[WingsToDiscovery]

I see the phrase "he/she is a really good cosplayer" a lot, and I'm wondering as to what constitutes as a good cosplayer. I can understand on the most basic level that when one is starting out, if they have to make all of their own costumes and do make up etc, one could say that they're a good cosplayer because they've put a lot of effort into it.

But once it gets to the corporate level where some of these cosplayers become a "household name" (at least within the cosplaying community), I still hear "he/she is a good cosplayer," and I don't understand it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but by this time they're probably being sponsored to the point that they don't make their costumes, pay for photo shoots, do their own hair/make up and the like. All they do is just pose in the clothing. If you've got the right look and someone gives you all of the materials, I don't understand how cosplaying can be good or bad (once again at a professional level)