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These cosplays were debuted at Megacon 2012 in Orlando, Fl. While John had originally planned on his Alice being maiko inspired, the heat quickly changed that plan into wearing it as a courtesan, or oiran. Stormy's original plan worked out well as she had planned on wearing her's as a tayu, or a more highly skilled courtesan.

The setting for this Alice in... cosplay set is Japan. We thought it would be fun to do a Japanesed themed set so that we could gain skills on how to make kimono and obi. Along the way John did over twenty hours of research on geisha, maiko, courtesans and kimono in order to make his as accurate as possible, with a few stylistic exceptions.

Overall we were thrilled with the way these turned out. We also both realized how difficult and hot it is to wear these ensembles. John plans on making a more accurate wig for his while also planning on wearing it correctly when the weather cools.

Stormy's kimono consisted of a satin-lined rose brocade outermost one, a white rose cotton with cotton lining underneath that, with two more additional cotton with cotton lining kimono below the first two. She sewed all of this, including the corseted obi.

John's kimono consisted of a butterfly brocade exterior one, a false blue to gold iridescent kimono under that, along with the blue cotton kimono. He made all of his including his obi and kanzashi.

Both wigs were styled by John with Stormy's hair ornaments and decorations also being made by him.

Description
These cosplays were debuted at Megacon 2012 in Orlando, Fl. While John had originally planned on his Alice being maiko inspired, the heat quickly changed that plan into wearing it as a courtesan, or oiran. Stormy's original plan worked out well as she had planned on wearing her's as a tayu, or a more highly skilled courtesan.

The setting for this Alice in... cosplay set is Japan. We thought it would be fun to do a Japanesed themed set so that we could gain skills on how to make kimono and obi. Along the way John did over twenty hours of research on geisha, maiko, courtesans and kimono in order to make his as accurate as possible, with a few stylistic exceptions.

Overall we were thrilled with the way these turned out. We also both realized how difficult and hot it is to wear these ensembles. John plans on making a more accurate wig for his while also planning on wearing it correctly when the weather cools.

Stormy's kimono consisted of a satin-lined rose brocade outermost one, a white rose cotton with cotton lining underneath that, with two more additional cotton with cotton lining kimono below the first two. She sewed all of this, including the corseted obi.

John's kimono consisted of a butterfly brocade exterior one, a false blue to gold iridescent kimono under that, along with the blue cotton kimono. He made all of his including his obi and kanzashi.

Both wigs were styled by John with Stormy's hair ornaments and decorations also being made by him.