Thread: Uhh...ideas for switching the 'gender' of a costume?

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Hey, I'm Lambdadelta, named after a female anime character by the same name. She's my favorite character (out of anything, anime or not) of all time, and her attire and being are pretty fitting for Halloween. She's a witch, for one, and she's got the whole 'candy-and-jack-o-lantern' theme, so it's not like it'd be a problem...normally.

The problem is, I'm a guy. I don't think it'd be the best idea to go around in this:

http://image.cosplayfu.com/b/Lambdad...ku-Koro-ni.jpg

which is one of the best Lambda cosplay costumes I've found.

Does anyone have any ideas to modify something to keep the same look, yet more masculine so that I could wear it? Keep in mind that I don't have too much money to go out and buy extra items or props, so it'd need to be something rather cheap.

I'm not expecting much, but you never know, maybe something will work out. If not, I've got a very cheap backup costume.

Perhaps a suit in the same color pink or something slightly darker, with the pumpkin on the shirt or jacket and a red bowtie? The red bows could be stuck onto the pants and jacket in similar places as they are on the dress. The hat and gloves wouldn't be too out of place with a suit. If you are in a warmer climate you could switch the pants for shorts similar to school uniform shorts and have the same striped knee socks with some red dress shoes (I Googled the character).

If you can't find or make any of the clothes in the pink, you could try looking for them in white cotton and dye them to the right shade. You have to find them in cotton or a natural material, synthetics don't dye well.

Wow, I can't believe I didn't even think of that. Thank you for that idea, I think I'll actually be able to go through with it~

Can't wait!