Nerdy, Sparkly & Gothy! Plus Size & Budget Friendly! Shoppable Links in Posts!

When I originally started this site back in 2016, my son and I were pretty immersed in the cosplay/con world. We formed a cosplay team, 9 O’Clock Bedtime Cosplay. The name came from a rude ex-boyfriend that despite traveling with us (on my dime), refused to head back to the hotel for the kiddos bedtime; but to be honest, how else are you going to date someone else at the same time if you don’t shuffle the girlfriend and her kid off to the hotel?! We also started this site, named raisingaheronotavillain.com. A mouth-full, but accurate.

The lapse in my romantic judgment aside, the kiddo and I had an amazing time, but time does go on as you know. Before I knew it, I had a middle-schooler that didn’t want to cosplay with his mom anymore (shocking, I know). So, I kept going with the site under a new name, InPlainSight.style. The idea being that rather than non-stop, screen-accurate cosplaying, I would begin to incorporate my style and nerdiness into my everyday wardrobe.

Over time, friends and fellow cosplayers started encouraging me to publish a guide to help others learn how to do the same. As the site’s popularity grew, so did the demand for a book. So, I decided to combine the most-useful articles, put them in one place into a workbook-type format.  “In Plain Sight: Using Everyday Cosplay to Express Your Inner Superhero”, offers readers a step-by-step guide to getting started with Cosplay, the various types and styles of Cosplay, how to create everyday looks, and the world of Bounding. The book includes shopping guides, sources, convention pack lists, Con pack lists and more.

As time passed, my style grew to include more of goth styles I love, as well as sparkly pink and kawaii clothes, mode-styles and J-Fashion, so I rebranded to “NerdySparkleGoth.com”. 

Please take a look around, click on the links to shop around and drop a comment if you’d like.  All are welcome here, regardless of size, age and/or identity.  Remember, clothes do not have a gender, so you can wear anything and everything you want!  Let me help you find those pieces to look and feel your most confident self! 

Thank you so much for your continuing support and encouragement! It means so very much to me. Don’t forget to drop me a comment or an email with what you like/don’t like on this site, as well as what you aren’t seeing, but would like to see.

xoxo

Kim