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Been cosplaying for 20+ years and these days here is what I observe:

>not ironing your costume.
Especially if it's fresh out the bag from EZcosplay. It's likely because the public has moved away from knowing how to iron and they didn't teach their 15 yr old how to either. Hitting the con floor in a creased and wrinkled cosplay screams BAD. After a couple hours yeah you might have some wrinkles but you shouldn't start that way.

>Not understanding your body type.
You can make a lot of things flattering if you are shaped like a stick or if you are 70lbs overweight. But new people aren't skilled enough to know how. So often you will see a super flat Nico Robin or a very fat Yor Forger.

>Not cutting your bangs
New folks get a wig and dump it on their head with no edits. They will shove the purposely left long bangs off to each side of their face and end up with a hairstyle that looks nothing like what it is supposed to.

>over or under doing make up
Yes you should wear some make up even if your character is 10 yrs old and doesn't. Because cameras wash out lashes, eyebrows, lips, and jawlines. So you have to make them look more prominent so they look normal in photos. Also anime has perfect skin, people do not. Make up helps bridge the gap.
Some folks go TOO HARD with contour, eyeliner, and blush where it doesn't belong. Then they just look like a caricature.

>no effort
Some people waited till 3 days before the con to try and throw something together and it shows. Or they make a big deal of finding just the right yellow for a top but the top is in the wrong cut, style, and fabric...
Both scream I don't know what I am doing and didn't think this through.

>dirty ass tennis shoes
Guys are usually the offender here but sometimes girls too. But people forget footwear is part of it. Often it's the hardest part. So they don't even try and wear their dirty school shoes and it brings the whole cosplay down to crap.

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