fabrickind: Foundation Garments for Cosplay Panel, as given at SacAnime Winter 2016Having the righ
fabrickind: Foundation Garments for Cosplay Panel, as given at SacAnime Winter 2016 Having the right foundation can vastly improve the look of a cosplay. This panel covers the often overlooked realm of what is worn underneath the costume. We will discuss both masculine and feminine undergarments for varying body types and across gender presentations (crossplay). Learn how the right foundation can help your cosplays lay smoother on your body, create an idealized ‘anime’ figure, keep your privates private, and overall enhance your cosplay! The information here tends to skew feminine just because that’s what the majority of lingerie is, and because that’s my area of expertise. However, I tried to keep this as gender-neutral as possible, since a lot of the information can be used varying sexed bodies. (Seriously, cis dudes who are cosplaying as men, don’t be afraid of shapewear and such!) This is just the bare bones of the panel, as many of the examples were elaborated on in-person. It is not meant to be exhaustive or definitive, and is just meant for general advice and suggestion purposes only. If anyone has feedback they would like to give, feel free to do so. That said, I hope that people find this information useful. Another note on safety with some of the more extreme shaping methods (such as corsetry):I am not an expert on corsets, and even if I were, the topic could take up its own hour-long panel (which is the amount of time this panel is). That said, there is a lot of safe corsetry information online, as well as information about fitting, seasoning or breaking in a corset, and wearing practices. My Google-fu is probably no better than yours on this subject, so please do your research before starting to wear a corset for body reshaping purposes.Also, if you are under the age of 16, please do not wear a corset, as you could potentially damage your growing bone structure. I would also advise anyone who is young and still developing breasts to not bind. (Also, if you bind incorrectly, it can break down the collagen in your breast tissue, aka the stuff that makes boobs bouncy, and collagen does /not/ grow back.) Here is a link to a pdf of the presentation. You may download for personal use, but please do not alter the presentation, repost without permission, or do any sort of other unauthorized use. (If you have a question about how you can use this presentation, please send me a message with your question and we can work it out. I promise I’m not scary. ;]) Feel free to reblog this post as much as you want, though. I do these panels and post them because I want the information to be shared. I hope someone finds this helpful! :] -- source link