South Shore Cosplay Crew
A group dedicated to creating opportunities and building community for cosplayers located in southside Chicago, the south suburbs of Chicago, and Northwest Indiana.
About the South Shore Cosplay Crew
The South Shore Cosplay Crew was created in August 2022.
Cosplayer Meli, who is usually recognized by her online alias Lagunasfaeries- a lifelong resident of the South Side of Chicago- felt that this underserved part of the Midwest cosplay community deserved its own space, where the people who reside in this area would not be drowned out in conversation, or be microaggressed due to their origin.
And so, the South Shore Cosplay Crew was born!
We started out as a social group focused on building community with those like us, but from here, our goals have only grown!
Feel free to take a look around this mini-site for an idea of what we do in our community.
About Our Meetups!
The crew organizes meetups outside of conventions as an opportunity for our members to get good on-location photos of their cosplays! There are typically four meetups a year, one for each season. To stay updated on when and where each meetup will be, make sure to join the Discord server and/or Facebook group; there will be times you'll be able to have input on location and date!
Our Convention Presence
New to anime conventions? Got a stretch of time where you have no plans? Had a fallout with your con friend group and now you'll be all alone at the convention? The crew usually puts together meetups at Midwest conventions so you won't have to face the crowd of weebs all on your own! The specific conventions we have meetups at will vary from year to year; it's usually any convention that at least two (2) admins are present at, but we'll also announce weeks beforehand if we plan to have a meetup at a specific convention.
Support The Movement
Want to support the South Shore Cosplay Crew? Here's a few ways you can do that!
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