On a Pony Mission

A few weeks ago my friend Ali told me that she had plans to dress up as a humanized version of a My Little Pony for the Toronto Fan Expo this August when she comes up to visit me.  Now I've been to Fan Expo for the last two years and I honestly don't remember seeing anyone dress up as My Little Ponies, but because of her comment I decided to Google My Little Pony cosplay and boy oh boy did I get an eye full!  Apparently this is quite the thing and lots of people are positively crazy about ponies!

I decided (being the good friend that I am) that I would also dress up as a MLP!  But this required me to do a little research and I've been on a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic marathon ever since then!  I can see why little girls would love this cartoon and it teaches a lot of really good lessons about friendship.  Anyway, I can also see why it would be interesting to cosplay as a my little pony also. 

Some people take the cosplay of my little ponies to a full on pony dimension and furry costumes are their cosplay choice.  Others take a strictly human version of the pony and just dress up in the specific color scheme of the pony but have zero pony features.  I think Ali and I are going to do a little half and half to be honest.  I'm leaning towards either dressing up as Rarity or Fluttershy considering I love the color scheme of Rarity but the attitude of Fluttershy and I know Ali is going to dress up as Twilight Sparkle.  We've found some really fun unicorn horn and ear sets on Etsy like this set here as well as a few other accessories that I think will be great!

What I'm probably most excited about is that if I cosplay as Rarity then I get to wear my wedding dress again!!  Hahaha!  My dress is a really fun, short white on white polka dot halter dress and I think it will be perfect for Rarity!  Pair it up with a frilly purple petticoat and I'm good to go!

I can't help but still feel a little silly knowing that this is my Fan Expo costume for this year, but I don't know how more silly dressing up as a My Little Pony is considering last year I dressed up as a Sith and carried around a lightsaber.  I guess its all a bit silly...but as long as your having fun who cares!

I'll post photo's as I start building on the costume!