COSPLAY MAGAZINE IS AN IMPRINT OF ELEVE FASHION MAGAZINE, AND WILL FOCUS ON COS-PLAY HIGH FASHION. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE QUESTION NOW IS WHAT IS COSPLAY HIGH FASHION?

COMING FROM THE HIGH FASHION WORLD AS WELL AS GROWING UP AND STILL BEING A HUGE FAN OF ANIME/MANGA CULTURE, IVE FOUND MYSELF IN ROOMS WITH SOME OF THE MOST SKILLED FASHION DESIGNERS AS WELL AS HIGH

END ( CREATED FROM OR STYLED FROM SCATCH ) COSPLAYERS. IVE SEEN HIGH FASHION MUA BEAT FAC- ES FOR RUN AS WELL AS MAGAZINE EDITORIALS. IVE SEEN COSPLAYERS DO SPECIAL EFFECTS OR GLAM MAKE UP TO EMBODY A CHARACTER.

IVE SEEN HAIR STYLISTS DO AMAZING VANGUARD STYLING AND HAIR PIECES AS WELL AS COSPLAYERS RECREATING THE CRAZY HAIR STYLES FROM SOME OF THEIR FAVORITE CHARACTERS; HAIR ACCESSORIES INCLUDED.

YOU SEE WHERE IM GOING WITH THIS?

WITNESSING THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF BOTH THE HIGH END COSPLAYERS AND THE HIGH FASHION DESIGNERS, I NOTICE I SAW NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL IN

SKILL SET OR APPLICATION. SO WHY IS THERE NOT A CATEGORY FOR COSPLAY IN

HIGH FASHION?

WELL THERES A SIMPLE ANSWER FOR THAT..... PRESENTATION!!

MOST COSPLAYERS, OUTSIDE OF THE SEVERAL CONS. USUALLY COSPLAY AND TAKE PICTURES IN THEIR ROOMS OR OUTSIDE ON THEIR PHONES AND OR WITH A NEW PHOTOGRAPHER WHO WANTS TO BUILD HIS PORTFOLIO. SOME ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK WITH A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER. YET, THERE’S NO COSPLAY EDITORIALS GOING ON, NO COSPLAY FASHION SHOWS WITH A NEW YORK FASHION WEEK VIBE. AS FAR AS EVENTS, YOU HAVE CONS ( DREAMCON, MOMOCON,

DRAGONCON, ETC ) AND LOCAL COSPLAY CONTESTS, BUT NOT A “ REAL “ FASHION

SHOW STRICKLY FOR HIGH END COSPLAYERS OR DESIGNERS WITH ANIME/CHARATCTER BASED DESIGNS. AND OF COURSE THERE ISNT A COSPLAY FOCUSED FASHION MAGAZINE TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM TO SHOWCASE THEM IN MUCH LIKE THEIR HIGH FASHISON COUNTER PARTS.

AND THATS WHERE COSRIP COMES IN!

COSRIP’S GOAL IS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN HIGH FASHION AND COSPLAYING, AND GIVE COSPLAY ITS PROPER CHAIR AT THE “ HIGH FASHION “ TABLE BY GIVING COSPLAY MODELS AND COSPLAY DESIGNERS A HIGH FASHION PRESENTATION.