| DDR Goddess |
| Character: DDR Goddess Series: Dance Dance Revolution video game series Style: original concept Debut: May 2003 Cons: Senior Prom, Anime Mid-Atlantic 3 Cost: almost $300 Comments: I wasn't really looking forward to prom, but one day driving home from dinner, the idea of a white dress covered in blue and pink arrows flashed into my head. The next day in English I drew out the original design and so it began. Although the end result varried slightly from the picture, the basic vision is still there. I bought a white dress from a formal occasion store and altered it beyond all recognition, ripping off a front beaded panel, adding a pettycoat, changing the set-up of the laces in the back, taking in the waist...the list goes on. The belt, choker and wrist bands are made of a clear plastic material that shows up good against the white. The earring were handmade from sculpy. You can't see it in any of the pictures, but I'm wearing Airwalks with the dress, idea being that I could actually play DDR while wearing the get-up. I had to bleach my hair to get it that bold, the bleach and dye alone costing almost $50. All in all, it's a prom dress people will be talking about for years. Character Info: Dance Dance Revolution is a one-of-a-kind video game that's been popular in Japan for years and has recently swept through America as well. Instead of using the standard Playstation controller, a large pad with up, down, left and right arrows hooks into the console while on the screen, arrows light up in rhythm to the selected song. Ranging in difficulty of 'light' to 'heavy' amatures and dance gods both love the unique gaming experiance. |
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| Here's the original design that eventually led to the end result. Although I would have liked to make the sheer sleeves, they would have been insanely itchy. Also, the cleavage exposing cut down the center of the bodice was deemed impractical. Besides, it's not like I wasn't showing enough anyway.... The ribbons on the back were changed simply because I got a better idea. |
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| The first place I had to go to flaunt the dress was of course the Carmike (the movie theater I work at) and the response was amazing. Especially from patrons to the theater who had no idea what the funk I was doing. |
| On the back of the dress was a huge poof of streamers, ten of which bore song titles from the various mixes of the game. They were: Moonlight Shadow; Shooting Star; Bye Bye Baby Balloon; Ba Kkow; Paranoia; Oh, Nick; Mr. Wonderful; Dancing All Alone; Nori Nori Nori; and Drop the Bomb. No one really got the point of this at prom, but the con response was much more understanding. |
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| The earrings were a lot of people's favorite part of the accessories, especially when they realized that one was going up and the other was going down. They were also the opposite color to the hair on that side, which is just a nice subtle effect that people don't even realize. It's just supposed to add to the overall flow of the ensemble. |
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| Although "date-less" for Prom, I was accompanied to the Anime Mid-Atlantic rave by my best friend and partner in crime...Sean. In the spirit of the original dress, the 'male' version sports pants and a loose jacket, and of course, the sexy sexy Airwalks. We were going to write "Tripple A This!" across the front of the pants, but, well....for once we descided to be practical. |