I recently watched a special on Entertainment Tonight Canada talking about Cosplay and how a lot of cosplays you see online and in person are super sexy, showing lots of skin, or barely wearing anything. I thought this would be a good topic to cover.
It's true that the images you see of sexy cosplays get a lot of likes on instagram, facebook, twitter etc. but does that mean that it's the only way to get noticed in the cosplay community? Absolutely not. There are lots of well known cosplayers that cover up. You can get likes and followers for having good craftsmanship too. It's all about how you market yourself and who your target audience is, but that's a whole other discussion. Since there are other ways of getting seen in the cosplay community rather than being sexy, does that mean you should avoid doing a sexy cosplay? Again, nope. This is all up to you and what you are comfortable with. Some people find that doing a sexy cosplay makes them feel good, empowered. Cosplay is about the fandom, what you enjoy and what you want to express to the community. With doing sexy cosplay comes a lot of new territory as well, not all of that is positive or welcomed. You need to understand that people will make comments about your outfit, your body, comments like "that's not a cosplay", and you have to be comfortable dealing with that. For myself personally, I have never done a sexy cosplay, and most likely won't. It's not that I don't want to, but it's not something I am super comfortable with. I prefer to choose costumes that will challenge my crafting skills and impress people with how much detail and work is put into the costume. Now, some cosplayers also take their sexy costumes to a whole other level by doing boudoir shoots, or swim suit renditions of characters. You can see some of these posted to social media, and some cosplayers will also make stuff like this exclusive content for their Patreon tiers. This is definitely not necessary in order to gain followers, it's a choice that specific cosplayer's have made that is right for them. The long and short of it is, Sexy cosplay is an option, it's not necessary to be seen in the community or for popularity. It's all about doing what is right for you.
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