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/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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I don't like making credit card payments on clothes. If I don't need to make something myself, because a similar enough piece of an outfit exists.. yeah, I'm not buying official shit.
>"B-but that means you're not a real fan"
That means you can't even pick out an outfit, it's like you need a company to lay out clothes for you like your mommy or daddy. But you're a grown up, so you need to know how to do this with other clothes. Every day. That you already have.
>Example, fluffy animal hats
>PicRel
I'm trying to have fun. I don't support brands I don't like, just because I like their character. If you're cosplaying on a budget, but don't want used shit that smells like furry AIDS, consider looking up each part of the outfit. Then make a list. Buy less online, and more at thrift shops/charity shops
>Not premium hipster bullshit
>That already smells AIDS and fail
>Looks like it too, if you wear it how they do
You don't need to be a genius to DIY a cosplay either. If you have a relative (probably an older woman) that can sew patterns and you didn't git gud, they might help. No family or friends? Pay someone else's elderly relative to help you, and buy the fabric for her. Making something like that could make her day, and her payday without spending hundreds on something you'll wear once when you have a few pictures taken and fuck stranger in a your hotel room, bathrooms, and wherever no-one is paying attention.

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>>10852049

>> No.10852187

>>10852049
>comparing a hoodie to a hat

>> No.10852190

Cool blog

>> No.10852202

All solid advise but I'm more interested in what angered you to post this specifically

>> No.10852216

>>10852202
i'm going to guess being poor. weird thing is that on ebay searching "panda hoodie" gets you a $31 premade hoodie from ebay which, even if its not the same as the one on the left, is still cheap as fuck. and if you want to go on aliexpress and search panda hoodie you find one for less than $20. hell, it makes the panda hat on the right expensive in that regard, because you're only getting a hat for that same price!

>> No.10852259

Poor ass nigga
Start an onlyfans like the rest of us

>> No.10852265

If you think pre-mades are expensive, wait until you walk into your local fabric store

>> No.10852273

zoomers think dropshipping is immoral or something. they do this all over tiktok. i've seen a girl get accused of dropshipping because she used a commercial crochet pattern and the item on aliexpress looked similar. zoomers also don't realize that aliexpress sellers are often taobao dropshippers themselves. they just think that simply because they can find a better deal, people selling items for more are scammers.

>> No.10852282

>>10852185
If it's functional, and I'm not specific character, it works. If you don't shop around, you're gonna fail.
>>10852190
Blogging is against the rules, dumbass. Not a blog, definitely a shitpost

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>>10852259
>Poor
Even when I've had decent income, my priorities were never about sexual appeal. People like you are causing unnecessary danger by getting rapey ass Coomers to show up at cons. Did you lose your iPhone? Become an hero

>> No.10852284

>>10852265
If you think fabric stores are expensive, you probably pay sticker price at the self checkout out too lmao

>> No.10852285

>>10852273
>This
Drop shipping isn't immoral, it's an affordable way to do business and support a small business while saving your money. Ain't nothin' wrong, deadass bitchmade kids n shit growin' up to be stupid

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>>10852216
OP definitely checked, and yes, that's more affordable. Everyone needs to make their money, but if you can save it and still look how you want.. Do whatever works best. Overpayment doesn't make you look rich, it makes you look like a bitch.
>and not in the fun crossplayer kinda way
>Protip: make a clean, new eBay account
>They have an on & off deal for new accounts
>Get $10 back when you spend $10.01+
They definitely make it worth it

>> No.10852680

>>10852285
huh?? Perhaps there's some sort of misinterpretation of meaning happening here? Drop shipping usually comes with the connotations of not designing your own thing, making it, or having anything to do with the actual manufacturing process. It's not "supporting a small business", it's supporting a scam. People dropship taobao wigs all the time, claiming to be an indie brand, not being transparent at all, and marking shit up to 3-5x the price. Of course it pisses people off, it's literally scamming. Talking to a chinese manufacturer and developing a product together is not nearly the same, but it's all pushed under the same label, when in reality most of the "drop shipping" people refer to is the first, not the second. It comes with the connotation of covering up all of this, as well.

>> No.10852688

Is OP ESL?

>> No.10852692

>>10852680
dropshipping isn't a scam. it's not a scam for someone to sell a product outside of it's intended market, like with taobao or aliexpress products. aliexpress is mostly dropshippers as well, just ones in china who can hide it better. being butthurt at dropshippers is the same as thinking walmart scammed you just because amazon had the same product for less. it's entitled and pathetic. do your research and don't buy from them you're that upset over it.

>> No.10852945

Zoomer retards also don't consider who the original designer is anyway. Dropshippers could be the actual designer and just choosing not to buy stock. Also, designs are stolen constantly by manufacturers and the like. Zoomers are just super entitled and want the cheapest shit possible that's why they buy bootlegs of shit like anime figs and sanrio plushies.

>> No.10853044

>>10852049
just make it yourself faggot

>> No.10854052

>>10852273
>>10852285
it's a scam when sellers buying chinkshit claim it's their own, all manufactured by them and such.
>supporting smol business uwu wholesome chungus 100
kek good one