Now, with the arrival of the new Winx series, I decided to put an end to my long-standing desire to cosplay Musa, my favorite Winx. Winx is one of my favorite series; I still watch it every now and then.
Musa is the fairy of music. Her personality is that of someone who tends to hide her feelings. She often likes to be alone and has complicated feelings, and whoops, I must say that's why I identify with her. She loves music and manages to express herself through it. Besides, I think she's the prettiest Winx. She's simply my favorite character, and since the new series is coming soon, I had to do something about her before the premiere. Hey, it's her birthday month, so it's a good time for this.
I'm not one to make my own cosplays. I've rarely done so. I only make a few things. I ordered the contact lenses, wig, and shoes from my local store when I shop abroad. This time, I didn't order the costume from one of these specialty cosplay stores because when I looked it up, it seemed too expensive for what the costume actually is. Although it's very pretty, the fabric is actually quite small, so I decided to commission a store that makes custom cosplays.
It was my first time ordering a custom cosplay without being present for the measurements; everything was done online. I forgot to ask for certain details about the costume, but since it was my first time, I thought if I ordered the costume, they would give it to me with everything and accessories. But no, and it actually makes sense. Next time, I'll indicate everything I want to order. Anyway, I ordered the costume and the wings. When my cosplay arrived, everything was perfect. It's beautiful, and what I was most pleased with was the fabric because it gave me the effect I wanted. In the series, the Winx costume shines and sparkles in certain areas, and this sequin fabric achieved it. That fabric made me super happy because not all sequin fabrics are the same.
One thing I had to do was cut the skirt, but those are just details. I wasn't there for the measurements, and I ordered the length of the skirt myself, so it wasn't a problem cutting it. The mesh that goes under the top and skirt was made in a bodysuit style and is a fairly sturdy mesh, so that's another point.
I ordered the wings plain, and I would add the other details to make them look more like Muse's. With some fabric and ribbons, I finished the look I wanted, and they're beautiful. What mattered most to me was having the structure and fabric to cover them. My city is small, so there aren't many materials to invent, so I ordered the wings instead of making them.
It happened to me that everything in the cosplay was super long and required cutting lol, when I ordered the wig it seemed a little expensive but it was the only one I found that fit what I was looking for, when it arrived it was so long and I understood the price, it was the right price for a wig of that length, I had not checked the length of the wig on the page, my mistake, but as a cosplayer for years I am not afraid of any wig or fabric so I also proceeded to cut it and fix it until it resembled Musa's hairstyle. Musa in the series has had short and long hair, personally I like her better with short hair, but I didn't really feel like working so much on the wig to make her short hairstyle, so I left it like that, later I will do it since I can make the wig work to use both hairstyles, both short and long.
Next, the boots, finding the boots was a problem because it turns out that there are no exact ones like Musa's compared to the other characters, I am a perfectionist and I wanted them to look like in the series, the ones that looked the same as in the series were these however as you can see they are very high but as I became accustomed to in the process of this cosplay I proceeded to order the boots and cut them, I measured them very well so that they would be even, it was not that difficult to sew them and in the end they were just as I wanted.
The headphones and arm accessories were missing, I had a lot of purple fabric from a previous cosplay and that was what I needed so I would take care of that, I made some simple straight ribbons and sewed them by hand.
For the headphones I wanted something that looked different because Muse's headphones in the series seem like they work to me but they are so simple that when I see them in cosplays I get the feeling that they actually look fake because of how simple they are so luckily I had these headphones that had been damaged and I didn't throw them away and it's a good thing I didn't, they were ideal, I painted the plastic parts with purple paint, there was a hole left where the microphone went and I covered it with a circle of foam, with purple fabric I covered the parts of the fabric that couldn't be painted.
Normally when cosplaying Winx many people also tend to wear casual clothes since this way there is a game between before and after their transformation into Magic Winx, and just when I was working on the details of the cosplay one of those days when I went out to the market one of the stalls in front had this red top with one sleeve, I was in shock, it was like: AAAAHHHHH it's a Winx sign and I bought it, right away, how could I let that go, I can't hahaha.
With everything ready, the day arrived to plan the photoshoot. I looked for images of Muse and videos to inspire her poses. I took photos of myself in both her casual attire and the Magic Winx costume.
After collecting all the photos and cleaning up the mess that comes with taking a photoshoot, it's time to select which photos to upload, which ones to discard, and then play with them in Photoshop.
A sad fact about the photoshoot: I put my wings on backward, so my work on the wings wasn't visible.
Here are some comparisons of the before and after editing photos, I hope you like them, greetings Winx!
