Presented as a panel on ready to wear or character inspired fashion at Geek Girl Con 2013.

1. Ready-to-Wear Superhero!

2. What is “Ready-to-Wear Superhero”?
Also known as:
 Stealth Cosplay
 Everyday Cosplay
 Disneybound
 Themed Outfits
It’s character-influenced fashion: taking cues and
inspiration from a character in the style of your own dress

3. This is Clayface’s daughter, “Annie” stealth cosplaying as Natalie Portman’s character in Leon/The
Professional.

4. COLOR
Katt is dressed in the style of
Rogue by matching her
bright green and yellow.

5. COLOR

6. Here is a good example of how RTW is different from cosplay.
Kiki's gloves are purple where Saturn's are white. She's not
matching the look, she is taking inspiration from it.
COLOR

7. LINE
Line refers to the way the
clothes create the
silhouette.
Sara's top is tighter than
her bottom, like Kyo's.

8. LINE
Kiki is not only dressed in the style of Spider-Man, she is dressed in the
style of Peter Parker -- layers, jeans, sneakers. Creating the same lines.

9. LINE
Aeris put this Tomb Raider inspired ensemble together by herself out of
clothes in her drawer. Her body has little in common with Lara Croft's but
she got the proportions just right. The colors and cuts are off but SHE
feels like Lara Croft, someone she considers powerful and smart, and it
shows.

10. ACCESSORIES
Sara loves this character, Wendy from Gravity Falls. She bought the
hat because of the connection she feels to the character. Now she
says she wears a version of this outfit to school once a week.

11. ACCESSORIES
Aeris received this skirt and sweater for Christmas and
immediately recognized it as a Vanellope outfit. But the
abundance of hair clips we put in her hair is what really
pulls off the tribute.

12. ACCESSORIES
Vanellope’s barrettes
Kyo’s bracelet -- handmade!
Diana’s lasso
Tony’s Arc Reactor
Hotaru’s gloves
The best thing is accessories can be worn with any outfit!

13. YOU!

14. YOU!
The fashion industry is
based on the idea that
clothing tells a story.
We choose to dress as
characters we love,
characters we relate to,
characters we want to be
and want to be seen as.

15. These pictures of Kiki in the
style of Spider-Man are the
best photos she has ever
posed for because she wasn't
holding anything back. She
told me:
YOU!
"It's okay if I look awkward. Peter is awkward, too."

16. YOU!
This woman was in line with me at
NYCC. I recognized her as RTW
Rose and asked if I could take her
picture for use in my show. She
was scared I was going to make
fun of her for bad cosplay, for not
having the “right” figure or hair
color, for making the scarf her
own instead of the SAME.
I said no, just the opposite. I want
to CELEBRATE her and her love
of Rose. To me, she is perfect.

17. Put it all together and you have:
CLAY
Clay that can be molded into an
icon of feminine power -->
Or an outfit that makes
Katt feel like one -->

18. CLAY
And CLAY rhymes with PLAY!
Never be afraid to play!!

19. CLAY
Your outfits do not have to hit every
part of CLAY to be considered
RTW. One deep purple lace, one
flared pant, one statement necklace
or just one HBIC attitude is enough
for me to be Regina Mills for a day.
Who do you want to be?
Thanks for watching!

20. This slideshow was first presented following the RTWS fashion show at GeekGirlCon 2013.
Thank you!