Update: CosPlay(er) fotos from SDCC 2009 now up!

When Life Imitates Art, it is a beautiful sight to behold. When Art Becomes Life, be prepared for some very HauteArt! None holds truer than the scores and scores of people who proclaim their Love for the Arts than those partaking in Costume Play. Or quite simply known as CosPlay.

For those not familiar with the Art, Wiki defines CosPlay as:

Cosplay (コスプレ, kosupure?), short for “costume roleplay”,[1] is a type of performance art whose participants outfit themselves, with often-elaborate costumes and accessories, as a specific character or idea. Characters are usually sourced in various Japanese and East Asian media, including manga, anime, tokusatsu, comic books, graphic novels, video games, hentai and fantasy movies. Other sources include performers from J-pop, J-rock, visual kei, fantasy music stories (such as stories by the band Sound Horizon), novels, and objects from cyberspace or the real world that are unique and dramatic (especially if they have or can be given an anthropomorphic form).

Cosplay participants (“cosplayers”) form a subculture centered around wearing their costumes and reenacting scenes or inventing likely behavior inspired by their chosen sources. In some circles, the term cosplay has been broadened to include simply wearing a costume, without special consideration given to enacting characters in a performance context.

The next big CosPlay meet-up? The San Diego Comic-Con, of course! To everyone in attendance at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con this is an ode, a big thanks and massive shout-out to all the CosPlayer’s who came out. The craft truly is – HauteArt. See you at the Con!

As for the rest of you lucky HauteArtists, you can bet we’ll have all the fotos of the CosPlayer’s from SDCC up soon. Stay tuned and Keep it Linked!

You got CosPlay fotos? We want to see! Send fotos to haute[at]edopeno[dot]com !