Cosplay Noob: Sailor Neptune casual cosplay

Guess what arrived today! MY SKIRT!!!

So just to remind you this is what colour was on eBay:

I was concerned about the colour. BUT THEN I GOT THIS:

To be honest this is the perfect colour I think, for Sailor Neptune's skirt. 

Now all I need to do is figure out what to do about the top half. I already know I'm going to take the skirt out with me to get the correct colour collar and bows, so maybe take it out to get at tshirt. Main issue here is getting a tshirt that not only fits well, but has th correct neckline.

I've looked on eBay and there are body suits. BUT they only do a scoop necked short sleeved bodysuit. Any v neck searches have a super deep v neck and/or has a modest v neck but has long sleeves. I could cut them but I don't want to mess it up.

Cosplay noob: Planning my casual Sailor Neptune costume for MCM London October 24th 2015

Me and my lovely friend Rosie have been throwing about our ideas for cosplay for the next MCM London, in October this year. I didn't know what to cosplay as, so taking to the MCM Facebook page, I thought I would get some opinions on what to dress up as. 

Now I absolutely love Sailor Moon, I've always wanted to do a cosplay but have been put off by my size, so as soon as someone mentioned my green wig would make a good Sailor Neptune (or the joker genderbend/Neleil from bleach) cosplay I instantly wanted to make this a thing.

Being a size 20, most of these sailor moon costumes really aren't forgiving in the skirt department. Not only that but I would prefer to get my size or something custom made to my figure. Taking to the Internet for cosplay websites were easy, what wasn't was finding solid reviews. All these websites I was looking on we're very hit and miss, some people having good experiences others listing wrong sizing and very late arrivals with very bad customer-merchant communication. Yeah sure I could go and pay someone anywhere up form £100 for my costume, but I do not have this money lying around at present. 

Next best solution I found was a very cute casual looking sailor moon dress up I found on Pinterest by some guy called Sebastian Michaels (sourced from weheartit). Which is what I am going to be basing my first cosplay around.

See! Look at how cute that is! 

Okay firstly I have adopted the help from my lovely twin sister, Sophie, to help me find a skirt in the teal colour I need and she pulled up this from eBay:

I bought this as soon as it loaded, I'm not even exaggerating. 

Progress so far:

• Wig (bought £35 from geisha wigs)

• White T-shirt (waiting for purchase)

• skirt (bought £6 from eBay)

• Collar and bows (will be trying to make these)

• Choker (going to try and make)

• Tiara*

*I honestly don't know if I should have a tiara or paint Neptunes symbol on my forehead?