Team USA – World Cosplay Summit 2017
Best in Professional Division – Anime Expo 2018
USA Representative 2019 and 1st Place – Art to Play (Nates, France)
Many designers only cater to a certain type of person. Personally I feel that is far too limiting. For example I know the struggle of looking for the perfect outfit and having to settle for less than I wanted, even from my favorite creators. That’s part of the reason I became a fashion designer myself. I like to think of myself as much more freeing.
But isn’t that just part of being a designer? I might have thought that too earlier in my career. But as I have competed with many talented individuals throughout the years, I have learned one thing; you can be much more than you think. Especially when it comes to design.
Often times I will struggle with a new concept for a little bit, but I refuse to give up. The resulting piece is can be one that even takes my own breath away. Its a pleasure for me to work with custom commissions and ideas because of this. Yes it is a challenge, but that is what I consider to be the best part of design.
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So much of Opera Celes has been about the hooping process. I can’t even guess how many hoopings I’ve done during this build but the
For some reason, when I began my corset journey, I thought I knew my way around a corset. Boy, howdy, was I wrong. For this
After her first debut at Anime Expo this year, I took a moment to reexamine what Celes has become. For my first attempt at designing
Gadget Gears is an American born costumer, designer, and cosplayer. She started out in theater, where she was trained as a costumer, makeup artist and starred in several leading operatic roles. On Broadway, Gadget worked as a stitcher/dresser on multiple tours, including the “Phantom of the Opera”, “Wicked”, “Les Miserables” and the 1st National Tour of “WarHorse”.
In 2007 she fell in love with cosplay because it not only allowed her to create beautiful costumes, but to create things that defied expectations, tell stories, and challenge herself in new and interesting ways. Ten years later, Gadget and her cosplay partner were able to put this passion on display as they represented the USA at the World Cosplay Summit as Undertaker and Ciel from Kuroshitsuji.
