{"id":6016,"date":"2016-07-18T15:44:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T15:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjtrends.com\/blog\/?p=6016"},"modified":"2016-07-18T14:13:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T14:13:16","slug":"love-letter-to-cosplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtrends.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/love-letter-to-cosplay\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Letter to Cosplay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-container\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed-ssl.ted.com\/talks\/adam_savage_my_love_letter_to_cosplay.html\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-top:25px;\">We love watching Adam Savage on his show MythBusters. \u00a0He&#8217;s technical, creative, and best of all &#8211; funny! Adam makes an\u00a0Ode to Cosplay in his phenomenal Ted Talk.<\/p>\n<p>He explains how he grew up with a love for costuming and how that love evolved over time. \u00a0He talks about his childhood and how he made a space helmet and painted his closet back to go on space missions. \u00a0In the 1980&#8217;s the movie Jaws came out, and Adam&#8217;s mother surprised him with a shark costume that delighted and amazed him &#8211; despite being essentially a wearable cardboard poster of the shark.<\/p>\n<p>After watching Excaliber, Adam made himself a suit of armor and cardboard horse from household materials, then wore it to school and passed out from heat exhaustion (note to self &#8211; make sure armor suits have plenty of ventilation.)<\/p>\n<p>Costumes add to the storytelling that Adam has done on his TV shows, create a sense of community among other Cosplayers, and allow the self to live a part of fantasy that is beautiful and fun.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/><h3>Matching Products:<\/h3><p><div style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjtrends.com\/products.Black,PVC,Fabric\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mjtrends.b-cdn.net\/images\/product\/215\/black-vinyl-fabric_370x280.jpg\" width=\"200\" alt=\"Shiny black vinyl fabric.\" class \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black PVC<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">$4.99<\/p><\/div><div style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjtrends.com\/products.Red,12-inch,non-separating,nylon,Zippers,5051 \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mjtrends.b-cdn.net\/images\/product\/5051\/blood-red-invisible-zipper_370x280.jpg\" width=\"200\" alt=\"Wine red colored 12 inch invisible zipper.\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red nylon non-separating Zippers<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">$0.98<\/p><\/div><div style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjtrends.com\/products.Silver-medium,Eyelets-and-Grommets,Notions\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mjtrends.b-cdn.net\/images\/product\/8018\/silver-medium-eyelets_370x280.jpg\" width=\"200\" alt=\"Medium size silver eyelets.\" class \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silver medium Eyelets and Grommets<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">$3.39<\/p><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We love watching Adam Savage on his show MythBusters. \u00a0He&#8217;s technical, creative, and best of all &#8211; funny! 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