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In a tweet size, Who is Kitty Honey Cosplay? (Kitty Honey) and I feel like her when I do cosplay, I
I’m a cosplayer and model from Argentina, cat lover, can be blond, brunette, I can be a superheroine, a
geek girl and pokemon fan. princess, a schoolgirl, a warrior and that's just awe-
some.
How is the cultural life in Argentina?
Well, it depends, if you’re asking about pop culture What was the first costume you made?
we have many events (comic conventions) or if you As I said, the first one I could wear at con was Sa-
refer to general culture, Argentina is quite known for kura Kasugano from Street Fighter. But the first one
its writers, scientists and of course and mainly is I’ve ever made was Sailor Mercury from Sailor
known because of football. Moon but I couldn’t wear it for accidental circums-
tances.
If you are talking about a fetish scene, it’s not a big
one. Alternative modelling here is quite a rare thing. How many hours of sewing does it take to complete
a costume?
Your life, would be different if you was born out of It depends on how complex is the costume, some-
Argentina? times it could take couple of weeks or 2 or 3
Maybe, but I was born here and it’s my situation, months. It depends on the case.
with a lack of a local alternative modelling scene,
maybe the things could be different if I was born in Where do you find your inspiration and what makes
another place. you different from the other people that make what
you make?
When did you begin the art of Firstly, my main inspiration is
costuming? I can tell some of them in the things that I like, se-
Like 4 years ago, my first condly, the thing that makes
cosplay was Sakura Kasu- like Rei Ayanami Plug- the difference is just being
gano from Street Fighter vi- myself.
deogame series. suit, it's not that hard,
What do you enjoy most
I got into cosplay around 5 or but I'm obsessed that it about your craft?
6 years ago, when I saw a I like the challenge of taking
cosplay contest in a comics comes out as I dreamt something unreal and por-
and manga magazine, I' ve tray it in real life. Sometimes
seen cosplayers and I got a it gets very difficult, but you
little keen on it, and I thought all this time. The same can always get an idea that
that it would be nice to por- gets you through the cha-
trait one of the sailors of Sai- Happens to me with I- llenge.
lor Moon that was a show I
really liked when I was a child no from Guilty Gear... What is your Favourite, Cos-
and when I saw in a local con play you’ve done so far and
that people where cospla- why?
ying. Right now it could be Ms. Marvel, but I always feel
enthusiastic about the new and upcoming ones. I
Why do you like cosplay world? like to look at the future.
I always been interested in fantasy characters from
comics, cartoons, anime, movies, etc, and the pos- Do you have any Future costume ideas? Or a Dream
sibility of being someone else, like when you're a kid Cosplay you would love to do in the up coming con-
and put on costumes. When I was a child it was ventions?
usual for me that in my birthday parties I used to A long list, I can tell some of them like Rei Ayanami
wear costumes (like a Strawberry Shortcake one I Plugsuit, it's not that hard, but I'm obsessed that it
wore when I was 4 years old) Cosplay gave me that comes out as I dreamt all this time. The same Hap-
possibility to play being someone else and chan- pens to me with I-no from Guilty Gear, is a cha-
ging my look. llenge for me that it comes out as good as it looks
in the game, accurate as the game and the artwork.
That's why there's an anime character I deeply love,
Cutey Honey from Go Nagai. She can transform in Major Motoko Kusanagi (hard disk version) is ano-
multiple appearances and looks, she can be a pho- ther one that takes out the sleep of me. I want to do
tographer, a model, a biker chick, etc and that's very all the possible versions of Catwoman, is another
"similar" to cosplaying and my cosplayer name is one of my dreams, I'm a little bit delayed but that's
some sort of play on words with that character because I want to do it right and accurate.
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