Carbon Costume

…exhibit began at AnimeNEXT, consisting of only 4 costumes. From there, the group encouraged people to donate their costumes, bringing the current exhibit total to 60 costumes, 10 wigs, plus various props. “Over time you’re not wearing them, either [they] get tossed, or you try to sell them and usually nobody buys them because [it’s a] special fit and they just go to the wayside,” explained Lizzy, aka DizzyLizzy, the exhibit curator. “So we want to…

…metal Alchemist. Some 90s nostalgia with this Legends of the Hidden Temple group cosplay. The Kirk Fogg used our Kirk Fogg costume guide to assemble his cosplay! This Cardcaptor Sakura (@gothicci_cosplay) cosplay is absolutely magical! The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes put The Hunger Games back on the map. Check out these Coriolanus Snow (@cosplaybysab) and Lucy Gray Baird (@who.is.raye.today) cosplays. These SIX the Musical cosplays are pure roy…

…r, such as with these Sonic and Shadow cosplays. See all Sonic costumes… A group of astronauts and Pikmin gathered on the gazebo floor. See all Pikmin costumes… They call him the Daywalker. A great Blade cosplay spotted in the evening of the convention. This Ash Williams cosplay has us saying “groovy!” See all horror costumes… ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Arcane has become…

…Ninja is one half of the South African rap-rave group Die Antwoord. Together with Yolandi Visser, they mix modern with outdated in both their music and their fashion, to create their own… unique style….

…Deacon Bruke is a main character in What We Do in the Shadows, a horror mockumentary about the lives of four vampires. As the youngest of the group, Deacon is rebellious and cares about being cool. His interests include erotic dancing and knitting. One of his iconic moments is his bat fight with Nick. He is played by Jonathan Brugh. You can swap out the pirate shirt for the white tank top if you want to recreate the Deacon Dance….

…On Stranger Things, Steve Harrington (played by Joe Keery) is a high schooler who is dating Nancy Wheeler at the start of the series. Over the course of several seasons, Steve befriends Dustin and the rest of his group and works with them to help save Hawkins from the demagorgons and Mind Flayer. Steve’s style is preppy, and his signature hair is well-coiffed, an iconic ’80s mullet held in place with plenty of Farrah Fawcet hairspray….

…y (voiced and acted by Noah Fleiss) is the resident geek of the Until Dawn group. He’s protective and selfless to a (potentially) fatal degree. His costume is fairly straightforward though very warm. Basic jeans and sensible boots make up the base. Cosplayers than have to layer a white graphic tee, a blue button up, a green zip-up knit sweater, and a blue winter jacket. The shirt pictured above is not the exact shirt as that shirt does not exist….

…Yolandi Visser, aka Yo-Landi Vi$$er, fronts the South African rap group Die Antwoord with Ninja. Don’t be fooled by the pink and ponytail – her style is equal parts cute and nightmare fuel….

…In American Hustle, FBI agent Richie Dimaso (Bradley Cooper) is a schemer with a beautiful head of curls. Teaming up with a group of hustlers, Dimaso channels all his energy into taking down a couple of shady politicians, all while looking pretty darn suave….

…Mr. Robot (Christian Slater) is an anarchist whose goal is to eliminate all debt by taking down companies like Evil Corp. He recruits Elliot to join fsociety, a group of like-minded hackers. Not much is known about Mr. Robot but what we do know is that he has a penchant for scarves, sometimes even wearing two of them at a time….