I wanted to make it as close, but as realistic as I could to the anime series' outfit. I made the suspenders from scratch so I could make them without an adjusting piece. I glued triangles to the clips made out of craft foam. The shoes were $5 and I painted them using Jaquard's paints to make them have those cute little yellow bolts on the side. The wig was made from a Ferrari (Arda Wigs) because at the time they did not have ponytail wigs. I had to adjust it so that the hair could go up in a ponytail and look like an actual ponytail. The pokeball is one I kept from my childhood :P

I made this costume because Gatsby really wanted to be Ash. I was a pretty big fan of the anime back in the day and I played a ton of Red, Blue and Green... but that's really it. Old school Pokemon all the way!