Hii! I really need some advice on my madoka cosplay.
i have a big project to make a transforming dress, that goes from Madoka's Normal magical girl outfit, to her Goddess outfit.
my idea is to make a dress where the goddess dress is under the normal one, with the skirt tucked into the top. then I'm able to easily take off the top part and the skirt falls down revealing the bigger dress
Any advice? sorry if its a big ask
(A lil ref video below)
https://youtu.be/x9B-A7WjMYA
hi, thanks for reaching out! it's been a couple years since i dusted off this blog but i'm still happy to help.
this sounds like a really neat project and wish you the best of luck with it. admittedly i'm not an expert in transformation dresses, but i know a few people that are and can show you how they did it.
i'm going to direct you to this video by hazariel costumes. she and her partner made a mind boggling nine quick changes in three minutes to cosplay all the sailor scouts in one skit for wcs this year, and this is the video where she walks through each and every transformation! i love this video because it goes over a bunch of different strategies for different transformations depending on how long each costume needed to be onstage, the level of detail, and logistics of each transformation. she also talks about the materials and modifications she made to the costumes to make sure they could safely be layered and not get stuck!
based on this video, i'd suggest using the ribbon loop method they used to go from their sailor moon and chibi moon to princess serenity and black lady. that looks to be like the best method for going from one robustly built costume to another.
another person i can direct you to is lizard leigh's pink diamond build thread for their entry into her universe fashion show. this goes through their process of independently building both costumes and then attaching them to create the transformation part. this i think will be especially useful because it shows the process of putting a big long dress into a small poofy dress.
i do think these outfits are a good choice for a transformation!! madoka's weird lil donut skirt can hide the huge voluminous godoka skirt. i think your biggest challenge is going to be getting support for the godoka skirt if you do want to get hoops in there somehow. built in hoopskirt somehow? from experience packing them, they do a good job of holding their shape when clamped together and then kind of exploding out when you let them go, so you could probably use that to your advantage for the transformation somehow.
i hope this is a good starting point for you and i wish you luck!















