Tag: SF convention history
Photos: 1980’s cosplay was just as sexy, but they seemingly didn’t know how to...
This gallery of photos from a 1980’s SF Convention has been floating around for a while, but it just crossed my timestream. While all convention photos from every era share a few things—gaudy hotel carpet backgrounds, at least one ill at ease looking guy with a pencil mustache, women with flaming red hair—this one does prove a few things. Although they didn't call it "cosplay" back then —I believe the term was costuming—obviously people liked dressing just as scantily.