Making her dress was a real challenge for me because of those puffy badass sleeves and I loved every seconds of making it.

When I watched this animated movie the first time I recognised myself in her immediately. She’s rebellious, free-spirited, tomboyish and headstrong like me. She’s also the eldest daughter who loves her younger siblings. (Even if I have only a younger sister and a brother, they make their doppelgangers in craziness sometimes. xD) The tension at the beginning of the story between her and her mother reminds me of what kind of air floated around my mom and me before I moved out. Even with the many fights and conflicts between her and her mom she loves her mother from the bottom of her heart, just like me. Thank goodness we made up, too and our relationship is better than ever. We even work at the same place now. So frankly to say this cosplay is dedicated to my mother.