Closet Cosplay:
For those who wants to cosplay so badly, but don't know how to get started, let's dive right in. First, let's learn a cosplay term.
Closet Cosplay: This is cosplay (costume play= cosplay) where you can go to yard/garage sales and thrifts stores. You pick out some regular clothes and you modify them to the said character you want to dress up as. Sometimes, the character that you want to dress up as doesn't need any modifications whatsoever.
Example #1: A black t-shirt and beige baggy pants, with an orange short wig and his special bracelet, is considered a Kyo Sohma from Fruits Basket cosplay. Next you have a white long sleeve shirt and blue jeans, with the appropriate black wig and eye makeup is L from Death Note.
Example #2: Taking a basic white shirt and white denim pants as the base. Then you modify by either creating from scratch or taking some old brown shirt/fabric that no one uses and doesn't mind giving it up for the bottom portion. Afterwards, taking every belt you have in your actual closet or purchasing cheap belts at yard/garage sales and thrift stores for the accessory parts. Lastly, taking a tan jacket and sewing on or ironing on a symbol patch, along with finding boots similar or exactly like said character and purchasing a wig for an Attack On Titain cosplay.
So basically, that's what Closet Cosplay is. The first example is basic regular clothes that you don't even have to purchase if you have them hanging in your closet. If they're not in your closet, you can easily go to yard/garage sales and thrift stores and call it a costume. As for the second example, it's a little more advanced Closet Cosplay, but it's still considered a Closet Cosplay because of how basic the base clothes are in these characters. If you know how to hand stitch, it's a good place to start and you can modify anything that you need to. Thankfully, not a lot of modification is needed, but there are some.
There's nothing wrong with Closet Cosplay, but this is just cosplay terminology for your random conversations at conventions. In terms of Closet Cosplay, this and a commissioned cosplay are the easiest because it requires very little to no work for the person wearing the costume.
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