PH: Official portrait of Ada

Lastly, Alice pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood.
~Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)

Very stern looking portrait of my Ada Vessalius cosplay from Pandora Hearts. It may be a bit difficult to imagine her making such a face, but you can't say she doesn't get enough opportunity to become bitter...

The dress is from the chapter Unbirthday from the manga, where many of the characters gather for a garden tea party celebrating the normalness of the day. I was very inspired by the dress when I read the chapter, and decided I wanted to make that dress right away. It took me 2 years to get experienced enough to trust myself with such a design
I didn't choose cosplaying Ada for her personality, but for her dress. Although I love Pandora Hearts the most of all anime series I know, there isn't a single character who isn't disturbing enough I can identify myself with them and want to cosplay them for the character instead of the clothes...

Ada: me
Costume: Me
Photo and edit: Amophius photography
Pandora Hearts belongs to Jun Mochizuki

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