Post con depression thread
Anyone gonna dump those /cgl/ meetup photos?
>tfw didn't go to /cgl/ meetup to hit on the ugly-mediocre chicks
Feels bad man.
Whoops posted in the old thread.
I wanted to go to AX really badly, but I didn't want to go without dressing up in some way, so I let my other hobby bleed into this one a bit and I just wore my gucci Crye stuff and a bunch of /k/ related patches.
Share your feels. Be sure to keep them cgl related.
Previous thread >>9078542
I wore my new Lizard (Spider-Man) costume to ABC, and everyone I passed yelled "Here come dat boi! O shit waddup!"
Damn it.
>>9087881
>Do you have fond memories to think back to? I think you'd regret not doing it more than doing it. The hollowness of dreaming of what might have been hurts more than the bitterness of what came and went.
Word. It's hard to help, though.
I feel so silly. I only met her irl once.
I really want to get back into cosplay but money is tight right now and I'm currently looking to get a new job so I'm not sure where I'll be living so it's hard to plan for cons. I'm so motivated right now but can't do anything about it! Maybe il start planning things out and sketching etc
Post inspo, self, discussion, etc.
Will start with a small inspo dump
>>9083363
>mfw people try to say the name Lolita has nothing to do with the book
Okay, so I've been in this fashion for nearly 10 years and have done hours upon hours worth of research into this topic and have found nothing concrete explaining why it's called Lolita. Everyone has been saying it has nothing to do with the book since the dawn of time, but there doesn't seem to be any real evidence supporting this claim. There's several different theories about how the name has come up, but none have any proof, just some random person blogging about it.
So yeah, I'm just gonna come out and say it; I think it does have something to do with the book. Lolita is not a word foreign to Japan, in fact they use that word to describe little girls in a sexual context far more than Western countries do. I'm sorry, but it's not a coincidence. If you can give me solid proof as to name origin besides speculation, please do.
>Hours worth of research
Did you even try googling "lolita" in Japanese? One of the first results is the Wikipedia about the fashion, with a section titled "Origin of the Name".
>https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3#.E5.90.8D.E7.A7.B0.E3.81.AE.E6.84.8F.E5.91.B3
A translation on LiveJournal:
>http://egl.livejournal.com/18952560.html
There you go, anon.
>>9081289
I think the reason lolita is called lolita is because the fashion was an effort to counteract women being sexualaized so maybe it was an effort for young girls to take back the word from its pedophilia context?? idk just my therory based on things ive read
Why do they always end up like this?
maid cafes usually choose their volunteers based on one of these three ways.
>1. the maids know someone
you can tell if a maid cafe is like this because usually the girls are well… not that cute or well put together.
>2. the maids are hired based on someone’s personal preference for girls.
you can tell if a maid cafe is like this because all the girls will have similar features, like brown hair with blue eyes, or all Asian girls. (pic related, Anime Expo's maid cafe)
>3. the maids are hired based on their actual qualifications
you can tell if its like this because the maids are usually cute, energetic, and there is actual diversity
surprise surprise, #3 is the least common.
>>9071276
SacAnime's maidcafe was actually like #3 in 2013-2014
Joke cosplay thread. Non-serious cosplays with the intention of getting a laugh / being ironic. Post past costumes, current projects, or future plans.
I've just started on a cosplay of the merchant from RE4 but when you open up his robe, instead of guns it's mixtapes. Just started so no pictures for now.
This was from animenext
>>9059937
This is amazing and could win a cosplay contest.
Tell me about your plans.
Cosplay or anything else related~
What's the best way to get the word out about cosplay photoshoots? I hosted one last year and despite having it listed in the cosplay.com forum's schedule, and posting about it here and there weeks beforehand, I think the only people that came (maybe 10 total) were ones I spotted around the convention and gave them info about it.
Is there a better more universal way to advertise?
I can't fucking wait. It's gonna be sad that there's only one more in Baltimore.
>>9034505
Facebook has never steered me wrong. Make a FB event for the gathering and spread it over various Otakon FB pages. Also make a post on Instagram and Tumblr, and tell people to spread the word around. Though I also have great luck just telling people word-of-mouth around the con, having the social media presence does help a LOT.
So uh...
...is anyone going?
>>9010268
no.
>>9010272
Thread over, I guess.
I keep hearing two things:
1) Midwest still has the intimate feel of an early-2000s con, and while the guests aren't all that good, if you're into panels and activities, it has that in spdes.
2) Midwest is run by a rapist.
How true are they?
Isn't that a Kopf con? No thanks, I like my cons without rape and actual pedophiles in the ranks.
Dump your patterns, one and all.
>costumes
>props
>accessories
>plushies
Bonus points if any angelic soul that can read Russian could tell me what the text on the long body piece says.
>>9077763
pardon my shite drawings
i don't speak russian, but i think this is what it means
>>9077776
er, and to clarify, where it says muzzle is the top of the muzzle
Looks like the admins are finally doing something about their site. Watchlists are back and descriptions are shown without having to click on them.
What do you think of the site? Any complaints so far?
Cool, maybe 'no replicas' will actually be a real thing now and replica posters banned. Time to test this out.
>>9090943
I'm probably just dumb, but how do I access the testing site? I still have the old one
>>9090953
You have to sign up for it on the old site and wait for an email containing the link to the new one.
Any good Tekken cosplays?
>>9086671
Yes.
>>9086671
I want to do a good King cosplay sometime.
I might have to contact a fursuit crafter to get his head/mask
>>9092985
That would be awesome. I'm assuming you're big like King is.
How often do you wear it? What are some of your favorite blogs?
I thought this board only covered street style from Japanese origins?
>>9084801
Post this in the menhera/gurokawa thread
>>9084823
No it really doesn't belong there either.
Reference Request Thread!
I am looking for pictures of Camilla's back From Fire Emblem. I have a few to dump for those looking for characters.
Last thread at autosage: >>8837877
This thread is for ouji and aristocrat (aka "boystyle") discussion. Boystyle refers to the masculine counterparts of lolita and aristocrat fashions. There is a lot of overlap between these styles, and different people use different terms to describe them. So, consider this a thread for those whose style is on the right half of Buttcape's Lolita Family Triangle: http://www.kawacura.com/moripress/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/0dmmLH6-350x350.jpg
>Shopping spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j7sg2_7CvXUeIgZGGSLvJ9lUUuSVXhW8FlWWFwiv1Yk/edit?usp=docslist_api
>Blogs for current boystyle releases, news, and info
palaceofprinces.tumblr.com
ouji-armoire.tumblr.com
buttcape[.]blogspot[.]com (Currently mostly offline but we hope for a return soon; currently has a better-organized list of shops though!)
Google your questions before asking them here.
Read the whole thread before asking questions here.
OC and selfposts encouraged! Randpm picspam discouraged; we've seen most of it by now.
DISCUSSION TOPIC: Where can we find some good fucking hats already?
>>8955984
will post the Gothic and Sweet tutorials from this set also, just because
>>8955985
that is the goth, here is the sweet
3rd for nouji & fujoshis being the sissies of ouji world?
New nouji task: self-made mad hatter hat.
Share and discuss your favorite /cgl/ related apps here!
Be it games, wardrobe apps or cute apps.
Contributing with Nikkiup2u 2. It has plenty of bugs but it's a complicated version of the first game. Cute clothes as usual, and you can watch ads in order two get random clothing for free.
Another cute one is Dress up Ragazza. It's not as easy to get clothing, but it's a fun one.
What are your favorite apps?
Probably a long shot but are there any cute sewing or other craft-related apps?
>>9091887
Go back and find that file OP and give it a name for fuck's sake.
Don't leave your files as unnamed.png, how will you know what its supposed to be in the future? I know thumbnails exist but this is just lazy.
>>9091887
Romantic Diary. Crossover between NikkiUp2U and a dating sim.
![maidcafe2012_2[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/6Cp7StY.jpg "maidcafe2012 2[1]")
