Queen Mona

Photography by Scott Thomason Photography and Baldgroove Studios

2018

Why I chose to make this costume:

What can I say? I’m obsessed with Emily B. Martin‘s books. That about sums it up. I met her at the previous Electric City Comicon when I picked up her book for the first time in 2017, and was fortunate to be able to surprise her by cosplaying her character from the second book in her original trilogy in 2018.

Thoughts on this costume:

I love this costume. It’s sad it doesn’t see more of the sun. I was very fortunate to have my friend Virginia show up to the convention as Mae as well. Pretty much everything you could want to know about the construction of this dress is in the blog post below. I’d eventually love to re-wear this and take photos somewhere by a lake and make the scepter from the original concept art too.

Blog posts on this costume:

Cosplay Breakdown: The Making of Mona Alastaire’s Coronation Dress