need: a white collared blouse or button down shirt (tied into a sexy knot), bright red jean shorts with a simple black belt, white lace-up go-go rollerblade boots, and hair pulled into high pigtails. If you want to add accessories, get a white leather purse and some signature red lipstick.
Winter Steele
Since platinum blonde hair and the 1980s are trending at the moment, I thought I’d take a classic turn. Winter Steele is a puppet character from MTV’s animated series Liquid Television. Her style is very punk, symbolizing Nancy Spungen or from this generation, a lookalike of Lorraine Broughton from Atomic Blonde.
It’s a fairly easy look to pull off. Many females from the ’80s and ’90s would be most familiar with such. You’ll need platinum blonde/white long hair, a black choker with silver medallion, a black biker jacket (black vintage military cap is optional), a dog tag necklace, black pair of sunglasses, leather black gloves, black leather boots with pearls wrapped around the ankles,topped off with a simple black bralette with pants.
Shinichi Izumi from Parasyte: The Maxim
Shinichi Izumi is the main protagonist of the Parasyte series. He is a high school student whose right arm was infected with a parasite he named Migi.
Eliza Thornberry
In The Wild Thornberrys, Eliza Thornberry is a geeky tomboy who’s gained the ability to speak to animals, although this is unknown to all but her older sister Debbie. Note that since the red turtleneck will be worn underneath, you can cut this into a crop-top or cut the sleeves off a regular turtleneck, and use the excess fabric for red pockets on the dress!
Nikki Wong
Nikki Wong is a early 2000’s portrayal of an alternative chick, giving off goth vibes while in ska punk fashion. Her feminine role in the animated show 6teen touched non-conforming girls and feminists alike. To achieve her look, you’ll need a number of items that scream California or the beach. The outfit she wears throughout the whole series are: a pair of grey cargos (brown belt at the waist), a basic white tank top, a black choker with a triangular gemstone attached, some silver piercings, a purple bob, and some makeup to match.
