>There were no social networking sites, maybe Myspace was just getting started, people posted photos on Cosplay.com, AC Paradise, Cosplay Lab
>There were no digital SLR's, no digital cameras. Cameras were film or disposeable. You got your pics developed and scanned them in.
>If someone took a pic of you with their shitty brand new "cell phone camera" with 1mb file limit it was a fucking waste of your posing time
>No ebay costumes from Asia, everyone made their own costumes
>Wigs came in 12 neon party colors for Halloween, dyeing them was an art form
>Props were shitty-ass dowel-rod and cardboard messes. No such thing as wonderflex, worbla, or giant pieces of EVA foam
>No online stores full of stretch fabric or fabric printing
>No colored contacts for dark eyes (unless you got them through your optometrist, and they were flat colored, unnatural, and $80 per lens)
>Yaya looked like this, and was still considered one of the best cosplayers. That shows how far the quality has come in materials available, construction quality, and photo quality in a short 15 years