Create one-of-a-kind outfits with this essential guide to Japanese-style 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 one-of-a-kind mashups and hybrids, for example:
・School Uniforms & Military Apparel
・Casual Basics & Gothic Formal Wear
・Japanese Fashion & Folk Costumes
・Plant Motifs & Animal Motifs
・Nature Motifs & Mechanical Objects
・Seasonal Motifs & all of the above!
Using the Costume Matrix, the fashion mashup possibilities are endless!

『コスチューム・マトリックス』（マール社）英訳版

複数のファッションスタイルやモチーフを組み合わせて創り出すキャラクター衣装の作例を150種類以上収録したデザイン集。「セーラー服×袴」、「軍装×夏」、「和装×火」など、土台となるファッションに様々なスタイルや季節などのモチーフを組み合わせた斬新で魅力的なコスチュームをカラーで紹介します。