Cosplay has helped turn that around. It’s helped me be more comfortable not only with my outward appearance, but more confident emotionally. Cosplay Costume
Cosplay as we know it wouldn’t have happened without the rise of mass-media popular culture in the nineteenth century.
The creation of the costume is as much a part of the loving and community-based aspect of fandom as the actual performance. Spiderman Costume This separates the cosplay costume from its roots in costume history.