Angela Clayton is an eighteen-year-old costume designer from Long Island, New York. She first started sewing three years ago when she got interested in cosplay; now, Clayton attends events less often, and has evolved to focus more on original designs.

Her projects can take as long as 250 hours, and Clayton once used 11 meters (12 yards) of fabric for a costume!

“I hope that there is a future career that I will get out of it,” Clayton told Cosmo.

“I love making costumes and I love bringing ideas to life. If I could do that for fashion, especially for theater or film, that would be awesome…I would rather go straight into that if I can instead of spending four years at school.”

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