New to cosplay? How to choose your first cosplay and things you need to consider

[@emilyandollidamra]

Yooo I'm so excited, your video just gave me the final push to finally buy my first cosplay!!! It's a cheap Tingle cosplay, that I want to modify. I can't wait, I love this character, and soon I can be him! Thank you so much!

[@HerRoliness]

Yay go you, that's awesome! I hope you have heaps of fun modifying him and wearing him :) If you want, send me a picture on Instagram when you're done, I'd love to see it. Welcome to the cosplay club!

[@emilyandollidamra]

Yess! I‘ll definitely send photos when I have him🥰

[@ShinyRedStar-dn2yf]

Working on my 2nd cosplay ever! I’m doing a take on Eurydice from Hadestown. I’m planning to assemble it, here’s what I’m thinking. Hat-I already have a hat like hers. I absolutely love it, all good there Hair-I have long blonde curly hair, she has short black/brown hair. I could get a wig. This is an interpretation, so I could leave my hair as is. I also might cut my hair short anyway, so that could work. Shirt-I have a white tee that could work. I’d love something more distressed with a linen like fabric. That made be hard to find because I’m petite-plus and I’d probably need to thrift it Overalls-I still need this. Hoping for black ones with cargo details. I have a 25 inch inseam, so I need to be really careful that they aren’t too long Shoes-I have the perfect shoes. The only issue is, I took the insoles out to fit my orthodic inserts. I can’t wear those for long, it hurts my feet. I need to get a new insole for those shows or get new shoes if I get an event opportunity. New shoes might be hard. I need distressed black ankle boots. I am a kids size three, or a woman’s size five. I can never find shoes like that in my size. I got so lucky with those. Jacket-I’d love a deep red ripped denim jacket, or something very similar. That’s very specific. I might have to get one that isn’t ripped and rip it myself Props-I want a red flower like the one on the playbill. I can probably find one at a crafts store. Can’t wait to make this cosplay! Any tips as a fellow non-skinny girl or as someone with more cosplay experience than me?

[@HerRoliness]

Sounds like you have a really solid handle on what you need for this cosplay, good on you! I'm not familiar with the character or Hadestown, but I think you're on the right track with thrifting/modifying items. Overalls you should be able to hem up if they're too long, and perhaps for the jacket you could try dying a regular pale denim jacket? Not that I've ever dyed anything myself... The red flower also sounds like a great prop/

[@Melody_Candiez]

For the longest time I wanted my first cosplay to be Princess Hilda from The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, but some parts of her outfit made me decide that I want my first cosplay to be a different character. I immediately knew I wanted to do a Junko Enoshima cosplay (based on her appearance in Danganronpa 3: Despair Arc)! I have been looking at her main outfit in detail, even looking carefully at pictures of her to find out how long (or tall? idk) her heels are (they seem to be about 7 cm)! I also noticed a few differences between how she looks in the games vs how she looks in the anime (like her skirt being just red and the lack of her former high school's symbol on her sleeves)! I also rolled up my skirt to be about the same length as hers to see how comfortable I am in it (let's just say I love wearing it like that, but outside if I felt uncomfortable or unsafe I definitely would need to be able to unroll it, so my skirt for that cosplay will have to be about the same length as the skirt I am wearing right now, which goes down to a little above my knees)! I also found out that the red things on her bra are little roses! It will require a lot of knowledge and skill to make it look as good as I want it to be, but I have the time to learn those because I am planning to start HRT hopefully this year or the next year, and I don't want to make a cosplay like hers in case my body changes enough for the cosplay to be too small or too big because oh my god it's gonna be a lot of work (I will even be modifying a bra a little for it)! I also know now for sure what shirt she is wearing under the cardigan (? (that's what the fan wiki called it)), so now I know that it I feel uncomfortable in public while wearing that cosplay (which would make sense because her chest shows a bit. Junko said in her artbook: "it's less "you can see" and more "I'm showing you".", so that's probably enough info to know just how much is shown there (if me mentioning how the bra looks isn't enough lol), so now I know I would be able to just button that shirt up if I felt uncomfortable! Also, my plans would be to wear it to an event, but mostly just to wear it just because I feel like it, but inside the house and outside even when doing something like just groceries! lol That's all I really have to say about that! I'm really excided and I really wanna start learning to sew at some point, and maybe if I am really lucky with HRT (which with a lot of stuff I have been lucky) then maybe I will be shorter and around Junko's height (my height right now is something I really don't like and I heard some people got 1-3 inches shorter after starting HRT, but it seems to be rare, so I don't know lol)! Anyway, this is probably a really long comment already so I will stop now! Also, please let me know if I should edit my comment to remove or change anything (like mentions of her chest or bra for example, because I can see how that might be too much info)!

[@Melody_Candiez]

I guess I will also add here another difference! I will just copy my notes about the boots here! "Mid-sized black boots with platform heels and red laces. The heels seem like they are about 7 cm. According to my older sibling they don't seem difficult to walk in when looking at the picture of DR3 Junko, but when looking at the DR1 pictures of her my older sibling says they look difficult to walk in (or as Mukuro said "An accident waiting to happen")."

[@HerRoliness]

I love how much thought and planning you've already put into this cosplay (and like, 10/10 for testing your comfort level with the outfit pieces). Hope the cosplay goes well for you!