The initial idea came to me when I was talking about Utena Cosplay with my friend Envel. She expressed an interest in making Utena's big fluffy yellow dress from the 'fairytale prologue' segments and I, eager to have someone else to cosplay one of my favorite series with, jumped on the opportunity by saying that I would cosplay Dios. We decdied to go all the way by going full shadow-form using zentai suits. This was perfect for me, given the apparently fragile state of affairs regarding makeup these days -- this is probably the only way I could ever cosplay Dios without someone railing on me for either white-washing or brown-facing. Ultimately, the decision to make these costumes evolved when I decided that we should do a skit with them, so that we would have an excuse to show them off on-stage, enter them for craftsmanship, and do something a little more interesting than a walk-on. This also gave me an excuse to Fancy the Crap Out Of It.