For over a decade making cosplay costumes was my full-time job as the owner of a costume and corset shop called Three Muses Inspired Clothing. I designed and made custom costumes, ran a retail website that sold costumes all over the world and had a local brick-and-mortar cosplay store. Everything I needed to make costumes was either easily accessible at my store, or I was able to order it at wholesale cost. I retired from the professional cosplay world in 2016, took a break for a few years, and then started dabbling back in dressing up and posting the pics…