Book review: Fabulous Cosplay Footwear
Fabulous Cosplay Footwear by Regan Cerato and Kelly Kullman is a fantastic reference for creating many unusual footwear styles for popular cosplay purposes. There is definite overlap between cosplay creations and theatrical costume, and I love that FanPowered Press is putting out great reference volumes on how cosplayers create things for their purposes, because theater costumers can learn from and modify their techniques so that the products apply to a stage context. This is a short publication—40 pages—impressively produced with full-color photography on all interior pages and excellent diagrams and process shots. It includes pattern drafts, and a QR code to a printable version, and discusses how many of the techniques described can be adapted according to the needs of a specific design. I appreciate particularly how the authors discuss choosing ready-made footwear as a starting point based on the shape because the structural nature of the shoe is more important than an...
