Yukari and Miwako

as Yukari
as Miwako
from Paradise Kiss

We both share a love for Ai Yazawa and Paradise Kiss so when we won a surprise free trip at Metrocon to be entered into the New York Anime Festival's Yume Masquerade, it only took us a couple of days to decide on Yukari and Miwako. Tranquility always wanted to make the runway dress, so this was a great excuse to finally do it. We decided to use the anime designs because we thought that these two dresses shared similar elements and would coordinate well together. We were living in different states until a few weeks before the con, so we had to plan things over the internet for months until we could help each other in person last minute. So much time and work went into these dresses.

*Thanks to our friend Melissa of for the photo!*



More photos are in our Parakiss gallery: [link]