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Here today, gone tomorrow edition~Previous thread >>10913960May 17th-19th, 2024 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center & Hyatt Regency O’Hare, Rosemont, ILHow's your con experience so far?Favorite cosplays you've seen?Buy any good swag?
>>10915425Discord a shit
Striped hair girl, wanna join us to eat?
>>10915430im ordering culvers with my crew, ill hit u up later
>>10915411Lee McKinnis
I saw a girl cosplaying Haruka accidentally smack her head against the mic at the idolm@ster seiyuu panel yesterday. One of the most unintentionally in-character things I've seen a cosplayer do.
Previous thread: >>10902439
Old thread hit bump limit.My comm president is having her 40th birthday tomorrow. Wtf, I would have guessed she was like 25, but she has 2 kids who both cosplay Sonic th Headgod chracter
Got accepted to a PhD program on the other side of the country and invited to Los Alamos National Lab for a month to get up to speed with research. My lifts are up; my weight is back down. I'm also doing the cornball heritage trip to Ireland with family in at the end of the month.I still got it. I'm still a colonial cavalier yeehaw punk rock n roll Irish nuclear cowboy '80s tough guy.
>>10914802it's dangerous to go alone, take this:"the celtic heroic age"
Trying to think of a character to cosplay sends my mind on strange and depressing tangents.>why don't I finish shows anymore?>why can't my favorite franchises stay good?>have I really not played a single game made this year? or last year?>what am I even doing with my free time these days?
Received a 2006 Baby OP in the mail and I'm appalled by the quality. It wasn't one of their cheaper releases or a lucky pack dress. In fact, it's a relatively expensive OTT release, yet the construction, sewing job and some design choices are honestly on par with Taobao. I'm so disappointed, I never expected it from old/mid-school Baby. I was excited to put together a coord with it, but I know I'll never be able to wear a dress of this quality, so on LM it goes. What a bummer.
>>10914802Hell yeah brother!>>10914921>why can't my favorite franchises stay good?>have I really not played a single game made this year? or last year?"You have to force behaviours".
who's going? what are you going as?this'll be my first con since like 2007.
>>10914431crap. i was so blindsided by that it was gonna be my first con in over 10 years that i missed this fact. i hope the people there are awesome because between the travel, hotel, cosplay, tickets and food i am paying way too much for this thing...
I'm local and I paid $300ish for 3 tickets a single night at a hotel. (I'm going with my husband and brother) I'm hoping it's at least decent. We're doing dumb ass dungion meshi costumes so it should go over well?
Anyone wanna meet up? Going both today and tomorrow
>>10914800>Anime Impulse>Decent
Just got back. Con was incredibly mid. I'll process my photos later, though I didn't take too many. Was ignored quite a few times when I was asking for pics.
FAQ (last updated: May 19th, 2023): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-URQl5wxxBzP4-VWfMKfLG8ZqOkGt9Yoyo6Qbm333vs/edit?usp=sharingCosplay recommendations thread: none atmCrossplay/crossdressing thread: >>10907099LARP thread: >>10873579Sewing general: >>10865253Makeup, hair, skincare general: none atmTaobao thread: >>10903761Stupid j-fashion questions thread: >>10902439
>>10914296Amazon or any cosplay website.
>>10914365If I recall correctly, velvet-esque fabrics like micro suede are notoriously hard to get wrinkles out of. I've heard of people using lots of steam and a needleboard or another piece of the same fabric on top in order to try and get the bumps out, but you might just be fucked. Maybe a wrinkle releaser could help?That's my very much not a fabric expert guess.
>>10914610I agree with the other anon. Remember that a lot of clothing designs in anime are made by people who aren't fabric experts and do not have to bend to the laws of gravity or even a real figure dressing in and out of the clothing which is how we get Fantasy Nonsense Clothing. You probably won't find an exact replica of this type of clothing because it doesn't exist. Anon's suggestion of drafting your own lapel is likely your only way to get close to making that piece a reality.
>>10915208Truthfully twitter is kind of dying and the cosplay scene on there has been dying at an even faster rate. The only cosplayers I see post on there are popular ones crossposting on multiple platforms and really only interacting with already made friends. Honestly, I'd recommend growing your following on other platforms.
>>10915208Get your tits out
Well hello, Florida Seagulls. It's been a slower year here, but I know you're out there and you know I'm out there. Our local scene keeps on with one location change after the other doesn't it? HolMat where MegaCon is, OtakuFest where "Super"con is (impending lols there), Mizucon where OtakuFest was, Anime Iwai at the far end of Palm Beach County>Alternate Title: Musical Venues Edition>Anime in the Park - April 20 - Groveland>Sarasota Anime-Fest - April 27 - Sarasota>KirbiiCon - May 4 - Fort Lauderdale>OtakuFest - May 17-19 - Miami Beach>Mizucon - May 24-26 - Miami>Collect-A-Con Orlando - May 25-26 - Orlando>Finn-Con@MDC June 15 - Miami>Anime Festival Orlando - June 28-30 - Orlando>Metrocon - July 5-7 - Tampa>Florida Supercon - July 12-14 - Miami Beach>SWFL Anime-Fest - August 11 - Fort Myers>FT-Lauderdale Anime-Fest - September 15 - Fort LauderdaleComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
What’s the parking situation going to be for Otakufest?
>>10914686In a word? Shit. Also don't go anywhere near Lincoln Place
We in a dog's mouth right now.
damn, is it really like this?
>>1091533Well I'm havin a good time I know that much
Thread for the discussion of cosplayer Keekihime
>>10915026I'd do anything to fuck her up her beautiful huge ass.
>>10915238>white men genuinely think that flat little pancake ass is "huge"kek
What's the best community? If you could just magically wake up already living in the city with the comm of your choice, where would it be and why?Are there any comms that you feel are too far gone and better left given up on to dissolve by their own internal squabbling?
>>10914920>>10914956they're all ugly though. you really think the comm isn't full of faghags that tolerate that shit? disliking trannies is a /cgl/ exclusive thing.
>>10914978there's nothing you can do about people in the comm who defend men with crossdressing fetishes. I mean you can leave the comm, or you can get to know people well enough so you can meet up privately, but those people and those guys are going to be at comm meets and online and you can't even try to do anything about it without being kicked out.
>>10915057See now that would be a sane decision, and nonnies above clearly haven’t taken their meds. I have no clue why people sperge out on the same topics of fat people and men/trans women in Lolita. It’s really not complicated. If you don’t like it, go somewhere else where your opinions are welcome.
>>10915124>spergeAnon stop.
>>10914745I use it and no, it's a "stop beating yourself up because it's extremely unhealthy and won't help you lose weight or make you feel better about yourself, sometimes things just won't fit and you should look at options and clothes that make you happy now, instead of lamenting what you don't have." Even if I and many others were to lose weight, it doesn't mean we will be happier. It doesn't guarantee clothes will fit right. I could be 100 pounds and it still wouldn't change the fact that my shoulders are 40cm and I look horrible in any dress that requires having a flat chest. the "clothes should fit you not the other way around" is a good mentality for those who have always felt bad about their own sizing, shape, or awkward body proportions. It helps accept that brands don't HAVE to cater to us, and we don't HAVE to buy from them. Because they aren't MADE for us, and that's it. I'd love to be able to wear OPs, but blouse and skirt will always look the most flattering on me. Part of dressing well is knowing what will look good on you, and giving up or finding a solution to what won't.
It's been 10 years Are cons safer now?Anyone encountered any con creeps?I (male) got my butt grabbed by another guy once, didn't bother me desu (not gay)
>>10910436>Go to convention notorious for arguably autistic, and socially starved "losers" (This was back when anime wasn't cool">Wear literally nothing>Be attractive>Oh jeez, why are all these ugly men looking at me (aka giving me the attention I wanted, just not from ugly men)This is why nobody listened to women until about 15 years ago. They throw themselves into the lions pit, wanting attention of the alpha lions, then wonder why they got attention from *all* the lions. Honestly I don't even look at this image as a bad thing, I see it as a remarkable achievement of western culture, a woman can wear basically nothing and at most she gets some ugly blokes staring if not taking a photo (which is expected at a convention anyway), if you had a woman showing her ankle in say the middle east or India, she would have got raped for "being such a slut".Basically:>Ignore women complaining, they love the attention, they just hate that ugly men exist and have eyes as well>The West is great and champions against fighting monkey brain thoughts
More to add to my collection
>>10914505Skimpy cosplayers know they are going to get attentionIts not that they hate attention they just want people to be respectfulLook but do not touch
What defines a "creepshot" in cosplay conventions?
>>10910436wow look its this bait thread for the 1000th time to fish for reactions from radfemlitas and coomers. Not sure which is worse, this or the chinese girl bait thread
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>>10915287The term EGL was coined separately from what we know as lolita that evolved from natural kei, which wasn't called lolita and obviously wasn't called EGL. Some of you zoomers need to actually research where lolita came from. Mana coined a TERM but it wasn't related to most of what we call lolita today.
>>10915319In the 2000s in Japan gothic lolita, sweet lolita and classic lolita were considered sub styles of lolita. It's literally explained in Japanese coverage of the topic from the early to mid 2000s. It's also mentioned on the old metamorphose website in the early 2000s.Gothic lolita, or to be specific "gosurori", was also sometimes used, typically by beginners and outsiders, to refer to lolita in general. This too can be seen in the aforementioned media coverage.
instead of arguing can someone actually post some articles or scans showing the correct usage of egl?
>>10914862>NTA but gothic lolita used to be considered gothic until the early 2010s in japan and not a style of lolita.Scan from 2001: "They are all Gothic Lolita in fashion, makeup, and lifestyle, and will serve as your reference.">>10915391They won't because they're making things up and accusing everyone correcting them of "rewriting history"
>>10910468I just really hate the attitude even mildly chubby people get here because it completely derails threads and attracts anachans. I don't care about alterations done well, I don't care about brands catering to "fatties" (thin ppl get ur clothing tailored like fat ppl have had to do for ages, it's actually easier for you too since you don't need extra fabric) and stfu. >>10910053New meta is nice. A lot of their pieces are hit or miss for me since I'm kind of a basic bitch so I'll always be a whore for the same solid released for the 7000th time.>>10914509I've kind of given up on good collabs honestly. I can count on one had the number of good one's we've gotten. At this point I'd rather sew my own than see any brand butcher what I see as such a slam dunk success. That tulle lace looks scratchy.
We haven’t had one of these in a while so I’ll start one up. Leaving your contact if you’re wtb is fine >what’s your dream dress>how long have you been searching>what do you love about it
Less than a month away, time for a generalAnyone going? Got any plans? Any parties planned?
>>10914709I get that, that was pretty much most cons for the past few years. I typically went to Fanime for the longest time but that cons been actively going to shit, so I opted to go with a friend to this instead, I might do Anime North or Momocon later on down the line, I just wanted to see each one first. I'm glad there's even any guests at all for that matter.
>>10914723I go to AZ because I live 30 minutes from Raleigh and I know a few people who also go every yearnever been to another con
>>10914741That was me with Fanime partially, I live near San Jose and I used to know a ton of people who went, now because of the previous reasons mentioned it's not really worth it for me anymore.Plus I just wanna see something different, going to the same thing always is a bit tiresome.
This will be my first AZ alone. I will still have other friends there and I tend to venture on my own anyway, but I'm going without my friend group.Hotel by myself and I don't know what to do with myself.
>>10915342You can always explore!
Old thread is nearing its limit >>10790295This thread is for ouji and aristocrat (aka "boystyle") discussion. "Boystyle" is shorthand for "boystyle lolita" and refers to the masculine counterparts of Japanese lolita and, often, aristocrat fashions. There is a lot of overlap between these styles, and different people use different terms to describe them. We usually just use "ouji" here.>Shopping spreadsheetThis is broken, now. Can it be fixed?https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j7sg2_7CvXUeIgZGGSLvJ9lUUuSVXhW8FlWWFwiv1Yk/edit?usp=docslist_api>Buttcape-sensei's shopping guide (mentions which brands/shops have men's or custom sizes):https://stephano.me/blog/where-to-buy-ouji-fashion/>Blogs for infobuttcape[.]blogspot[.]comhttps://ouji-armoire.tumblr.com/tagsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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if your hat doesn't have a hat, your coord ain't worth shit
Where is a good place to find more masculine patterns to sew? Found some very neat items but they seem complex to sew, so drafting my own pattern feels like it would be rough. Mainly looking to do some basic shirts first for the core of the closet.
and its the reddit zoomer
