This is the first of a zillion costume suggestions that my sister has been giving me - while she's not in the fan circuit at all, she's an avid manga reader and keeps pointing out dresses that she deems tasteful and decent, more so than what I usually come up with *lol*

Even though I'm clearly not the Sakura type, I fell in love with this gothic outfit the minute I saw it, so I decided to go ahead and make it my first costume for the 2009 con season ^_^

Cost: EUR 150 / US$ 190

Check out the awesome photoshoot with Shizuku at Animuc convention:
http://www.cosplay.com/shoot/146876/p1