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Online Resources for Cosplay

20/4/2015

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Queen Beryl was mostly made with fabric from Mood Fabrics and the corset boning was from Farthingales.
Here's a list of the most frequented websites I use related to cosplay. This listing is slightly tailored for Canadians/Americans but many of the stores listed do ship internationally. [Square brackets] are used to indicate the store's country.
Currency listed is CAD dollars.
CONTACT LENSES
  • PinkyParadise [Malaysia] -$20+ circle lenses, naturals, and Halloween/theatrical lenses
  • Maplelenses [Malaysia]-$20+ circle lenses, naturals, and Halloween/theatrical lenses
  • Clearly Contacts [US/Canada]- Price Varies - Natural colours and selection of Halloween/theatrical lenses
  • Samhain – Halloween/theatrical lenses including sceleras and custom lenses.
CORSETS
Farthingales [US/Canada] - Corset supplies including boning, coutil, tools, books and patterns
Elizabethan corset generator - To make your corset to your measurements. Plug in your numbers and it will tell you how to make a pattern.
RagyoThe base wig for this costume came from EpicCosplay. Extensions from Epic Cosplay and other leftovers from eBay wigs were custom dyed for the rainbow.
WIGS

Arda Wigs [US + Canadian Store]
- Price Range: $30-$90
- Color variety and unique styles
- Lacefronts

- Accessories and styling tools

Epic Cosplay  [US]
- Price Range: $30-$70
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Color variety and unique styles
- No lacefronts


Wig is Fashion [China]
Price Range: $20-90
–Colour variety - mostly unatural colours / big selection of lacefronts

Cosplay Wig USA / Gothic Lolita Wigs / Rockstar Wigs [US]
-Price Range: $30-100
-Colour variety and custom styles
-Market tailored: by that I mean they have specific wigs for specific geek communities "Lolita wigs" for example.
-Lacefronts

Others
eBay.com , Aliexpress.com , and Taobao.com [mostly China]
- You can often find character specific wigs on these sites
- Check feedback before ordering and consider shipping times. Two or more months in advance is a good idea.
- Quality greatly varies - watch out for sellers who have multiple watermarks belonging to other stores
- Unless you can read Chinese characters, I suggest using a reseller for Taobao. They charge a fee to process orders on your behalf

FABRIC
  • Fabric.com [US] – Variety and big selection
  • Mood fabrics [US] - designer and high end fabric - Likely to find TV screen accurate fabric here.
  • Spoonflower [US] -To create your own print/design for fabrics - You can also access what other designers have posted
  • Tandy Leather [US/Canada] -  Leather and leatherwork supplies
  • Fabricville [Canada] - Limited selection - mostly basic fabrics - Quick shipping

Note: The camera used to photograph the fabric and the calibration of your screen affects what the colour looks like on a monitor. When in doubt order a swatch if it's available.
Tera - CastanicMy first big Worbla project
PLASTICS
CosplaySupplies [US/Canada] – Worbla, Transpart, wonderflex, Fosshape, friendly plastic
YayaHan.com [US] - Worbla

-Also be sure to check out local plastics stores in your area, you may be surprised at what you find. I get my styrene from a signs shops.


BUYING IN BULK
Beads, feathers, fabric, trims, lace, wigs, etc

AliExpress.com [China]
- Check the feedback  of the item before purchasing, which is conveniently found on the item page itself
- If you run into a problem with a product be sure file a complaint, you will likely get a partial refund.
-Check for coupons, they often have store specific and site-wide coupons.

eBay  [Worldwide] - Check the store's feedback before purchasing and try to find feedback on your item.

Taobao – [China] You may have to order from a reseller who will charge you a handling fee.

CalypsoI posted a step-by-step of how I made Tia Dalma on instructables.
TUTORIALS

CosplayTutorial.com
-Has a great collection of tutorials broken down in categories and sub-categories, such as: Accessories, wigs, shoes, armour, dyeing, and sewing.

Replica Prop Forum
- Mostly props focused
- Look up people's builds and post questions

Cosplay.com's Forums
- Search available tutorials or post a question

Instructables
- General how-to website that has many costume oriented step-by-steps

Google  - Put your search skills to use
- Search "character name" AND "tutorial" to see what comes up
- Use different terms while searching for a tutorial
- Bilingual cosplayers, switch languages and see what results pop-up


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