Create oneofakind outfits with this essential guide to Japanesestyle fantasy fashion!Using the authors' unique Costume Matrix, you will learn how to develop new and daring designs for your anime and manga characters and cosplay creations. First, choose a look to serve as your fashion foundation. Then select an alternate style and fuse it with the first fashion theme to create an unexpected ensemble combining elements have never before been seen together!Mixing and matching basic themes and styles in this way results in oneofakind mashups and hybrids, for example:School Uniforms & Military ApparelCasual Basics & Gothic Formal WearJapanese Fashion & Folk CostumesPlant Motifs & Animal MotifsNature Motifs & Mechanical ObjectsSeasonal Motifs & all of the above! Using the Costume Matrix, the fashion mashup possibilities are endless! Here are just some of the unique combos made possible by applying the Costume Matrix technique:A Folk Costume crossed with a snake motif that results in a Schehe