Have you ever ruined your costumes?

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  • Spilled coke all over my cosplay at the con. Before the costume contest. Twice.

  • I stubbed my toe and ruined the armor on my Aqua shoes. I remember my sister having it far worse though a few years ago. She got pool water on her Yuna top and turned it yellow. Had to make a whole new top when she wanted to wear it the next time.

  • I was at Otakon and accidentally dropped the Snow Miku 2014 staff onto the ground. It shattered and people looked. It was embarrassing. I was able to glue it back together, but the experience was emotionally damaging. I also kept breaking the snowflakes for Snow Miku 2017. They were very fragile and even after gluing them they kept breaking apart. I also keep losing bells for Sakura, and I can't find similar bells to replace them anymore.

  • ALL THE TIME!!!

    Something always breaks/comes apart after a con or in storage. For example, I made the ice cream cone on Mephisto's umbrella out of styrofoam and all the paint cracked while being in my closet for a year.

    My 3D maneuver gear took a beating at a con and I've been telling myself I'll fix it one day, yet there it sits in the same spot I put it down in 2014.

    I've had issues with my iron as well. One time I didn't notice it had gunk on it, which burned into the Star Trek TNG uniform I was making for Halloween! I was so mad.

  • All of my cosplays were destroyed by Bed Bugs.

  • The headphones for my Elesa cosplay got crushed and destroyed in storage. Had to throw them out, so hopefully I'll remake them someday.

  • AwesomeCon last year in my Space Marine armor I tripped coming into the con for costume judging. I'm over 7 feet tall in that armor with the 12" stilts/extensions and fell without catching myself at all. Helmet, both pauldrons, and my plasma pistol went flying and I needed my friend and two other kind con-goers to help me out of the armor while on the ground before I could stand back up. After the paramedics confirmed with me that I wasn't concussed or other wise hurt I managed to get the armor back on and make it to the costume judging with my armor hanging a bit oddly because the fall snapped all kinds of internal supports.

    Not fun, especially since I spent the 3 hours after that conducting emergency repairs so I could actually make it to the contest that night. Life happens...

  • I allowed bed bugs into my house and destroyed my cosplays among everything else.

  • Major grossness alert: I fully regret leaving my (cardboard) Beemo cosplay out on the floor... because one fateful night I got sick and threw up all over it.

    My very first cosplay, ruined by my vomit and bad organization :(