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Name: "Harley Quinn" aka Clowny Princess or Princess E the Bee

Gender: Female

Location: Sydney, NSW

When did you start cosplaying? 2008

What was your first cosplay? Harley Quinn

How did you get into cosplay? Through following a fantasy held for many years of dressing up as Harley Quinn

Do you prefer cosplaying male or female characters? Harley Quinn!

How many cosplays have you done? uhhhh... just the one, I guess. Harley Quinn - though I have done her in different costumes!

What are your favourite cosplays that you've done? Harley Quinn! lol. I guess her classic costume will always be my true favourite because I just love how closely I really resemble her. But the "Hollywood Harley" vies for first place.

Are you part of a cosplay group? If so, tell me about your group. Nope - I am always delighted to hang out with other Batman/DC Universe cosplayers though and have dreams of an ongoing, set-cast group. I also tend to cosplay a lot with my pal as she is similarily dedicated and geeky! D

What do you prefer to do, make or buy your costumes? I can't sew to save my life. So I tend to buy them - but I have everything custom and tailored! I do hand-craft a few objects here and there though and that's always fun. I'm happy to pay for something that's going to be top quality though - if I know someone else can do it better, I'd rather pay them to do it than use my own shoddy second-hand craftsmanship!.

How much time do you usually spend making a costume? I spend a lot of time working to make the money to pay for them! But I also spend a lot of time scouting for bits and pieces to make one complete. So. Many hours, but it's difficult to absolutely define.

What is your dream cosplay? Harley Quinn!

Which conventions do you usually attend? Any ones at all that I can get to, but at the very least any mixed-geekery cons held in Sydney. I have travelled for a few though... and will again!

Your most memorable cosplay experience? What makes it so memorable? All of them have been so wonderful but I guess Armageddon was pretty special. I felt really good as Harley, met some amazing people to hang out with and Seth Green took our photo like a fanboy! XD
GenCon was also amazing for the people that I met and how good I felt in costume.
Then there was Halloween which was simply an epic and beautiful night of joy...

Links? [link] – my base of cosplay operations! XD