/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10913440
If people do recognize you being an "outfit repeater" they won't have a negative reaction. It's more likely to be positive: maybe they didn't get a picture of you, or only saw your cosplay online and were hoping to run into you irl, or just want to say hi again.
On a similar note, in my area there are a couple cosplayers who I see wearing the same thing at nearly every con year after year. People (me, irl friends, gulls) really appreciate them as a staple of the local scene, where it doesn't feel like the con until you've spotted them.

>>10913415
>>10913450
For characters that have a "street clothes" kind of outfit, I almost always recommend getting "real" clothes rather than cosplay. It'll be higher quality material, will likely have pockets, can give a more "real" feel to your cosplay, might not be much more expensive, and is something you can reuse in your non-cosplay fashion (if it's not too outlandish).
I did some quick research since I'm not familiar with the character. Although some cosplay sites are interpreting her jacket as a hoodie or with lapels, I see it as a varsity jacket worn in a baggy off-the-shoulder style. The stripes at the wrist and waist are a classic varsity-bomber feature, and then the forearm belts keep it from falling off when she wears it so loose.
However a cosplay jacket will certainly be lighter than a coat, more straightforward to find compared to googling variations of "brown varsity jacket", and won't have large buttons or other things that will match the simplified anime drawing better. So up to you which direction you want to take it.