Dressing up isn't just for Halloween

There is a community in the world that dresses up for fun and not just on Halloween. This is community is called "Cosplay".

The community comes from all races, genders and ages.

If someone wants to see the cosplay community, their best interest would be to attend a convention. These conventions can be Anime conventions or Comic conventions and can be located around the world. Convention provide a place where Cosplayers (the person who dresses up) can go to have fun, meet other people that like the same series as them or to just walk around in a costume without getting weird looks. Conventions also provide a chance for a cosplayer to show their cosplay to other people (Cosplay Contest: Ex- Megacon 2015) and a chance for the cosplayer to perform a skit in their cosplay as the character in front of an audience (Cosplay Masquerade: Ex- Katsucon 2015).

Cosplay have many different variations. Some example are:

Crossplay (is coslay which the person dresses up as a character of a different gender)

(Series: Supernatural, Character-Cosplayer: Lucifer-Kaihly Brouhard)

Genderbent (the characters gender is changed)

(Series: Star Trek, Character-Cosplayer: Spock-Ola) 

Gijinka (a human version of an animal, object, anything that doesn't resemble a human form)

(Series: Five Night's at Freddy's, Character-Cosplayer from left to right: Foxy-Chantal, Chica-Kassandra Collazo, Freddy-Savannah Chapman and Bonnie-Ruko)

Cosplay gives cosplayers a chance to do a group of characters from their favorite series with friends 

(Series: Supernatural, Character-Cosplayer from left to right: Castiel-Kassandra Collazo, Dean Winchester-Kate Walkling and Benny Lafitte-Kaihly Brouhard)

But what makes cosplay fun?

It depends on the individual. Some would say the craftsmanship to their costume/prop. Some would say it's the friends that they have made. Other would say it's the escape from reality. Cosplay is different for everybody but in the end it's all about dressing up as your favorite character and having fun.


(All Photos belong to Kassandra Collazo and Kate Walkling)