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Hall Costume
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| See also: | Cosplay, Costume Parade |
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A hall costume is a costume worn during a fan convention, but may or may not be entered in the masquerade contest or costume parade, i.e. a costume other fans would see while wandering the halls between scheduled con programming. According to Fancyclopedia,
Hall costumes used to be fairly rare at general sf cons, but are much more frequently seen today, perhaps because of crossover from anime and steampunk fandoms.[1]
The first known hall costume was created by Morojo and worn at the first WorldCon, aka Nycon, in 1939. The costume is usually referred to as the futuricostume.
Halloween Eccentricon fundraiser, Sydney, Australia, 1985.
Astrex members at the first annual Denebiatt Dinner Dance at Penrith Panthers, 1986.
Ian McLean as Data, Denebiatt Dinner Dance 2, Penrith Panthers, 1987.
References
- ^ Hall Costume - Fancyclopedia 3, Archived version (Accessed 22 January 2015.)