What are the terms in cosplay and what do they mean?

Cosplay clothing is what coser wears when he goes out of cos. For cosplay, the most important thing is not the appearance of coser, but the production of clothing. Generally speaking, there are four ways to get cosplay clothes, which are sent by others, bought in specialty stores, made by yourself or customized by a tailor.

Cos: cos is the abbreviation of cosplay, or cosplay.

C circle: short for cosplay circle.

C clothing: C clothing is the costume decoration of cos.

COSPLAY vocabulary:? Costume (noun) = a character's costume, costume? Clothing (verb) = clothing? Costumer= someone who dresses like a character, similar to cosplayer.

Cosplay- origin: the abbreviation of English "CostumePlay" put forward by Nov.Takahashi. His inspiration came from the international masquerade ball in San Francisco, USA. His enthusiasm for Cosplay expressed in the article (1982) published in the Japanese magazine "MyAnime" triggered the 1982-83 Cosplay movement in Japan.

Although cosplay did not originate in Japan, the current cosplay in the United States has been greatly influenced by Japanese cosplay. ? Cosplay (noun) = wearing clothes about anime characters. ? Cosplay (verb) = Put on clothes about cartoon characters.

Cosplayer= the man in costume? Crossplay (verb) = part of cosplay: play the opposite sex in cosplay. ? Crossplayer = a person who plays the opposite sex in cosplay. ? Cross dressing = wearing clothes of the opposite sex.

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Method of obtaining COSPLAY clothing

1: Go to the store to buy it.

This is very rare and common in Japan. For example, in Japan, there are official COSPLAY and clothing sales, and COSPA is a good example. Their clothing is officially recognized. There are also some shops that make COSPLAY clothes, because they are privately made, so they are not official. \

In Taiwan Province Province, there are basically unofficial COSPLAY clothing stores, but there are second-hand COSPLAY clothing stores, which are both economical and convenient. As for Hong Kong and Chinese mainland, there are few shops specializing in COSPLAY clothing, and they generally need to be customized. Well-known animation clothing customization shops on the domestic network mainly include the clothing mall provided by Cosplay China website.

2. Tailor-made shop.

It is a common practice for COSPLAYER in Hongkong and Chinese mainland to go to a tailor's shop to tailor. One of the advantages of this is that it is cheap, and the other is that it is convenient for you to make your own demands.

Generally speaking, tailor shops are easy to find in Chinese mainland, but there are not many clothes that can really make COSPLAY. Usually in Chinese mainland, you can get your clothes within one to two weeks after you submit your order. If you are dissatisfied with the clothes at this time, the shopkeeper will usually change the system for you on the spot.

3. Through the Internet

Contact the shopkeeper to order your favorite clothes through Taobao or pat. It should be noted that the size should be measured by yourself, and generally it mainly needs bust, length and weight.

Shoulder width, hip circumference, waist circumference, leg length, etc. More data may be needed according to different clothes. Generally, it can be done within a week, and the provincial express delivery can arrive within 24 hours. The disadvantage is that the finished product may be inconsistent with the given standard and cannot be modified in time. If you don't have enough time, you can only ask a nearby tailor to help you modify it, but you can't send it back for modification ... Please ask the clothing material and other coefficients for reference when ordering.

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