So I got bit a cosplay bug when I attended my first con ovO . It was so much fun coming up with the costume (Best Princess Luna)and having people react to it and everything.
But it has me wondering. Do cosplays have to be big projects? Cause I've come across a few items in my closet that when thrown together, is almost a complete costume (albeit a simple one.). Example, I just needed to whip together a CMC cape, and I have a great Applebloom costume, and short of the cutie mark, I've got an Octavia one too (heck, I've even got an extra cello that can take a few knocks reminds me i need to practice...
Could I make multiple simplistic cosplay 'outfits' where the individual pieces could be worn everyday (And no, I don't care if it makes no sense why, as a cellist, I have a purple treble cleft on my shirt thank you very much)? Poking around the cosplay world, I see nothing but these huge projects. Don't get me wrong, I love my Luna costume, but for a longer con, it can get uncomfortable (and dirty, almost dropped a pizza on the top last month). Considering the nature of ponies especially, is it wrong for me to want to come up with more simplistic, more comfortable, and/or more everyday costumes and the devil being in the details (unicorn horns, or pegasi wings, or dying my hair to match, and assorted accessories depending on the pony).
Thoughts?
That's what I'm doing. I'm making a cosplay of both my OC and Dash, both of which are pretty much [body color here] shirt and pants/skirt with dyed hair, ears, and wings.