Cosplay lounge

[blackberryuser.livejournal.com]

Some folks had suggested that Arisia have a Cosplay lounge (Cosplay hospital).  Dragon con this years has one.  Details in the Dragon con newsletter.  Anyone at Dragon con to see it first hand?

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Costume Repair Station

[hazelchaz]

Out here at Animé Los Angeles, Loscon, and Gallifrey One, we call it a Costume Repair Station. The basic concept is a room that's open approximately the same hours as dealers room/daytime programming, with useful items to help make quick fixes to costumes, and a bunch of friendly helpful people.

Our rule is that we're here to help you fix a costume emergency, not to finish your costume -- if it's going to take more than 20 minutes it's probably something you should take up to your room and finish.

I am interested in hearing how Dragoncon's looks and operates.

[killpurakat.livejournal.com]

At furry conventions, they have a room like this just for people to sit down and adjust their costumes (or take off parts of them to cool down). Less repair and more just a break from everything, which is nice for the people who don't have a room to go to.

Having a hybrid of that plus repair might be really nice.

Costume Con does more of a repair room, complete with sewing machines, glue guns, electrical tape/wiring, and just about anything else you can think of. At CC, though, they're a bit more tolerant of finishing up costumes if you need to (for the masquerade competitions), so people are welcome to come in and just do costume work. The big thing is to not hog resources, so if you are using $20 worth of glue sticks or something, it's a good idea to tip the people running the room so they can use that money to restock supplies.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Arisia has plans afoot to setup a repair table for costumes. Details are still in the works.