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CONSTRUCTION TIME: 1 week
DEBUT: Phoenix Comic Con 2013
Status: Retired
Thoughts: My friends wanted to do a Gurren Lagann group. I was kind of skeptical after one said ‘you could be Yoko!’ since she wears a bikini but then they showed me the S.T.A.R.S. video and I immediately wanted to do her flight attendant outfit! It looked really cute but at the same time sexy. I hadn’t done a lot of revealing costumes since Kriem so I decided to give it a go. It ended up being one of my favorite costumes at the time!
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It took me longer to do this costume because I was constantly working. I finally started using patterns again and lined the inside of the skirt and jacket. The V on the skirt has interfacing inside to make it sturdier and remain straight while being worn. The radio was made from craft foam, a phone cord that was being thrown out from work and a 10$ mic off eBay. I would later buy a $7 radio set at Goodwill to revamp the mic and radio set to make it look a bit more realistic. The fabric was also pulled from a local fabric store in Phoenix. The cap was based off my Nyotalia!Germany cap which is a military-style Garrison cap.
If I were to remake the costume, the jacket and skirt would be made out of a twill or stretchy sturdy type of fabric.

There are no tutorial/material or patterns for this as it had been made with what I had. There is also no write up as this was really a "MAKE IT WITH WHATEVER YOU CAN FIND!!" project.

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A medium shot of Lynai dressed as Yoko Littner in a blue and white uniform with an orange tie, posing with hands on hips at Anime Expo.
Three cosplayers dressed as Yoko Littner from Gurren Lagann stand together at a convention, holding up a large white flag featuring the red, flaming Team Gurren skull logo. Lynai stands in the middle
Lynai and another cosplayer in different versions of Yoko Littner outfits pose next to a concrete pillar, smiling and touching the tips of their index fingers together.
A close-up shot of a Lynai dressed as Yoko Littner in a blue uniform, holding a red vintage corded telephone receiver up to their ear and smiling.
Photographer: York In The Box
A three-panel composite image showing Lynai posing on a stool; the first two panels show the original shots against a green screen background, and the third panel shows the final edited image composite against an airplane turbine background.
Breakdown: For this, I photobashed a photo of myself (where I liked the portions or how my face looked) then edited it to look more natural. Like adding wisps of hair that I had to edit out during editing. It became a simple plane, thrown into 3D space and with the help of another model, adjusted to size.
A photo edit of Lynai in a blue Yoko Littner uniform leaning against a large airplane jet engine turbine
Photoshop, Daz3d - Based off a buuunchhh of photos of flight attendants who I guess...sometimes take pictures like this?! idk
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Close-up of a hand holding a handmade fabric cosplay armband with a red border and a solid red star emblem in the center.
Two small, circular red foam skull pins with black eyes and stylized crack lines, sitting on a brown surface.
A three-panel composite of mirror selfies showing Lynai testing out the full blue and white uniform cosplay with red heels and a long red wig.
A close-up of a hand holding a black thrifted radio microphone next to a vintage desktop CB radio unit on a grid cutting mat.
This CB radio (?) was maybe $5 at Goodwill back then. It'll probably now go for $100 with how insane thrifting is.
A hand holding a completed red rectangular prop box featuring a metallic gold star attached with three screws and a coiled red cord at the top.
For some reason, I wanted to add a lot of tactile detail in this cosplay since it was so... "bare" of detail to me. The radio prop proved to be my absolute favorite for a long time. It was so much fun to use a real radio mic as part of the cosplay!