@forkgirl:
-Some guy asked me if my cape was made of a bed sheet and when i told him they were made from heavy curtains, he said, "well it looks like a sheet". thanks jerk.
The only cosplay I ever did was made almost entirely out of bedsheets. I went as Urahara from Bleach, and made his entire green gi out of sheets. I use the pillow case to store it in. It was just cheaper than buying fabric that didn't look . . . cheap.
Also, I didn't wear a wig. My hair was about the right length, and I tried some spray-in color. Unfortunately, the blond spray just turned my auburn hair green. . . .
I definitely didn't wear geta–just some bamboo-colored flip-flops. And I didn't have a cane.
You guys probably would have hated me.
But hey, it was my first convention, and I just wanted to try. Plus my friend talked me into it. The ironic thing is that she couldn't decide on a character to go as, didn't want to crossplay, and didn't want to go as a character with long hair (hers was uber short--as short as a guy's, but with a feminine cut). She ended up going as a character that she didn't know, and hated it. She took the costume off after a few hours and walked around in her kimono.
Anyway, some people did want to take pics of me, so it must not have been too bad. Right? ^^;;;;