Guests of Gotham Special Issue 50 Shades of Harley | Page 4

Whe n we s
t
arted rehears
al f
or the s
cene,
he menti
oned that he
wanted s
i
mpl
e cos
tumes f
or everyone.
We got mi
ne f
rom Hot Topi
c,
s
prayed my hai
r red and bl
ack,
and us
ed whi
te powder and eyel
i
ner
on my f
ace.
I
t was real
l
y t
os
s
ed t
ogether,
def
i
ni
tel
y a “
Hot Topi
c
Harl
ey” l
ook.
Af
ter the proj
ect was over,
I di
dn’
t want t
o s
t
op dres
-
s
i
ng up.
The energy i
t created was wonderf
ul
,
and i
t was j
us
t l
i
ke bei
ng
a l
i
ttl
e ki
d agai
n.
I res
earched the character i
n more depth,
but
nothi
ng s
tuck wi
th me qui
te l
i
ke her Batman:
The Ani
mated S
eri
es
des
i
gn.
I was gi
ven the opportuni
ty t
o attend Hol
i
day M ats
uri 2015
as my f
i
rs
t ever conventi
on,
s
o I s
at down wi
th s
ome YouTube tut
o-
ri
al
s f
ound through s
earches and s
t
arted maki
ng my f
i
rs
t Cl
as
s
i
c
Harl
ey s
ui
t
.
There were def
i
ni
tel
y thi
ngs that needed i
mprovi
ng,
but
s
he was a wonderf
ul f
i
rs
t attempt
.
I wore her f
or about a year,
ap-
pl
yi
ng t
o groups l
i
ke Guardi
ans of J
us
ti
ce and Cos
tumers wi
th a Caus
e.
When Hol
i
day M ats
uri 2016 rol
l
ed around,
I knew I had t
o do s
o-
methi
ng Chri
s
tmas
-
y.
I pul
l
ed mys
el
f t
ogether and f
i
nal
l
y made a
thermopl
as
ti
c mas
k,
then made my Chri
s
tmas Qui
nn,
us
i
ng the des
i
gn
by Arti
s
tAbe.
Af
ter Hol
mat was over I l
ooked at the qual
i
ty di
f
f
eren-
ce between Harl
ey #1 and Chri
s
tmas Qui
nn,
and the di
f
f
erence was
as
t
oundi
ng.
I put al
l other proj
ects on hol
d unti
l I remade my Cl
as
s
i
c
s
ui
t
.
I us
ed a di
f
f
erent materi
al
:
s
omethi
ng s
hi
ni
er wi
th a l
i
ttl
e more
s
ubs
t
ance than s
pandex,
but the s
ame methods
.
I f
i
xed s
ome of the pat-
terni
ng i
s
s
ues and s
ome of the s
i
zi
ng i
s
s
ues
.
S
he’
s s
ti
l
l not perf
ect
,
and
probabl
y never wi
l
l be,
but I l
ove her and wi
l
l s
how her of
f f
or the
next year or two unti
l I deci
de t
o upgrade agai
n.
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