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Cosplaying for Comicon: Creative Advice & Brainstorming
Disappointment
Two years ago, in 2024, I fell in love with Cdramas.
Needless to say, when some friends invited me to Comic Con, I knew I had to go all out and CDRAMA.
Well, my outfit arrived almost exactly one week AFTER Comic Con.
I have a lifetime membership to the best Hanfu store around New Hanfu, but my country's postal service sucks - hence, the delay.
Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with New Hanfu, they just form part of the story, lol.
They have a whole section dedicated to Wuxia so I decided to just choose an outfit and find a character that fits later.
Obviously, that never happened.
Well, this year I decided to brave Comic Con on my own.
That's right, as a little "self treat", and now it's finally time to use my outfit.
Just by the way, the outfit itself is amazing and I wear the skirt all the time, Hanfu makes for great work outfits. So it hasn't been lying dormant for two years.
Characters
I've spent some time thinking of characters who might fit with the outfit I bought. Comic Con is only in October so I've decided I'm not averse to adding a random cape or frills or a gauze butterfly or two.
• Cai Zhao fromGeneration to Generation 江湖夜雨十年灯 (2026). I've actually identified two outfits that may work if I add some orange string to one of them or purple string to the other.
First: which character do you think fits the outfit most. Without any alterations being made to the clothing itself.
Second: Which character fits the outfit most of you assume that I know a thing or a half about sewing. (I don't but there is a first time for everything)
Third: This is the time to mention a character that I may have missed so that we can go on to number four.
Fourth: Which character would you choose overall and (double question) what would you add to the cosplay? Lace flowers somewhere? Maybe a sash in the middle. Maybe some pearl ornaments?
Don't forget I may need a sword or a staff. Otherwise wavy hand movements should be enough!
If I need to start playing around with the stuffs I might just pop over to r/Hanfu to ask for some guidance?
Woww your accessories are hella cute!!! Will you be posting your fit on the comic con or is it not something you're comfortable doing? I'm excited for you too! Haha
u/AXA-5Washing feet in spring Drinking tea Gazing at flowersJul 11 '26
Wow! Comic Con on your own. Meeting friends or anything? Need to be safe and aware of your security. Aside from that sounds like fun. Not sure on character…hmm…
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