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Melissa Doesn't Know How To Costume

by Melissa Hoskins

Melissa doesn't know what she's doing!!! But by golly, she's gonna try to figure it out. From cosplaying and historical costuming, sewing, wig styling, to the culture surrounding all of it, Melissa will learn how to costume!

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Episodes

  1. Season Two Trailer!?!

    Season Two of Melissa Doesn’t Know How to Cosplay, baby!!!

  2. Shorty Episode: PAX East and Anime Boston recap!

    This late short episode has a quick check in with Melissa about what she learned after finish Maid Cafe Ravio for PAX East, and what she got done for Anime Boston, including an LM.C jumpsuit, and her Charlotte cosplay!

  3. Shorty Episode: Maid Cafe Ravio Progress

    In this shorty ep, Melissa discusses how far she has gotten with her Ravio cosplay, and what she has left to do for it, including resin casting rupees, anxieties about wig styling, and nervousness that an alternate version costume isn't very recognizable to convention crowd.

  4. Shorty Episode: PAX East rant, and Valentines Photo Shoot!

    In starting a new release schedule, Melissa sat down to catch you up on what she has been up to lately, which includes a lot of cosplay plans and very little actual cosplay. She has her PAX East rant, her new bizarre adventure with Jojo, and her valentines Photo shoot of her Princess Daruma costest!

  5. Hits and Misses for Goals of 2018

    It's a real bottle episode this week folks! Just Melissa going over her 2018 goals that she achieved or failed for 2018. Hint: she mostly failed.

  6. Stretch fabric schooling and Hallow-woes

    This episode has Melissa figuring out 4-way stretch and reading some random articles about the history of Halloween Celebrations and costumes! Cosplay diary about: Princess Daruma from Night is Short, Walk on Girl.

  7. Patterns: A History (And Appreciation)

    This episode has Melissa gushing over her love of patterns, why she kind of feels weird using them for cosplay, and how it helped make her Charlotte cosplay so fast!

  8. Petticoats: An Abridged History

    This very short, not well researched episode has Melissa gushing over fashion history nuggets, discussing different materials and garments that make skirts look pretty, and complaining about how little she got done in the last month!

  9. #CosplayAnyWay and Cosplay Tantrums

    This episode has Melissa getting passionate about everyone's right to cosplay (AND LOOK GREAT DOING IT!), the hypocrisy of racist cosplayers, and how a cosplay can make a grown woman who pays her own rent and has a job throw a toddler-esque tantrum! (Hint: it's cause she's secretly a toddler!)

  10. Intros, Info, and Motivation Monday

    In this very loose first episode, Melissa (@melimuffinpie) talks about the point of this podcast and how hard it is to find motivation to even turn on the sewing machine. Leave a voice message on anchor to have it included in a future episode!

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Melissa doesn't know what she's doing!!! But by golly, she's gonna try to figure it out. From cosplaying and historical costuming, sewing, wig styling, to the culture surrounding all of it, Melissa will learn how to costume!

HOSTED BY

Melissa Hoskins

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Melissa doesn't know what she's doing!!! But by golly, she's gonna try to figure it out. From cosplaying and historical costuming, sewing, wig styling, to the culture surrounding all of it, Melissa will learn how to costume!

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Melissa Doesn't Know How To Costume is created and hosted by Melissa Hoskins.
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