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... Ackerman, a science fiction writer, attended Worldcon in New York wearing a futuristic costume made by his partner and fellow writer, Myrtle R. Douglas. Some consider this to be the starting point of the concept of cosplay.
However, if we look for a more specific origin, it would certainly be the 18th Worldcon held in Pennsylvania, USA, in the 1960s.
It was around this time that the trend of wearing costumes that replicated characters from beloved novels began to spread; this tre ...
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