The phrase 'cosplay' did not make its first look in British or US anime fan guides earlier than round 1993-four, and coexisted with the older terms 'masquerade' and 'fancy dress parade' till the early 2000s,
Cosplay Costume by which time both older phrases had begun to disappear from fannish usage.
Cosplay become as soon as exceedingly uncommon at western fan-run conventions that don't have any paid guests, besides at formal masquerades or dance parties. Spider Man Costume