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I'd be more than appreciative, nay, overjoyed, even, if you could feature some of your costumes here, Mexra. It'd also be a great show to see the sorts of people you would co-mingle with at these conventions. Not that the people are any different, but what creativity, detail and aura they would employ into their costumed characters in preparation to attend a cosplay-con.

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"Me as Alice from Alice's Adventures In Wonderland ~ Photography by Eric Gea"
-- BelleEtoile

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Have you ever noticed that the cartoons of Walt Disney have virtually nothing in common with the true meaning of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen? Happy endings, much less marrying a handsome prince to the accompaniment of friendly forest-minded little animals are very rare. As a rule, none of these tales can include dealings of injury or permanent death. In her project: "Fallen Princess", Canadian photographer Dina Goldstein attempted to return the tales' brutality, moving bright Disney Princesses with you into our dimension. What would be the fate of all these beauties if they were subject to the commonest life of most ordinary women?



Little Red Riding Hood



The Little Mermaid



Rapunzel



Beauty ( '...and the Beast')



Sleeping Beauty



The Princess ( '...and the Pea')



Princess Jasmine



Snow White



Cinderella



-- photography by and © belonging to Dina Goldstein



sources that allowed me to discover, and display, the above photo project:
POUR 15 MINUTES D'AMOUR: Dans ma boîte @ mails
yyaro's words - "Fallen Princesses"
Photo Dina News American Photo - Images of the year runner up
Galleries | Personal Work Category Runner-Up

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Ya know, with all of my recent Disney posts, those above still, and those prior:
Alice
Snow White
Silly Princesses
Kim Kardashian
Zombie Princesses
Ghoulish Princesses

I found that there was one character that was mainly absent from such portrayals: Tinkerbell

Now I have a reason to feature this:


source / author unknown

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Go Slow, Poke!

and the 'Snow Bloke'

A mime artist in a green lycra suit poses in a park in Chorlton, Manchester during heavy snowfalls






In this NHL game between the Nashville Predators and the Vancouver Canucks,
when Nashville players went into the penalty box, they were taunted
by the Green Man, and his doppelganger. Instance #1 and . . .

Number 2

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in response to the new film, of course:


Alicia en el país de las pornomaravillas (basically, a '70s porn story about Alice, full gallery in link)

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Miga by taminator

one of The official mascots for 2010 Olympic games.
It glides, too, apparently.

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Quatchi: A sasquatch. He comes from the mysterious forests of Canada and dreams of being a hockey goalie.



another mascot of the games, seen in person.

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settie

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Once more, it is Carnival Season in many countries around the world with a Roman Catholic heritage.
Celebrations and parades are put on just prior to the observance of Lent. Over the past few weeks,
parades and celebrations have taken place throughout Europe, the Caribbean and South America.
An estimated 730,000 foreign tourists, many fleeing snowy conditions in Europe and the United States,
traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for this year's celebrations. Collected here are a handful of images
from some of the elaborate celebrations of this spectacular annual Carnival season. -- [39 photos total]



A masked reveller poses in Piazza San Marco during the Venetian Carnival in Venice, Italy on February 6, 2010. (REUTERS/Max Rossi)



A costumed reveller enjoys his cappuccino in a bar next to Piazza San Marco during the Venetian Carnival in Venice, Italy on February 7, 2010. (REUTERS/Max Rossi)



Alicia San Juan McNulty, wearing a creation called "In Wonderland", reacts after being elected Carnival Queen in Santa Cruz de Tenerife,
in the Spanish Canary Island of Tenerife, late February 10, 2010. (REUTERS/Santiago Ferrero)



A reveller rubs herself with mud at the Bloco da Lama carnival in Paraty near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes)



Masked carnival-goers pose for pictures during the traditional carnival of Barranquilla, Colombia, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/ Christian Escobar Mora)



A dancer dressed up as an angel performs in the carnival parade in Oruro, some 400 kms from La Paz, Bolivia on February 13, 2010. The Carnival of Oruro is
one of Bolivia's largest cultural events, and in 2001 was declared by UNESCO as one of mankind's Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
(AIZAR RALDES/AFP/Getty Images)



A costumed dancer of Viradouro samba school performs during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Feb.15, 2010. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)



Skiing Batmen ride aboard a Unidos da Tijuca samba school float during the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome, February 14, 2010.
(REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes)



Carnival revellers dressed as "peliqueiros" run through a street in Spain's northwestern village of Laza on February 14, 2010. "Peliqueiros" or ancient tax
collectors, used to pursue villagers through the streets during their tax collection, ringing cowbells and hitting villagers with their sticks. (REUTERS/Miguel Vidal)



A member of the band "Sweet Trinbago" participates in the National Junior Parade as part of Carnival celebrations at the Queen's Park Savannah in Port of Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago on February 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Andrea De Silva)



Carnival-goers pass through the centre of Maastricht, Netherlands on February 14, 2010. (VALERIE KUYPERS/AFP/Getty Images)

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Bioshock 2 Little Sister:

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Some nice photos!

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Another publicity exposition featuring a sexified woman in costume, in tandem for a video game release promotion. This time: Mass Effect 2

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[Digg.]

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And I found yet another addition to this wonderful little premise:


A diver dressed as Santa Claus is seen inside the Creta Aquarium near the
city of Heraklion, on the Greek island of Crete, on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009.
The large aquarium has been in operation since December 2005, and divers
regularly enter the tank, but not normally so well dressed.
-- (AP Photo/Image Photo Services, Giorgos Papanikolaou)

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Ugly Model Kelli Jean Drinkwater models Thom Ravnholdt’s one-of-a-kind
“Skull Dress”, commissioned for a Halloween party flyer that never materialized.

[thom.]

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[geek-orthodox.]

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Gundam suit tranformation

The moment in which an ordinary costume endeavor:

(as seen here)


becomes something above and beyond all expectations, turning into art itself.

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Godzilla takes a well-deserved tea time break from destroying the Northern Isles.

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I had forgotten about this photo for the longest time, up until an hour ago when it turned up in a queried search...


Nintendo Line Up by greaterumbrage

author's comments:
We were waiting for them to start fighting and putting on a live Smash Bros demonstration.
Megacon 2007. (in Orlando, Florida)

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by chikuthelittlestar

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Checkered suit [kind-of-sexy]

(I'll come with up with better themes as time rolls on)

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Children playing with Charles Eames toys ; photographed by Allan Grant for LIFE.








[travelinghost.]

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La E in giro - mE


La E in giro - IEea


La E in giro - Amore

all works orchestrated by Nahuel |Bossanostra|

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The 'Mirror Man', as mysterious as he is magical, refracting blinding pain into your eyes, while simultaneously delighting children of all ages, ambles around in Los Angeles in October of 2009 (date of photograph above).

[kurositas.]

PS ... not sure if this structure is related to the (costumed) guy above:

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alright, I'm tired of having these links/images just burning a hole into my notes, so I'll post all the examples of 'Superhero cosplay' I have at the moment.
Some are bad, some are good. I don't care to determine which are which. Enjoy.





Fubiz™ - Jonathan May



The above is a capture from the Superhero Challenge, which saw runners in
superhero costumes running for charity in Brighton on April 26th, 2008.




Galeria

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"celebrity who cosplays": Diora Baird (it's a new feature I don't think will last, but anyway, enjoy it while it does)


as a "catgirl" - if you don't know about this very, very niche theme, then good for you.
It's very big in Japan, though.


snapping a shot of herself as the green-skinned alien in Star Trek (which she somehow was cut out of the story last minute)


[popoholic.]


previous portrayal: Kim Kardashian.

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...most likely catered to Japanese tykes

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I dunno if it's cosplay, but it is Kirsten Dunst in a teeny tiny frilly skirt and thigh high stockings, which is close enough for me--
Kirsten Dunst Turning Japanese Music Video : HollywoodGrind : Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors celebrity scandals Hollywood gossip blog

Edit to add pic:

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OMFG!!! It's SILENT E!!!!

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...that I've now given a name, "kids who cosplay": Care Bear Baby.



How-to create your own, courtesy of Instructables' member, 'scoochmaroo':
“What do you do with a baby-sized Teddy Care Bear?”
“You skin it and make a baby-sized Care Bear Skin Coat, obviously!”

PROTIP: This endeavor becomes eminently less awkward if you actually have a baby for whom to make a baby-sized Care Bear Skin Coat.


[instructables.]

previous portrayal: Kids playing with Charles Eames toys.

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Xazy

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Bad Xazy! Bad, bad, BAD!

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This handout photo provided by Consumers Union, shows the costumed character
'Banker Man' “devouring” actors dressed as tourists on Capitol Hill in Washington,
on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, to advocate for a Senate financial reform bill.
Consumer advocates handed out fliers calling on financial firms to “stop feasting
on consumers with outrageous fees and hidden costs.”
-- (AP Photo/John Harrington, Consumers Union)

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Emperor of Japan Hiro Hito in Disneyland, 1975.

Hirohito 3 [educational.] + [excerpt.]

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Donald Duck embraces the opportunity to meet Christina Aguilera.

(please do not follow up this post with that other image of the above two together. Not only is it photoshopped, but this is also a safe-to-view-at-your-place-of-leisure-at-work-and-or-around-the-kids-sort-of thread, so that kind of image won't fly.)

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I can't beleive this thread is still stuck on the third page; I'm really slacking.

And thanks, Zeraph, for helping to move it along. You also saved me some effort by posting that second girl (though I have no idea what her character name is).

First one though, is a cosplay of Misa Amane.

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might as well post this one


Vintage Smokey the Bear

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and just keeping with that idea, until the next page rolls over...


Vintage Polar Bear


[buzzfeed.]

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I still haven't figured out this character's name, but this is what she is drawn to respresent:


Unbelievably sexy, even for an anime girl.
Post edit: Aparently, the character above is called 'Yoko Littner', hailing from the anime "Gurren Lagann".

More here: "Yoko Anime"

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