My first cosplay. OMG. xD

I was so excited about this costume. I had become a rabid Gravitation fan after I finished watching the anime and reading the manga, so I just had to do a costume from this series. Shuichi was the obvious choice, since he's my favorite character.

The costume itself wasn't that hard. I already had the black boots, black shorts, and black top. I found the fingerless gloves and microphone prop at a costume shop. It was mainly the yellow trenchcoat that was giving me trouble. If I had the money, I would've gotten one made with that shinny yellow pleather/PVC material, but I ended up with one made out of cotton.

One thing I learned from this is that with dark hair, you should never use a light colored hair spray. I tried to use pink hair spray instead of wearing a pink wig, and it totally didn't work. The color kept fading, and I ended up going through the whole bottle of spray within the weekend. xD I use wigs for all of my costumes now, depending on the character's hairstyle and hair color.

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