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Amanita Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 3/30 8:54am Subject: Cross-gender costuming and cosplay- ideas?
	Oh dear Gods..That is just frightening. Plain shorts would have been better- those printed ones just clash. I couldn't do high heels even if I wanted to- I may be female, but I have no clue how to walk in heels, and no interest in learning. I won't have time to make my full Magneto outfit before the next X-Men movie comes out, so I'll have to settle for hopefully having the helmet in time. I'm also busy working on a klingon vest to wear for the Star Trek film. Here's a scary crossover thought- Klingon Jedi! Imagine a lightsaber-Bat'leth?
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Anyara Registered: Apr '06	Date Posted: 6/24 4:15pm Subject: Cross-gender costuming and cosplay- ideas? - Date Edited: 6/24 4:16pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Anyara
	A quick note about belts etc. If you're female and doing a male costume, try wearing the belt on your hips rather than your waist, and blousing your shirt/tunic/whathaveyou over the top of the belt a bit. This can help disguise the fact that girls go 'in' at the waist more than boys, and can reduce the effect of a bustline a bit. Admittedly it's not a foolproof method, but if you're less than curvaceous, it does work. I do Dark Age re-enactment, so I'm required to pretend I'm a boy when fighting, and I've found that this goes a long way towards disguising a female bodyshape. Just my two pence on the matter! Oh, and regarding the bloke in the slave Leia costume - please pass the brain bleach and mental floss. I may have nightmares. -----signature----- Meran'yar'akari, EotH 9 GrandAdmiralJello's hired assassin Oni byddi gryf, bydd gyfrwys. Toitu he kianga; whatungarongaro he tangata "You can run . . . but you'll just die tired!" - the combat archer's motto
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Darth_Primus6 Registered: Sep '07	Date Posted: 6/25 11:59am Subject: Cross-gender costuming and cosplay- ideas?
	navarre1095 posted: Just don't do this In the words of our illustrious Emperor Palpatine: "You will be hunted down and eliminated" joking
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Hento Registered: May '09	Date Posted: 7/12 8:38am Subject: Cross-gender costuming and cosplay- ideas?
	navarre1095 posted: Just don't do this Holy tranny batman! I'm gonna have nightmares from this...
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Mekairinek Registered: Jul '09	Date Posted: 7/18 2:14pm Subject: Cross-gender costuming and cosplay- ideas? - Date Edited: 7/18 2:15pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Mekairinek
	... Wow, and here I thought Man*Faye was horrible. D= Anyhow, I'm considering making a Cad Bane costume at some point, so this topic interests me. I'm fairly slim for my height (about 6'0" and 140-150. God bless my French blood high metabolism) and I think I may be able to pull it off and still look neutral/masculine. The only problem would be the chest -of course-, but I want to find other alternatives than taping it down. (Ow, ow, ow, OW) But yeah, with Cad I could potentially get away with not having to "hide" my visible sex (sorry, Sociology class taught me that sex and gender are two different things) attributes: heavy clothing that covers a good deal, similar build and of course, make-up. Though if I were to "cross-play" another, human-esque character, I'd probably would want to hide my sex unless asked. (Which is why Carth Onassi, as much as I adore him, would be out of the question) -----signature----- "You better not fail me, bubble brain." My Fan Art: http://tinyurl.com/meks-art LJ's first Cad Bane Community: http://community.livejournal.com/fistfullofduros/
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