Generally speaking, clothes, ornaments, props and make-up are used to play roles in animation and games, while people who play dress-up are generally called dressers. Cosplay refers to imitating and dressing up characters in virtual worlds, which has derived new meanings on the Internet and is often used to describe people who pretend to be some people. As far as today's cosplay is concerned, its form and content generally refer to the use of clothing, trinkets, props and makeup to play roles in acg or some Japanese Vision Rock and some roles in movies.

Speaking of the original origin of dressing, it is generally believed that the birthplace of dressing is in Japan. Of course, if this is based on the concept of dressing in the modern era, it can also be said. However, in a broad sense, the real birthplace of animated costumes is definitely the United States in the western hemisphere, and even if we really want to discuss the original form of costumes, we can say without hesitation that costumes first appeared in the centuries before the first year of AD.

Development of China

Ancient costume was introduced to China late. The first well-documented ancient costume exhibition in Taiwan Province Province was held on August 27th, 1995, on the first floor of SAGAWORLD in Kaohsiung, but it was reported that the scale was not large at that time, and the characters were mainly video games. After that, in June 1996 65438+ 10 13, Taipei Baby Bear Restaurant was held by Chao Orange Group for an autumn party. Although widely publicized before the meeting, many people know it, but the scale is still very small.

This situation lasted until mid-February, 1997, and three consecutive events were held, and the number of costumed people began to increase, thus forming the characteristics of costumed industry in Taiwan Province Province. Since then, the number of dressing activities in Taiwan Province Province has been increasing, and the venue has also developed from the north to the south-central. The popularity of dressing-up activities in Taiwan Province Province can be seen from this.