/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

When cosplaying barefoot characters I have a friend carry a pair of slip-ons in their bag so that I can wear them if my feet start to hurt, have to walk across the street, or walk on a littered sidewalk, etc. I keep barefoot 90% of the time since cosplay entails being noticed by others at the con, not just modeling for pictures. Meeting people, getting noticed in the crowd, and all that other fun stuff is a big part of cosplay too. Posing for photos is a deceptively small part of cosplay. Save that for your personal photo shoots.

Being barefoot also isn't that bad. Convention centers and hotels are very clean and usually have rugs or flat surfaces. Outside also can feel nice due to the warm pavement warming your toesies.

With that said, A proper Wreck-It Ralph costume should probably entail prosthetic feet anyway since the character has enormous appendages. You can get around being barefoot same as all those Hobbit cosplayers.