/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10745351
>When do you decide to toss a costume?
When I realize that the simply wash and basic upkeep is no longer worth the hassle vs. that of a new outfit.
>What do you do with them?
Scrap what I can from it, and move it to the new cosplay.

The only cosplay I've ever scraped was a Minecraft steve cardboard monster. It wasn't bad, but it was taking too much space. The rest I have them all neatly packed and stored in my bedroom.

>>10745467
How many can you even fit in one room?

When I no longer look at it and feel happiness, I scrap it without regret.
I don't make them for others, I make them for me.
I usually move on from them when I no longer feel the same way I used to about the source material.

>>10745351
> How do you decide which ones to keep and how long?
Sentimentality for the character or series, craftsmanship, or the memories I made while wearing it. It can stay in my closet as long as I have space.

>When do you decide to toss a costume?
When the sentimentality wears off or it's beyond repair (dirty, stained, destroyed).

>What do you do with them?
Depends on my attachment to the costume or the quality of it towards the end of its life. If it's in good condition, I try to sell it or donate it. If the repairs are worth the effort, I might do that in order to get it to sell/donation condition. If they aren't, I try to harvest as many usable materials from it as I can. I'm not the type of person to keep every shred of fabric (mostly because of limited space), but wigs, buttons, zips, elastic, and etc. are worth the effort. I saw one costume maker create a wall display to memorialize all of the costumes she'd made in her long career. She kept a fabric square from each costume and turned it into a patchwork and framed it. I think hers was honeycomb shaped, but all i could find to demonstrate it was pic related. Idk I thought that was pretty neat and I'm a highly sentimental bitch so.

>>10747025
>wall display to memorialize all of the costumes she'd made
That's adorable and really run. I sort of want to try that, now.

>>10747210
*fun

I don't throw anything away, but I've still retired my first costume. Aside from it being unbearably heavy for such a hot climate, no one even recognizes it anymore so there's not point. It's just gonna stay in my closet forever as a memento.

>>10747210
Right? I'll see if I can find the display from the creator I was talking about.

I think hers was honeycomb shaped, but all i could find to demonstrate it was pic related. Idk I thought that was pretty neat and I'm a highly sentimental bitch so.

>>10745351
>first cosplay
I keep it for sentimental value, especially because it's thrifted and handmade.

>everything else
KonMari them. If there's still a practical use or if has amazing memories, then I keep it. Easiest way to judge is picture the costume gone and see if you get hit by waves of regret or not.

>>10749486
Did you drop a > and reply, anon?

>>10746770
Based and Mari Kondopilled

>>10749584
pathetic and cringe. that "sparks joy" shit is for people with poor impulse control.

>>10745351
Considering I never spend less than a grand on each of my cosplays, I keep all of them.

>>10749592
How many do you have,and how much space do they take up?

>>10749586
Speak for yourself, retard.

>>10749777
Aww, sad you got called out? Imagine basing your existence around stifling japanese minimalist autism.

>>10749781
I'm not that anon but go off

>>10749781
nyart, but anon people can like and recommend something without basing their whole life around it. Do you base your whole life around costuming?

>>10745351
Back when I was a teenager in the friggin '80s I made a quite accurate Alien costume, which I kept and finally gave to my daugter to wear in 2019... so I'd say the answer would be "a very long time"

>>10747304
>no one even recognizes it anymore
who?

>>10749586
Based and don'tneedselfimportantbitchestellingmewhattodowithmylifepilled

>>10749584
NPC

>>10750697
Pre-Senketsu Ryuko. I'm sad to say that Kill la Kill cosplay is going the way of Gurren Lagann. Literally no one does it anymore. I saw a KLK cosplay that wasn't Ryuko, Satsuki or Mako last week, Mikisugi, but that was the first one in God knows how long. Can't even remember before that.

>>10745351
New to cosplay, but I don't see myself ever throwing out my only cosplay, it's pretty much just casual clothing with a mask thrown in (It's Jacket from Hotline Miami, fyi)

>>10750695
God that's so cute. Are you planning a matching costume?

>>10750868
>tfw have been wanting to cosplay pic related since Kill la Kill came out
I mean, I'm still going to do it (even just bought a body suit pattern to try out). I'm not cosfamous and I want to do it because I like the design, so I'm okay if I don't instantly get recognized.

Totally get you wanting to toss it after you've worn it and don't feel like wearing again though. If space it tight, it makes more sense to keep an iconic cosplay you're proud of as opposed to something that has already come and gone.

>>10754974
You would have liked SakuraCon then, as it had the only Nonon cosplayer I've seen in years. There's still some occasional Ryuko's and Satsuki's around elsewhere but not much else. Nudist Beach stuff is 100% dead too.

>>10750868
huh? I definitely be able to recognize this. Even if I didn't people only doing the "relevant" shit is why every con is filled with the same boring characters

>>10757840
You can only go to so many events where nobody so much as remarks about you before you get tired of it. Not like I'm a My Hero / Demon Slayer bandwagon hopper anyway

>>10745351
I recently (last year) just fixed up my very first cosplay from 2010 and other than fixing some poorly made accessories wore the same outfit and wig. So I'll say forever unless it's a character I don't vibe with anymore.

>>10750874
no, that one finally broke in use. The head is currently stored in my attic mounted on the wall as if it were a hunting trophy, tho. If I ever make a Van Pelt cosplay, I might pose in front of it.

>>10762135
Rip. What a cool way to repurpose the costume though.

>>10757840
Unfortunately we are just cultured people anon. Like OP says, the con scene is swathed with people who only watch the most popular anime or FOTM's. They don't care for the classics.

>>10762145
>something as recent as KlK is "a classic"
For you

>>10764091
Anon, it came out nearly a decade ago. Whether you like it or not, it is considered a classic by the newer gen of fans. To us, we'd classify something like early or pre-2000's as classics, but the goal posts are moving.

>>10764161
You have no reason to put a huge "I am a superfitial goldfish that keeps thinking things from 9 years ago are old as fuck even after passing the age of 12" sign over your face. Seriously, Anon. Seriously. Don't. You are far better than that. I know because your other posts ITT are coherent and intelligent. Do yourself a favor and change that part of you that is not so good- you'll thank me in the future, maybe in 9 years or so.

I know, I know. Giving actual good advice goes against board culture. I should be spewing toxic insults at you instead. Not my style - deal with it.

>>10764439
This gave me a good laugh, thank you.