How to Choose a Cosplay Character Costume?

Taking part in your first anime convention or cosplay parade should be a very exciting experience, especially if you choose to wear a costume for yourself. If you keep in mind your budget, time frame and how complex you want your Cosplay outfit to be, you should be able to choose something that will suit your personality and your resources. Here I will tell you some instructions to choose a right cosplay character costume.
If you have decided to buy your cosplay costumes or make it from scratch, and if you choose a really complex costume with a lot of parts and layers, it may be difficult and time-consuming to make. You need a lot of time not only to sew and buy accessories for it, but also extra time in case meet something goes wrong, then you have to start over. If you are going to buy a ready-made costume, it will be more expensive to purchase a fancy costume made out of nicer materials than it will be to purchase a simple one that is made out of cheap materials.
If you will cos with a group in a theme or you are going to as an individual character. In a theme with a group, you should choose a costume which matches the theme. Many times groups will go as characters from a specific anime movie or series. Each member of the group will go as a different character, so you will need to discuss with your group which movie or costume you are going to dress up as, and what characters are available for you to choose from.
Deciding what kind of character that you are attending is the best thing in the cosplay. If you are heading to an anime convention, you may want to stick with an anime or manga character costume to match the spirit of the event. If you are playing a comic book convention, you might want to stick with a comic book character costume, from a comic book or a graphic novel. There are some conventions that cover multiple genres, from anime to high fantasy to video games. In these cases you can choose to wear a costume from any medium.
The last but the most important aspect, you should decide how much money you wish to spend on your costume. If the cost does not matter to you, you can choose a costume made from special materials such as latex or nylon, or a costume that will require a variety of accessories such as a cosplay wigs, contact lenses and weaponry.