I had this silly idea to create an “evening look” inspired by C-3PO. Mostly, I’ve wanted to do a closet cosplay of C-3PO somehow, and I thought this might be easiest. Why him? He’s my favorite character from Star Wars. He and I are very similar: we both worry and focus on etiquette excessively, often to the annoyance of our friends. We’re both tall. And, well, I guess that’s where the similarities stop. But while wearing this outfit, I can pretend I’m a bit more mechanical. You just need to find a gold dress, some gold makeup, and a bunch of wires to fashion as a belt. Voila! Very subtle cosplay!
Dress: French Connection Cocktail Dress from thredUP.
Belt: Wires from Ace Hardware. The woman who cut the wires for me has a Millennium Falcon tattoo on her foot! You never know where you’ll find Star Wars fans! To make the belt, combine the wires together, put around your waist, then wrap the wires around each other or place a bit of electrical tape around the ends to keep it together.
Makeup: Time to break out all of your gold! For my eyes, I started with Stila’s Gilded Gold from the In the Light Eye Shadow Palette
Accessorize with gold jewelry and shoes and you’re all ready for a night out!
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(This is part 6 in a week-long series of closet cosplay from thredUP. Only one more to go!)
