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Closet Cosplays

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Conventions are very often, and sometimes can sneak up on you and your busy life.

One moment a convention is months away and within the next moment it is tomorrow and suddenly you have no time to plan, buy or make a costume.

I know we would all love to show up to every convention on everyday dressed too impressed in the most fabulous costumes, however sometimes that just is not possible.

So a solution is a ‘Closet Cosplay’.

A closet cosplay is a costume you can make or a character you can dress up as with just the normal everyday clothes within your wardrobe.

I know this may seem like a throwback to primary school book days where all the boys wore their normal clothes and said they were Greg Heffley from Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but it is fun, quick and easy.

An example would be Clark Kent or Kara Danvers, also known as Superman and Supergirls secret identities. The both were normal white shirts and formal business wear with sleeked back hair and a short front curl for Clark and a tied back low pony tail for Kara, then throw on some glasses and call it a day.

Other well-known closet cosplays include any member of the scobby do gang or the power puff girls, these are especially good if you have a whole group to cosplay with.

Overall a closet cosplay is funnier than not cosplaying and could even be better than a normal cosplay as you could always do a closet cosplay in your everyday life and not many people would question it.

Buzzfeed have a great article on some fun and easy closet cosplays. https://www.buzzfeed.com/jadayounghatchett/play-dress-up-everyday

Cosplay Credit to https://www.instagram.com/011cosplay/ and https://www.instagram.com/simple_spells/

Revamping Old Cosplays

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After you have done a few cosplays you may look back on past cosplays and want to give them a revamp.

For example the first time I cosplayed Peggy Carter I thought I looked amazing, however comparing pictures of the first time I cosplayed her to the most recent pictures of me cosplaying her there is a huge amount of progress, especially with my hair and makeup.

My hair is styled in a way which more accurately represents Peggy and her 1950s pin up style and my makeup also more accurately resents the time period Peggy is from.

Another personal example of a cosplay revamp that I have done is my ‘Hufflepuff Student’ cosplay.

In early 2018 I started off with a hufflepuff tie and scarf and white shirt, however I used black socks and a black skirt and wore a black plain cardigan rather than a Hogwarts robe.

However a year and a half onwards in late 2019 I had redone my hufflepuff cosplay to include grey socks and a grey skirt and a proper Hogwarts robe, which made the character a lot more realistic to the uniforms the students wear in the Harry Potter movies.

Overall revamping an old cosplay can be funnier, quicker and cheaper than buying or making a whole new cosplay and spending more time/money on a new costume. I love revamping my favourite cosplays and improving them each time I wear them to make them more accurate and better representing of the character I am cosplaying.

Signature Cosplays

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Featured Cosplayers:
https://www.instagram.com/kuroshit.cosplay/
https://www.instagram.com/kellicosplay/
https://www.instagram.com/simple_spells/
https://www.instagram.com/lil.miss.riss/
https://www.instagram.com/ellocosplay/
https://www.instagram.com/cosiakicosplays/

Once you have cosplayed some different characters you may feel like you have found your favourite character to cosplay.

This could be for many reasons such as you relate the most with this character, the costume is the best quality, you look like that character the most, it is the costume you feel most comfortable in, you get the most attention from convention goers in this cosplay or another reason all of which are completely valid.

Chances are if you post a lot in your favourite costume or go to conventions in it a lot people may start to recognise you based on that character alone.

For example I went to the Saturday of MCM Scotland in 2019 cosplaying as Elastagirl for the first time and I had at least 6 people who know me from social media or had met me at previous conventions that wanted to know if I was coming on the Sunday as Peggy Carter.

I have other friends that have the same thing happen to them, if you cosplay enough of the one character and get enough feedback you can be labelled as that character.

I understand why this happens though, as much as I love cosplaying new characters Peggy Carter is my favourite.

I feel the most confident as her and wearing that costume makes me feel like I am about to kick some ass and run the whole damn world and this obviously shows to everyone else I am around.

Plus I am never going to turn down a compliment that says I look like Hayley Atwell.

Another plus is after cosplaying Peggy at many different conventions is that I have met multiple other Peggy cosplayers, which is great as I have met people that share my love for her.

Overall having a signature cosplay is fun, especially when it is your favourite character.

I am going to be at Capital Sifi in a few weeks hope to see some of you there https://www.capitalscificon.co.uk/