Post on 01-Jan-2016
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Cosplayers
a type of performance art in which participants don costumes, Acting and accessories to represent a specific character or idea.
Originate in Japan but the wave has spread worldwide
Centered around role playing
Sources of inspiration from manga, anime, comic books and video games or movies
Cosplayers
Dramatic ourfits and styling
Very often make their outfits on their own
Inanimate objects are given anthropomorphic forms
Could usually switch gender
Cosplayers
They organize their own parties and meetings
You can also see them in conventions
In those conventions they compete for who has got the best outfit and they participate as teams or solo
They have their own magazines in Japan: Cosmode and Dengeki Layers
Emo
First appeared in the 80’s but became mainstream in the 00’s as many bands where were formed at that time
Started as a musical movement
The word comes from the term ‘emotional’
Are mostly in the ages between 13 and 20
Emo
Emo was the worse nightmare of the parents
Emo kids were often suicidal because they claimed they had a lot of trouble in their life and where being rejected
Emo
They would usually: Wear black clothes Tight jeans Do the make up like
eye liner even if their boys
Have big hair and long fringe that is hiding their face