- Holy crap.
- This is not it.
- I look like a gay piñata.
- Its been pretty easy, up until now.
- This is gonna be tough.
(groans)
(electronic music)
- Hi, I'm Michelle.
Today we're gonna be making three closet cosplays
using what we have in out closets.
Closest cosplays.
Cosplay's, closet?
(laughs)
- Con season is over.
It is very over.
But I wanna show the whole world we can still have
a fun Con season in quarantine.
So we have the closet cosplay challenge.
- The rules are,
that we each need to make three outfits that
are inspired by the three different conventions
that, unfortunately,
we're not gonna be able to go to this year.
San Diego Comic-Con, Anime-Expo, and E3.
Our cosplays and outfits have to only be made
with clothing found in our closets.
No actual cosplay pieces are allowed.
- I love cosplaying.
Granted, I am not a pro by any means.
My cosplays are a bit more on the homemade side.
Its so amazing when you can dress up as a character
that you relate to.
I just feel so bad-ass.
- I've been cosplaying for about three years now.
My favorite characters that I've ever cosplayed
have been Captain Marvel, Super Girl,
Spider Gwen, and Wonder Woman.
This year for Comic-Con I was hoping to do
Black Widow, and Dead Pool.
I can't do those obviously this year,
so it will be fun to kind of challenge myself to see
what I can come up with just using the clothes in my closet.
- The hardest thing for me is definitely going to be the
comic book characters.
Because I just own 99 percent of pastel clothing.
I can't be like Batman or someone like that.
- [Kelsey] Hi Chewie!
You wanna cosplay?
All right!
Okay, lets go into my closet.
I'm so sorry, its messy.
(wordless singing)
All my clothes are so clothes-y you know?
They're all very, specific.
- The three cosplays that I want to do are,
Marina from Animal Crossing New Horizons,
DoFlamingo from One Piece,
and Harley Quinn from Birds of Prey.
I have color coordinated everything.
This is literally all my pink clothes.
I have whites, and they go into reds and whatever.
This is how much black clothes I have.
That's it.
But I'm gonna try my best and see what happens.
- Let me take a look in my closet here.
(sigh)
I feel like I have a lot of blacks
and browns and neutrals and denims.
I'm just gonna pull things out, and see how I feel.
- [Kelsey] Obviously we've got some Batman up in here.
Oo! This could do a kind of,
Poison Ivy vibes, I'm feelin'.
Okay, so, so far Comic-Con's going pretty well.
This would be really cute for Poison Ivy too!
- Harley Quinn the Birds of Prey version,
she has a lot more colorful options to choose from.
There's one I really, really, really like.
Its the cropped jacket that has the,
tinsel and different types of fabric.
So I'm gonna try to find something like that.
Wish me luck, because I'm going to need it.
No, not really.
How about this?
No.
Cute! But no.
No.
Nah.
Closest to it, but (sigh) still missing something.
I'm getting frustrated.
(scoffs)
I'm wondering how Michelle and Kelsey are doing.
Pretty sure they're killing it.
- This is getting hard.
This is like a red, skirt.
I'm just like grasping at straws at this point, I think.
Oh my gosh.
Why don't I have anything in the colors
of the things that I want?
I thought this would be so easy!
- I pulled together something for Adventure Time.
Princess Bubblegum.
Wearing something that I think she would rock today.
As I going through my clothes I was like,
"Oh no!" Like, "I don't know if I anything that looks
exactly like comic book characters."
But then, it hit me, I was like "Oh, wait."
I love seeing fan art of characters in just like,
everyday clothes.
So I was like, I could do a closet cosplay
of these characters just wearing clothes that they
would normally wear today.
Even if they aren't characters from today.
- So I was going through the footage,
and I'm a big dumb dumb,
because look at what's in the background literally
90 percent of my videos.
(grunts)
It totally screams Birds of Prey Harley Quinn.
The color scheme, not so much.
But its like, if all of this shredded material.
Again, its not the best, but its not the worst.
So now I'm gonna to find a shirt, and some jeans.
Go into the bathroom.
Pray to the anime gods.
Pray to the video game gods.
Pray to the comic book gods,
that it all works out.
- [Kelsey] This actually I made for a Sailor Moon bound.
I almost wonder if I should redo that.
Like a punk Sailor Moon vibe.
- For my anime character I'm doing
DoFlamingo from One Piece.
He's that character we all love to hate.
He's that villain that is over the top.
Gaudy, evil, basically myself in the mirror.
So the first thing that we're gonna recreate
is his giant pink jacket that he has.
I don't have feathers, your boy ain't that rich!
But, I got something very similar.
I got this from Forever 21 years ago,
but I didn't think I would ever need to use it.
But... Come one, its pretty close.
What do you think, Mr. Sparkles?
Do you uh, think my outfit looks great?
Same, same.
- So I just pulled out this black maxi dress
with a white tee underneath,
and a red headband with a big bow on it.
And I think that could be such a cute cosplay of Kiki,
from Kiki's Delivery Service.
Kiki's Delivery Service is one of those movies
that is near and dear to my heart.
Just such a cute movie, like I love watching it.
It always makes me happy.
- This is getting hard.
Anime is just so specific
with what their outfits look like,
and what their hair looks like.
I feel like this is where I'm gonna struggle.
I found a photo of Sailor moon where she
has the white skirt.
So I was thinking I could actually go
for the white skirt look.
And then I found these really cute heart earrings.
They definitely remind me of a Sailor Moon vibe.
I am worried that it might actually not read Sailor Moon,
and so I'm a little nervous about that part.
Chewie likes it.
Chewie approves.
Chewie, will you be my Artemis?
- We are gonna be Marina the pink octopus.
We all love, we all stan.
She has this super cute pastel shooting star sweater.
I actually do have something that I wanna show you all.
I mean, its pretty similar.
Like, I mean, come on, look at this.
Sure, its a unicorn, but its almost the exact same thing.
Aha, done.
Problem.
She is uh, naked from waist down.
She also has multiple legs.
Your boy has two.
I don't know what to do.
What am I going to do?
Pants, pants? Pants?
Sure, why not?
- [Kelsey] I also have this diva jacket.
This might be good for a video game character.
Chewie what do you think?
- No, no, no.
- I just had a brain wave,
and I'm looking a Isabelle online
and she's got a blue skirt and a plaid top.
Its a little bit small.
Okay, I'm not gonna lie.
Its cute, but its not Isabelle.
Because like, Isabelle is a, you know.
Less situation.
This is not it. (chuckles)
- Bear with me, bear with me.
I have this right over here.
Its this pastel skirt.
And I know the comments are gonna be like,
"That doesn't make sense!"
"I don't think that's gonna look like legs!"
"That's really gay."
Very true for all of them.
But, for real, I think it will definitely kind of create
that illusion of me having multiple legs.
I just also can't be naked.
Catch show my mini octo-bites to the public, you know?
- [Kelsey] Starting to come together.
I think this is gonna be Princess Peach.
And I'm gonna, I guess I'm gonna make this white
skirt work.
The best find were these earrings.
Princess Peach always has these pearl-ish earrings.
So I'm really excited about that.
- [Michelle] This is the outfit for D.Va from Overwatch.
Its based off of her academy skin,
which shows her still in school.
So, you see she's got her headset.
And then for kicks I also have
this D.Va gun I got for my cosplay.
I figured it would just be perfect as an accessory here.
(sirens)
- What's up, everybody.
I hope you're all having a fun day, doing your cosplay.
I'm sure its been pretty easy.
Up until now.
I have three specific challenges for you today.
Number one, you must incorporate the color yellow
in one of your cosplays.
This could be easy for some of you, could be hard.
But that's gotta happen.
Number two, you must have a dynamic makeup look
involved one of your cosplays.
Something a little extra, you know?
Something that's gonna wow us.
And the last challenge,
is that you must use a non clothing item as clothing.
Up to you.
But we gotta see it.
Have fun.
(nervous laughter)
- Okay, so that definitly threw me for a loop.
I don't know how I'm supposed to
get yellow into any of these.
(groans)
- I'm like, holy crap.
I just need to rethink everything.
Girl's gonna have to sit down,
and figure this all out.
Because, this is gonna be tough.
- One, you have to include yellow in one of your cosplays.
10 out of 10, already aced it.
Two, you have to have a dynamic makeup look.
I going to do that with my Harley Quinn look.
But the third one is a little bit harder, not gonna lie.
- I have these fantastic vines that, actually,
are leftover from my real cosplay.
However, I've been using them as decor sometimes.
It could just be draped upon me as my friend.
So, I think that kind of puts it over the edge,
and makes it more cosplay.
And less, you know, clothes.
So I had this idea to contour using the green,
but I'm not loving it at the moment.
I kinda look crazy.
Which she kinda looks crazy,
but I look like there's dirt on my face.
Getting all dressed up with no where to go!
(laughs)
And my one real plant, Timothy's gonna be a star!
You're gonna be a star, Timothy!
Okay, here is my finished product of my cosplay.
So I took some of the vines and put them on my ear.
Overall, I think that the outfit's pretty cute.
I went bare foot, after all,
because I think she's more of a woman of the earth.
I would happily wear this to a convention
and feel people are going to know what I am,
and like I nailed the character.
So, pretty proud.
- So, this is my Harley Quinn look.
I look like a gay Pinata.
I have the blue jeans, I have the white shirt that she has.
This is my version of her shredded cropped jacket.
Its fine.
As long as you portray the character.
- I wanted to do Princess Bubble Gum because I think
she's totally badass.
Not only is girl just like, cute and girly and pink,
but she's also this woman of science.
And she cares so much about her kingdom.
I might be bending the rules a little bit,
because I'm using like, cosplay stuff.
But I was like, you know what?
That's what Princess Bubblegum is known for.
She's got long, pink hair.
She wears this long pink dress usually.
I ended doing a soft girl makeup look.
(laughs) I tried my best.
Honestly, I just put on way more makeup than I usually wear.
Princess Bubblegum pink, all over.
- So I'm done with my Sailor Moon look.
And I'm honestly, pretty proud of it.
I got a little cat purse.
Accessories on my wrist, to kind of symbolize
what she has with her gloves kind of thing.
And then we've even got a little rose here for Tuxedo Mask.
Boom, baby!
I think I crushed this one!
I'm like, pretty proud!
- Okay y'all, so this is my look.
I feel like I am DoFlamingo but if he were shorter,
poorer, and a lot more gayer.
Kind of look like Elton John.
You know the expectation vs. reality?
Its like expectation, insert DoFlamingo anime,
reality, me. (chuckles)
Guess I'm DoFlamingo.
- Okay, so Kiki.
Because we need to use the color yellow in some way,
I tore through my closet and my makeup, everything I had,
trying to look for the color yellow.
And sadly, I do not have a lot of yellow things.
But, I did find a yellow notebook,
and I was like oh, in the movie,
Kiki actually uses a notepad
to write down delivery information.
So I was like, oh!
Check mark off yellow challenge.
- Last, we have my Princess Peach.
And I actually found this yellow headband
because I was looking for a crown of some sort.
And I couldn't find anything,
so I tried this yellow headband
and I'm actually really pleased with how it turned out.
Doesn't feel as much like cosplay, I'll admit,
than more of a Disney bound.
But I still think its a really cute look
that I'm pretty proud of.
Mario! (laughs)
- Come on, its pretty accurate.
Like, not gonna lie.
Your boy found these gloves.
And I'm like work, why don't I use these as pink tentacles?
- So this is my closet cosplay for D.Va from Overwatch.
Its based off of her academy skin,
so this is what she wore when she was going to high school,
and she wore a high school uniform.
And luckily, I did a D.Va cosplay before so,
I already had these headphones and I also have a D.Va gun.
So I feel like, between these two,
it definitely checks off on the non-clothing items
for that part of the challenge.
- Okay, so I am done y'all!
I completed it.
Did I do it correctly?
I don't know.
I was like, oh I got this!
And that became, oh shoot I don't got this, real quick.
- Over all, I am super happy with how the closet cosplays
turned out.
It was honestly kind of a surprise.
But sometimes, you know, you gotta try something new.
You gotta challenge yourself.
- Over all, I definitely miss cosplay
but this definitely scratched a similar itch.
And its really about, like, being creative,
and embodying the character, for me.
It was really fun.
If anyone else wants to try this challenge,
make sure to tag us, wherever you post it.
I would love to see it.
(upbeat music)
- Hey, everybody!
Thanks for watching and if you liked this video,
then make sure you subscribe.
And, you know what, check the playlists out.
There's plenty more.
Go on, have fun, keep watching.
I'll just be here.