Today's question is... I've never been to a convention. What is it like? What do you do there? Boy, this is quite a question! I guess I can't just say, "it's where you go do fun stuff" like I used to tell my coworkers LOL I'll try to break it down into little pieces so I can make sense. This'll just be a general sort of overview meant for someone ...
Today's question is... Some people go all out for costumes, and I was curious, is there something you won't do? Where's the line for you? I'm actually pretty lazy. There's a lot I won't do, mostly just because of sheer laziness. "What, you mean I have to go out and BUY leather for this? screw that I have some vinyl in my stash I can paint and it'll be close ...
Today's question is.... I'm just curious. You have so many costumes, how many wigs do you have and how do you store them? Oh gosh. I'm going to see if I can't think of all the wigs I've had. I'll put all this under a cut. (more…)
Today's question is... Can I rent/borrow your costumes? I'm mostly answering this question so I have a post to point people towards when they do actually ask this - usually around Halloween, or people asking to borrow/use my costumes for Halloween parties/events, or fanfilms, photoshoots, etc. I'm going to try to be as nice as possible in this post so don't read any sarcasm or ill-intent into ...
Today's question is... What's in your repair kit? My repair kit is pretty subjective to the costumes I'm taking; I tend to think of what can go wrong on this costume, and make sure I bring stuff to repair it if need be. My husband also carries a completely separate repair kit of his own, and I never know what's in that, LOL. Here it is in it's post-Dragoncon glory. ...
Today's question is... Something that wasn't asked but I wanted to talk about anyway because I'm a grumpy old lady. In my adult life, I've gone to dozens of fan conventions, of all sizes and genres. And I've seen a lot of people act like idiots. Young and old fans alike. A con is a great place to let your hair down, and have fun with your fellow geeks and ...
Today's question is... Should I make a facebook fan page for my cosplay? It's really dependent on your situation; namely, how much do you want to keep your private life separate from "con life," and how many friends request are you getting from the costume/convention community? For some reason, I've seen some people think fanpage = ego. This really isn't the case. Honestly if we could have as many friends ...
Today's question is... "How do you deal with rude comments?" (and other similar questions.) Costuming is a weird hobby. The majority of us are normal people who simply enjoy making and wearing costumes. We aren't models and we don't care to be. Yet the minute we step into public in a costume, whether you have an online presence or not, you're immediately in the incredible scrutinizing gaze of thousands of ...
Today's question is... "how do you afford to make so many costumes?" I've already touched on this a little bit before in a previous post about how I make so many costumes, but I thought I'd dedicate a whole post to it, since it's a common question. I don't have an unlimited supply of money to throw at costumes, I wish I did. I've made costumes through a large portion ...
Today's question is... How do yo keep your costumes clean? I'm going to start this off with a story. Several years ago, I bought a used costume piece from someone. I figured it would make things easier and cheaper than buying it new/making it myself. Well, first it was like pulling teeth to get this person to mail it to me after I paid, and then when it arrived, ...