[ SECRET POST #2112 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2112 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

You sound like you know more about clothing materials than most would. All I get from that costume (and most cosplay) is "recognizable as [insert character]".

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt
I do. I consider materials choice just as important as any other steps in the process.

Think of it like cooking. The character is the name of the dish. The costume look is the recipe. The materials are the ingredients. Cut up hot dogs in ketchup over rice is never going to be good spaghetti bolognese.

Same as a cosplay made out of cheap or just plain wrong materials is not going to look as good as one that picked more suitable ones. (For example, that costume would look just as bad if they'd picked $30 a yard silk velvet, because it has the wrong look!)

Not to mention there are other factors. That $2-3 a yard broadcloth may look right in the store. It might also be see-through in the sun or under camera flashes. I saw a Hellsing cosplayer who looked fine, stepped out into the sun, her fabric went transparent. I could read the brand logo on her underwear through her skirt. Unless that was her intention, she probably had some embarrassing photos online.

Finally, lets show a good example from a movie where they used fabric to good effect. http://www.superherohype.com/images/stories/2011/June/news_illustre_1308085994.jpg Here is Chris Evans in the USO Show costume.

Here's his uniform http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/Captain-America-The-First-Avenger-movie-image-4-491x600.jpg

By using nylon webbing and heavy canvas, versus the thin spandex, they made the same basic outfit design look like something you could actually wear in combat. It didn't look like some guy in a Walmart Cap costume running through the woods with the soldiers. That's why materials matter.