cosplay
Horray for costume play! Without it, how could otakus and anime cons survive?

I have complied a list of URLs to various Ming Ming cosplay. Please send any missing URLs my way.

• http://uruharafc.deviantart.com/gallery/#BeyBlade
• http://www.lelola.net/wings/cosplay/mingming/
• http://www.cosplay.com/  (search for them. There are a few)

bijou-chan's Cosplay Implementation
It just had to happen. I was thinking of cosplaying as Ming Ming for a while but I finally got round to doing it - failing that - finally found everything I need.

Most complications were sorted already from the making of the doll so the bun's lace and the pipecleaner quif are the same.
I found almost everything from a market on textiles stalls. I was looking to find gem-like, heart buttons I used for the red heart on the arm band and the pink earrings. The rest of the armband was made from yellow ribbon and black, velvet ribbon. I used the same black ribbon for the choker and a wide, red ribbon or the leg band. These are attached with Velcro, and the pouch is a small cardboard box I miraculously got on the same day when I bought a little, crystal snake for my collection.

Then I found a pair of wool gloves on the market but they weren't long enough nor would wool cooperate with me cutting the petal shapes at the end of the glove. Instead I found some red cotton, cut them to shape, then sewn them to the end of the gloves. My hand wouldn't fit through the wrist past of the glove if I sewn the black strips on so they're separate and are put on with Velcro.
By this time, Uggs are the knew fashion and ballet pump style shoes are going out, so it was a good job I already had a red pair of shoes like Ming Ming's (apart from the bows). The socks were found on the market too, only I have to turn them down as they reach over the knee.
I looked high and low for the right dress and ended up getting this dress from a charity shop. It was slightly long and a green-grey colour so it got cut short and dyed. Only now the dress looks brown against proper black...

At the time of gathering the materials it was nearing Christmas, thus it was the party season. My mum insisted on making a tinsel wig with lammetta for the fringe but tinsel itches and so I found the perfect wig in a nearby fancy dress shop. The lady asked me what I wanted it for but I only confused her with the word 'cosplay'. Like I said, the quif is a pipecleaner which is attached to a blue Alice band (so amazing that I had a blue one). I decided to do the buns in style and parted the wig realistically and put on bun covers made of white material, lace and elastic. The fringe was fine how it was. This thing is, this wig was so perfect, but there isn't enough hair to put up, plus it was so knotty and messy (couldn't brush it because the hair would just fall out). However, I kept at it, and clipped the wig upside down to a skirt hanger, and hung it on my lampshade. This way, I could style the high pigtails easily. I had to use a lot of clips to hold the buns in place, and I had no bun nets to nestle them down while I put the white bun covers on, so I used pop socks instead.

To finish it off I attached the pink hearts to hook earrings with the annoying wire you get holding Barbie dolls captive the their boxes. I insisted to get orange contacts but I'm scared of putting things in my eyes so I settled for my own blue eyes (which match the wig, anyway). I have realistic proportions as 'Queen', but then again I'm short enough and have a smaller breast size to be 'Loli'.