Molly Hooper from Sherlock

Total time: 15 hours
Playlist: Top Gear, Sherlock, Conspiracy (it was for a Film and Holocaust class)

Here is how I made my Molly Hooper costume from Sherlock (A Study in Pink).

After completing three Halloween costume commissions, and half of my Elsa costume, I discovered I had half a day left to make myself a Halloween costume. Molly was on my list, and looked easy enough, so I decided to tackle that.

The pants are just normal dress pants that I own. I bought the white lab coat, not having enough time to make one. I took a plastic sleeve holding some badge and got rid of the old badge and made Molly's badge on word and put that in the plastic sleeve.


Hair was easy.  I just had to straighten my own and put it up in a pony tail with a few pins on the side, both for the look and to pin my bangs back.


Now the thing I actually sewed, her red, flannel print shirt. It is a normal, long-sleeve, button up shirt, but it has a ruffle down the front. It is a weird design but it is the outfit she is wearing when we first see her in 'A Study in Pink' so I made the shirt.

On Halloween, no one knew who I was, even though I had a name tag. One person asked me what I did as a forensic pathologist and I replied with, "I occasionally deal with a high-functioning sociopath, but mostly just dead people."

But I did wear it again at NorCal Gathering Spring 2014, and many people recognized me and there even was a Sherlock cosplayer there. And get this, the Sherlock cosplayer's girlfriend (who I made friends with) invited me to the SuperWhoLock gathering at Fanime 2014. This is the first time I've ever been invited to a gathering, usually I just do what everyone else does and show up.

So I might be wearing this at Fanime for SuperWhoLock, the only thing standing in my way is a schedule conflict with an outside event.




I find this a good back up costume. It isn't too elaborate, but not many people know Sherlock in our cosplay community. I still enjoy wearing it. Especially since people complimented me on how well done it is and how I do look somewhat like the character, which is hard to do when it is live action.

-Charlotte