[30 Day Cosplay Challenge] Day 3 - My Most Recent Cosplay

Woosh, and here we are, onto Day 3 of the 30 Day Cosplay Challenge!

The topic for today's challenge is "Your Most Recent Cosplay".
Considering my costume I'm currently working on isn't done and won't debut until March 12, I will be rewinding to Ohayocon where I debuted my first J-Rock costume in about 2.5 years! And it's the one I feel is better than all my attempts in the past...

[DOGMA] Ruki from the band, the GazettE!

I only really have a few photos of my DOGMA costume because I didn't get any sort of shoot done.

Originally, I was still planning to debut a new J-Rock costume to mark my progress in cosplay construction and it was going to be a different Ruki look... but, when the DOGMA look and album came out, I was just so enthralled with this look that I had to make it. 

It is made entirely of black suiting and black lining with 3 different types of trims plus iron-on cross appliques (which were sewn on for stability). The necklace was made from gold chain and black silk cord and the wig is an AWESOME lace front from blackhairspray.com. 

I ended up having to my an extra weft piece (also from blackhairspray) to help pull the ponytail up and add a cover-up on the clip.

I did make the cords dangling from my wrists but they just got caught up in everything so I left them out. Gloves were also left out because I have a love-hate relationship with them in cosplay, honestly.

the GazettE in their DOGMA look

For those that know me fairly well, they know that the GazettE is my all time favourite band. I've been obsessed with them since I was about 14 (so going on 9 years roughly) and I have the singer's, Ruki, name in Katakana as a tattoo on my left wrist. I plan to expand on this tattoo and get another one in regards to the band as a whole.

I am MAJORLY PUMPED because I will be seeing them live for the first time on April 29 in New York City. This is like an early birthday present for me and I am eagerly counting down the days.

My goal for myself is to complete at LEAST 1 J-Rock/Visual Kei costume a year since there is not enough cosplayers of that media. We are a dying breed sadly and I want to bring back the scene into conventions while also making some pretty badass outfits.
It's one thing to bring a fictional character to life where you can improvise or cut some corners but it's extremely difficult to replicate a real thing.
DOGMA Ruki was certainly an adventure and he isn't 100% perfect but, dag-nabbit, he is pretty darn close!

Thanks for reading my nerdy jrock fangirl drabble and I'll see you tomorrow for Day 4 of the 30 Day Cosplay Challenge where I talk about My Cosplay Communities- where I go to talk about cosplay~!