Samuela Cannata – Umaslady’s Biography
Umaslady’s biography
Samuela Cannata “Umaslady” is a fashion designer, patternmaker, tailor and also cosplayer. Graduated in 2004 with full marks at the Moda Burgo Institute in Milan, during the years she has taken part in numerous fashion shows, contest for designers and other fashion events.
Since her childhood, she had always a passion for clothes, she always created dresses for her Barbie doll. When she was just a child she found inside the chips some plastic thimbles such as a surprise, not knowing what to do with it because not a toy, then over time she understood it was just a sign of destiny.
Today she has 22 years of experience about patternmaking and sewing. She has a various collection of stage costumes which have been in various fashion shows in Sicily and other locations in Italy. Her path was not all roses and flowers and she also found many disappointments on her path, but she never gave up because she always believed in her abilities, thanks also to her infinite passion for Haute Couture and everything that is handmade.
She has won various awards for her creations one of which was Sicily Award 2008. In 2009 she has discovered the world of cosplay accidentally, thanks to the Sailor Moon character of whom she has designed a costume, when a friend of hers told her he was doing cosplay, from there she went to Lucca Comics 2009 to see this new world with her eyes, of which she became fascinated.
From 2010 till today she is dedicated for the cosplay world, by becoming a cosplayer herself and dressing up in her cosplay costumes to participate in Comic related events. She won various awards some of which are Etnacomics Award 2011 (CT), she was chosen at Romics 2012 to represent Italy in Eurocosplay 2013 in London where she came 10th.
Today she makes new costumes and restyling her previous ones for future projects. From her favourite materials textiles are the first preference obviously, she likes sewing by hand, she uses fabric manipulation and she likes embroidery with beads and sequins, an in time she also learned how to use paper mache becoming professional gradually, and from last year she started using foam in some of her cosplay.
She loves making costumes, wedding dresses, accessories and plushies, but she is in the studio every day working on something, while her imagination shows the new product to add on Etsy.
Fashion Awards:
— SICILY AWARD 2008 —
— Winner 2007 “PREMIO MODA IBLEA” —
— Recognition plaque Lions Club Patti 1° Sicilian Designer’s Exhibition —
— Best Artistic Dress Award 2008 —
— Guest of Honor at the regional final of the international competition of fascination and fashion Miss Megàle Hellàs 2008 — — Recognition for the collaboration of the 3rd Edition of the Academic Triptych of the International Academy of the Modica College of Arts, Sciences and Arts —
She received the Sunrise Award 2008 fot to be part of the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art 2008.
Complete list of the received Cosplay Awards:
▪ Female photoshooting award – Cospladya 2010 (PA)
▪ Best female cosplay award – Nissa Comics & Games 2010 (CL)
▪ Cosplay City Award – Cospladya 2011 (PA)
▪ First prize “Yume & Hope” – Etnacomics 2011 (CT)
▪ Hardest Costume Award – Nissa comics & games 2011 (CL)
▪ Costume more elaborate Award – Global Game Jam 2012 (CT)
▪ “Best Videogames” Award – Cartoomics 2012 (MI)
▪ Etnacomics Awards – Videogames Show 2012 (CT)
▪ First prize “Over the Top” – Cospladya 2012 (PA)
▪ Sponsor award – Etnacomics 2012 (CT)
▪ “Eurocosplay” Award, she was selected at Romics 2012 as an Italian representative for the Eurocosplay 2013 in London (ROME)
▪ Selected as one of the godmothers of the Unicorn Festival 2013, Vinci (FI).
▪ Classified in 10th place at the Eurocosplay in London 2013
▪ Best tailoring costume award – Japan Fest 2014 (CT)
▪ Best female cosplay award – Etnacomics 2014 (CT)
▪ Best female cosplay award – Romics Ed. Aprile 2017 (ROMA)
Model/cosplayer at the Comicon in Naples 2016, at the Universal/Blizzard stand and at the OverwatchAllStars event held in Milan on May 30th 2016.
From 2013 to 2015, she was art director of the cosplay section at the Modix Festival, an event in Marina di Modica (RG) during the summer.
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Etsy shop ➽ https://www.etsy.com/shop/UmasLady
Facebook page ➽ http://www.facebook.com/umasladycosplay
Personal website ➽ http://www.umasladycosplay.com
Twitter ➽ http://www.twitter.com/umas_lady
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Pinterest ➽ http://www.pinterest.it/UmasLady