That sort of wardrobe malfunction is not terribly uncommon since fursuit-making is still mostly a cottage industry where each piece is a one-off custom, but most reputable fursuit-makers offer a limited-time warranty to cover minor alterations and repairs.
Furry conventions also usually have someone offering repair services (sometimes even for free) in the dealer’s den in addition to the tables selling everything from parts and accessories to entire pre-made fullsuits.
I should have assumed, but I am just now realizing the suits cost that much and that there are infact fursuit repair shops. I would have thought it was going into a fabric store… Living over here in my isolated ignorance I guess lol
(Comically I had to go back and edit pursuit to fursuit because it wasn’t in my phones standard diction)
They’re expensive for the same kind of reasons that getting a tailor to custom make a normal suit from scratch would be expensive. Takes a lot of labor and only a relatively small pool of people have the relevant skills, plus some of the material costs add up.
Could you imagine having to take your thousand dollar fursuit head to a shop for repairs after only a few outings? I’d be pissed.
That sort of wardrobe malfunction is not terribly uncommon since fursuit-making is still mostly a cottage industry where each piece is a one-off custom, but most reputable fursuit-makers offer a limited-time warranty to cover minor alterations and repairs.
Furry conventions also usually have someone offering repair services (sometimes even for free) in the dealer’s den in addition to the tables selling everything from parts and accessories to entire pre-made fullsuits.
I should have assumed, but I am just now realizing the suits cost that much and that there are infact fursuit repair shops. I would have thought it was going into a fabric store… Living over here in my isolated ignorance I guess lol
(Comically I had to go back and edit pursuit to fursuit because it wasn’t in my phones standard diction)
They’re expensive for the same kind of reasons that getting a tailor to custom make a normal suit from scratch would be expensive. Takes a lot of labor and only a relatively small pool of people have the relevant skills, plus some of the material costs add up.
They’ve been around a long time actually. Somebody had to make mascot costumes, and i imagine that skillset translates pretty well to fursuits
Mascots are just commercially acceptable fursonas
Mascots are corporate / sports fursonas.
And the people behind those corporate fursonas hate it. Horny furries drove cereal mascot Tony the Tiger off of Twitter. XD
Horny furries got Tony the Tiger off?? 👀
It’s true!
https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/events/tonytigergate