{"id":3867,"date":"2015-08-12T17:30:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T21:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/?p=3867"},"modified":"2015-09-26T02:17:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T06:17:38","slug":"female-marty-mcfly-cosplay-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/female-marty-mcfly-cosplay-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating My Female Marty McFly Cosplay (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I decided I wanted to attend my first ever con: Tampa Bay Comic Con 2015. And if I was going to go, I was going to cosplay. Back to the Future is my all-time favorite movie (and movie trilogy) and 2015 is not only the 30th anniversary of it&#8217;s theatrical release (originally released July 3, 1985) but in Part II, 2015 is &#8220;the future&#8221; that they travel to. (October 21, 2015.) So it just made sense that my first ever cosplay should be Marty McFly!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3853\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3853\" style=\"width: 402px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lea-me-tbcc2015-01.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lea-me-tbcc2015-01-402x500.jpeg\" alt=\"Lea Thompson (aka Lorraine Baines McFly from Back to the Future)  with me in my female Marty McFly cosplay at Tampa Bay Comic Con, August 1, 2015.\" width=\"402\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lea-me-tbcc2015-01-402x500.jpeg 402w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lea-me-tbcc2015-01-120x150.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/lea-me-tbcc2015-01.jpeg 804w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lea Thompson (aka Lorraine Baines McFly from Back to the Future)  with me in my female Marty McFly cosplay at Tampa Bay Comic Con, August 1, 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course having an <em>idea<\/em> to do a female Marty McFly cosplay and actually putting it together is two different things entirely! Because as it turns out, Marty&#8217;s 1985 outfit is not only more complex than it initially looks, it&#8217;s also full of rare, vintage pieces &#8211; all in men&#8217;s sizing. And while Michael J. Fox may be small guy, he&#8217;s still a guy. And I&#8217;m not. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>So I needed to find suitable outfit parts that would still look like the original and yet be made for a woman. I was also unwilling to spend hundreds (or even thousands!) of dollars on this outfit and wanted to do it inexpensively as possible. It quickly became clear that I needed to approach this creatively.<\/p>\n<p>In other words: this was going to take some work.<\/p>\n<p>To start, this is Marty McFly&#8217;s famous 1985 complete outfit:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3932\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mcfly-ref11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mcfly-ref11.jpg\" alt=\"Marty McFly 1985 outfit\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mcfly-ref11.jpg 375w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/mcfly-ref11-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marty McFly 1985 outfit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s a LOT of layers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> a burgundy tee shirt\n<li> a white button up with a black windowpane pattern\n<li> black suspenders\n<li> custom Guess jacket with those distinctive dark blue accents\n<li> burnt orange puffer jacket, jeans\n<li>Nike Bruins red and white sneakers<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a ton of details like three pins on his jacket, his headphones and walkman, his marron Eastpak backpack, etc. I spent a lot of time looking up reference photos and learning all about what the original parts were so that I could find, make or modify compatible female pieces.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the white and black windowpane button up shirt. There was a limited run of a reproduction version a few years ago by Shah Safari. Of course, they were in men&#8217;s sizing. And if you could find one on ebay, they were going for $100 and up.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3935\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3935\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shahsafari1a1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shahsafari1a1.jpg\" alt=\"Marty McFly white and black windowpane shirt reference screenshot from Back to the Future.\" width=\"750\" height=\"544\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shahsafari1a1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shahsafari1a1-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shahsafari1a1-500x362.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marty McFly white and black windowpane shirt reference screenshot from Back to the Future.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3870\" style=\"width: 409px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shahsafari-repop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shahsafari-repop.jpg\" alt=\"Shah Safari reproduction replica Marty McFly shirt, released in 2010 and sold out.\" width=\"409\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shahsafari-repop.jpg 409w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/shahsafari-repop-150x146.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shah Safari reproduction replica Marty McFly shirt, released in 2010 and sold out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So I scoured the web and wound up finding this women&#8217;s shirt. It cost me about $10 shipped and looked really good. Plus, it had the added benefit of actually FITTING me as a woman!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3871\" style=\"width: 516px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/white-black-shirt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/white-black-shirt.jpg\" alt=\"White and black shirt I used in my female Marty McFly 1985 cosplay costume.\" width=\"516\" height=\"679\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/white-black-shirt.jpg 516w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/white-black-shirt-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/white-black-shirt-379x500.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White and black shirt I used in my female Marty McFly 1985 cosplay costume.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3889\" style=\"width: 352px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/me-marty-cosplay2d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/me-marty-cosplay2d-352x500.jpg\" alt=\"Me in my Marty McFly female cosplay in progress. (shirt, suspenders, jeans, watch but no denim jacket or puffer vest here.)\" width=\"352\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/me-marty-cosplay2d-352x500.jpg 352w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/me-marty-cosplay2d-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/me-marty-cosplay2d-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/me-marty-cosplay2d.jpg 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me in my Marty McFly female cosplay in progress. (shirt, suspenders, jeans, watch but no denim jacket or puffer vest here.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Next up was the puffer vest. I admit I never wound up finding exactly the right vest. I ordered four separate pieces over several months and settled on a red one. Yes, I know that it&#8217;s technically orange in the film. It&#8217;s a burnt orange color. Due to the lightning process and coloration of the movie, it looks red. (There&#8217;s even a big debate among casual viewers if it&#8217;s orange or red!)<\/p>\n<p>The original is by Class-5. They went out of business in the early 80&#8217;s, so finding an authentic one is not only nearly impossible, it&#8217;s an extremely expensive proposition. Even if I did find one, again, it would be in men&#8217;s sizing and thus too large for my size 4 frame.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3933\" style=\"width: 774px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-class5-vest1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-class5-vest1.jpg\" alt=\"Marty McFly Class-5 puffer vest from Back to the Future\" width=\"774\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-class5-vest1.jpg 774w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-class5-vest1-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-class5-vest1-500x322.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marty McFly Class-5 puffer vest from Back to the Future<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I wound up settling on a red puffer vest. I also did buy an orange one but it was too neon; much more of a bright safety orange vs the darker burnt orange puff vest original. I also bought a woman&#8217;s size one to help give it a little bit of shape. Puffer vests really do nothing for your figure so I opted for one that, while not screen accurate, looked good on me and still gave the impression and look of Marty&#8217;s original outfit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3876\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150504_181045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150504_181045-644x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Me testing out some pieces of my in-progress female Marty McFly cosplay.\" width=\"580\" height=\"922\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150504_181045-644x1024.jpg 644w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150504_181045-94x150.jpg 94w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150504_181045-314x500.jpg 314w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150504_181045.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me testing out some pieces of my in-progress female Marty McFly cosplay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Like everything, Marty&#8217;s original shoes proved hard to find as well. Through research I found out the originals were <strong>Nike Bruins<\/strong> but they don&#8217;t seem to make this color combo any longer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3877\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nike-ref.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nike-ref-500x280.jpg\" alt=\"Reference photo showing the white and red Nike Bruins sneakers worn by Michael J. Fox as part of his Marty McFly costume in Back to the Future.\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nike-ref-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nike-ref-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nike-ref.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reference photo showing the white and red Nike Bruins sneakers worn by Michael J. Fox as part of his Marty McFly costume in Back to the Future.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I spent time searching ebay and various websites but the few white-with-red swoosh versions I found were nowhere near the right size. I wear a women&#8217;s 6.5 which would mean I&#8217;d need a men&#8217;s 4.5 (which really is a boy&#8217;s size at that point.) I finally had a lucky break when I found a vintage pair of red and white Nikes IN MY SIZE that had a very similar look. They are labeled &#8220;ACE &#8217;83&#8221; but were really an excellent find.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3878\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nike1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nike1-1024x814.jpg\" alt=\"I couldn&#039;t find women&#039;s size Nike Bruins but I found these vintage red and white Nike Ace &#039;83 pair which were really close. (And my size!)\" width=\"580\" height=\"461\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nike1-1024x814.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nike1-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nike1-500x397.jpg 500w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nike1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I couldn&#8217;t find women&#8217;s size Nike Bruins but I found these vintage red and white Nike Ace &#8217;83 pair which were really close. (And my size!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Marty McFly also has a very distinctive cassette walkman that he uses in the film. The original is a <strong>AIWA HS-P07<\/strong> (or <strong>AIWA HS-P02 MII<\/strong> apparently one version was US and one was international but they both have the same styling.) These very rarely come up for sale and when they do&#8230;you guessed it. They sell for hundreds of dollars! I figured getting something with a similar &#8220;look&#8221; was close enough so I found this for about $10 on ebay instead:<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3882\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/both-walkmans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/both-walkmans-1024x613.jpg\" alt=\"Back to the Future AIWA HS-P07 Marty McFly original style and my $10 version bought for similar look as part of my cosplay.\" width=\"580\" height=\"347\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/both-walkmans-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/both-walkmans-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/both-walkmans-500x299.jpg 500w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/both-walkmans.jpg 1099w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back to the Future AIWA HS-P07 Marty McFly original style and my $10 version bought for similar look as part of my cosplay.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Marty wears a distinctively 80&#8217;s digital watch. When he&#8217;s trying to call Doc Brown from the payphone in Lou&#8217;s Cafe in 1955, it beeps. This was the easiest piece to track down because They still make basically the exact same model! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000GB1R7S\">Casio Men&#8217;s CA53W Calculator Watch<\/a>. It&#8217;s available for about $15 on amazon!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3883\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-casio-watch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-casio-watch-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"Marty McFly Casio CA53W Calculator Watch\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-casio-watch-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-casio-watch-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-casio-watch.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marty McFly Casio CA53W Calculator Watch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Marty&#8217;s backpack seemed like it would be easy, but it turned out it turned into one of those 30 years later challenges. The original is a marron Eastpak. A few years ago, they even re-released it as the <strong>Eastpak Pak&#8217;r Returnity Red<\/strong> but&#8230;those are sold out too.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3885\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3885\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/backpack-ref3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/backpack-ref3-500x270.jpg\" alt=\"Reference screenshot of Marty McFly&#039;s Eastpak backpack.\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/backpack-ref3-500x270.jpg 500w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/backpack-ref3-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/backpack-ref3.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reference screenshot of Marty McFly&#8217;s Eastpak backpack.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3886\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-backpack2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-backpack2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"Eastpak Pak&#039;r Returnity Red backpack - same as Marty McFly in Back to the Future.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-backpack2-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-backpack2-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marty-backpack2.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eastpak Pak&#8217;r Returnity Red backpack &#8211; same as Marty McFly in Back to the Future.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I wound up buying a vintage Jansport bag. I took off the logo and added some handmade &#8220;pig ears&#8221; out of sued leather to give it the look. (The leather diamonds are sometimes referred to as &#8220;pig ears.&#8221;) Another $10 ebay find.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3887\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/my-marty-backpack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/my-marty-backpack-281x500.jpg\" alt=\"I made minor modifications to a vintage Jansport backpack to give it the look of Marty&#039;s Eastpak. By getting the maroon color with suede bottom and adding some leather &quot;pig ear&quot; patches, it looked really good for very tiny investment.\" width=\"281\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/my-marty-backpack-281x500.jpg 281w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/my-marty-backpack-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/my-marty-backpack-575x1024.jpg 575w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/my-marty-backpack.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I made minor modifications to a vintage Jansport backpack to give it the look of Marty&#8217;s Eastpak. By getting the maroon color with suede bottom and adding some leather &#8220;pig ear&#8221; patches, it looked really good for very tiny investment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, the biggest challenge was THE JACKET. A one-of-a-kind, made by the studio just for the production, it was my biggest hurdle. And it deserves it&#8217;s own post so&#8230;.to be continued!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/continued.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/continued-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"bttf to be continued\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/continued-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/continued-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/continued-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/continued.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><small><em>See Part II: <a href=\"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/diy-female-marty-mcfly-cosplay-costume-part-ii\/\">The making of my Marty McFly 1985 Jacket here!<\/a><\/em><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I decided I wanted to attend my first ever con: Tampa Bay Comic Con 2015. And if I was going to go, I was going to cosplay. Back to the Future is my all-time favorite movie (and movie trilogy) and 2015 is not only the 30th anniversary of it&#8217;s theatrical release&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2129,1,17,15,1514],"tags":[2189,2190,2176,2145,2142,2141,2204,2198,2181,2185,2186,2199,2200,2167,2165,2179,2180,2197,2206,1665,2207,2201,2184,2210,2212,2211,2196,2194,2166,2195,2209,2202,2203,2205,2208,2170,2171],"class_list":["post-3867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creativity","category-general","category-movies","category-photography-and-pics","category-things-to-do-2","tag-1-21-gigawatts","tag-1-21-jigawatts","tag-2176","tag-2145","tag-back-to-the-future","tag-bttf","tag-casio-digital-watch","tag-comic-con","tag-crossplay-marty-mcfly","tag-delorean","tag-delorean-time-machine","tag-diy","tag-diy-cosplay","tag-doc-brown","tag-female-marty-mcfly-cosplay","tag-female-marty-mcfly-costume","tag-gender-swap-marty-mcfly","tag-hoverboard","tag-how-i-made-my-marty-mcfly-cosplay","tag-how-to","tag-how-to-make-a-marty-mcfly-costume","tag-how-to-marty-mcfly","tag-lea-thompson","tag-lorraine","tag-lorraine-baines","tag-lorraine-mcfly","tag-making-a-marty-mcfly-costume","tag-marty-mcfly","tag-marty-mcfly-cosplay","tag-marty-mcfly-cosplayer","tag-marty-mcfly-costume-details","tag-marty-mcfly-details","tag-nike-bruins","tag-puffer-vest","tag-step-by-step-marty-mcfly-cosplay","tag-tampa-bay-comic-con","tag-tampa-bay-comic-con-2015"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3867"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3936,"href":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867\/revisions\/3936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/giveneyestosee.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}