Links

Costume Forums & Resources

Cosplay.com - one of the largest forums for cosplayers
The RPF: The Replica Prop Forum - great resource for props and armor building
501st Legion - worldwide organization for Star Wars imperial costumes
Rebel Legion - organization for Star Wars rebel costuming
American Cosplay Paradise - database of cosplayers and costumes

Costume Supplies

Spoonflower - shop where you can print your own custom fabric
TAP Plastics - chain of stores on west coast where we get a lot of our casting/plastic supplies
Silpak - shop that we mail order casting supplies from. We really like their quickcast resin.
Smooth-on - great place to get prop making materials like urethanes, silicones, and resins
Reynolds Advanced Materials - west coast based store that carries Smooth-on products

Historical Costume Resources

American Duchess - a historical costuming blog and historical shoe shop
Bridges on the Body - a historical corset blog. She does corset sew-alongs which are fun to participate in.
Truly Victorian - patterns for Victorian garb
J.P. Ryan - patterns for 18th century
Lacis - historical costuming supplies. We get the majority of our corsetry items here.

Cosplayers / Costumers