So I haven't really talked about anything cosplay related recently, mostly becasue I've been otherwise occupide attempting to gather the funds to move here in 3 months, and I still haven't gotten anywhere near enough, it's stressful.
BUT moving on.
I normally don't cosplay guys very often because well being a woman with boobs, it doesn't usually work out well, and I kinda have this thing for breathing... Call me crazy. I've seen people talking about using compression vests alot on cosplay.com and since I do have a few male cosplays lined up for myself i decided to check it out. I ended up ordering the "Extreme Chest Concealer" from Underworks. It only applies compression in the chest area so your tummy isn't constricted so i thought that was a good idea so i wouldn't feel completely suffocated. When asking about sizing they said to measure your rib cage and then arounf the fullest part of your bust and then take the average and order that size. For me that translated to a medium. When it arrived I tried it on having to pull it from feet up to get it on. It was super uncomfortable and hard to breath (not to mention get on in the first place) but it did make me really flat, despite that fact though i decided that I wouldn't be able to walk around at a con feeling that constricted so I returned it and went up a size to the large, which may or may not have worked. I got it in the mail today and it was so much easier to get on. Still put it on from the bottom up just because of the way it's designed and it's sooooooooooooooo much better. It flattens my down to and A which is pretty epic considering that I am a DD. I can breath and it really don't feel like I've done anything different except when I look in the mirror flat chest. So for any kiddies interested in compression vests I do recomened the one i got, and i would go with how they say to size, the first one i got was only and inch to small (but when it comes to boobs an inch is alot) and if it doesn't work they have a 15 day exchange refund policy, when I did my exchange it took them less than a week to send me the new one.
Other than that... I have gotten some skin colored tights (a little darker than my skin because no one make tights that pale lol) and a thong leotard for my Cammy cosplay... I really didn't expect the leotard to be as comfortable as it is.. weird. I'm sure it'll atrract all kinds of unwanted attention even with tights underneath and me not acttually showing anything, but Cammy is one of my favorite characters annnnnd I'm a stickler for deatils. I've also half finished the wig. It's been an experiance I've been braiding the extention into the wig which is acttually work out pretty well and getting a pretty decent length (though not the awesome ankle length sadly, but past my butt at least) one more braid to go!!!
I'm also about to finish my Noel costume, dress which will only take a few hours if that and then the arm cuff things which could prove to be interesting... We'll see.
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