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Every year after I return from San Diego Comic Con, I have friends (or anyone I talk to about the con) ask about cosplay. I reply that I don’t cosplay (or dress up in costume), but I do appreciate the time and energy it takes for people to cosplay.

It’s easy to see all of those photos on social media, or to know someone else who goes to cosplay, but there’s so much more to cons than the cosplay.

However, cosplay is at the heart of many cons and SDCC makes a point to highlight all of the wonderful creations with the help of Her Universe, and a haute couture fashion show.

Just outside of the con on Thursday evening (on July 20), Her Universe highlights over twenty fashion designers and their works that match high fashion with fandom.

What I saw during this show was awe-inspiring and breathtaking in equal measure.

As someone who has a passing interest in high fashion (I do love Project Runway, but don’t normally follow too much from the inner workings of fashion houses), the show is a perfect way to think about the art of creating clothes and someone’s love of fandom.

Each artist creates one piece of high fashion based off one fandom and the audience helps to determine a winner (or winners) who will help design some ready-to-wear fashion for Her Universe next year.

Beyond just the idea of this high fashion show, Her Universe is working hard to make it possible for fandom to be fashionable and wearable. I remember as a kid that the only way to wear your fandom was in t-shirts, but now it’s possible to have a dress with Princess Mononoke inspired forests, just as it’s possible to wear an Outlander wrap jacket.

Fashionable ways to show your love for fandom has increased and between the Her Universe Fashion Show and their work to make fandom cute, there are more ways to show your love for fandom at a con. Cosplay is one way, cute shirts, skirts and dresses are another.

To see more fashionable fandom wear, check out Her Universe.

Photo Credit: rozofla

Last night’s programming options was, once again, filled with plenty of reality and repeats, but there was one new episode of a summer drama.

Here is how that lone drama fared in the overall ratings last night:

9 PM Show:
Salvation (CBS) [NEW] – 3.4 million

What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

5 PM:
Kingsmen: The Secret Service movie on FX

5:30 PM:
The Italian Job movie on AMC

6 PM:
Me Before You movie on EPIX

7 PM:
Garage Sale Mystery: Art of Murder movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
NCIS on Oxygen

7:30 PM:
I, Robot movie on Spike TV

7:45 PM:
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl movie on Freeform

8 PM:
The Shawshank Redemption movie on AMC
Collateral Beauty movie on HBO
NCIS on Oxygen

9 PM:
Nashville on CMT (NEW)
Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)
NCIS on Oxygen

9:45 PM:
Florence Foster Jenkins movie on EPIX

9:55 PM:
Born on the Fourth of July movie on HBO2

10 PM:
NCIS on Oxygen

10:05 PM:
The Count of Monte Cristo movie on TMC

Enjoy!

The UP Channel movie High-Rise Rescue will debut on August 13 at 7 PM.

Can a mother save her family from an inferno in the building she helped design?

The film stars Catherine Bell (Good Witch), Greg Bryk (Bitten and Mary Kills People), Adrian Holmes (Arrow and the Canadian series 19-2) and relative newcomer Sam Ashe Arnold.

Here is a trailer for High-Rise Rescue:

It was a top-heavy night with reality and repeats taking over on the major networks. Only one new summer drama aired a new episode.

Here is how that lone drama fared in the overall ratings last night:

10 PM Show:
Somewhere Between (ABC) [NEW] – 1.5 million

What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.

On August 13, the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries movie Garage Sale Mystery: Murder By Text will debut at 9 PM.

Famous country singer John Dalton’s concert rehearsal is stalled when the entire crew receives a suicide note from Lita, the band’s bassist. After discovering that a Taser was used to immobilize her before her death, Jenn (Lori Loughlin) is skeptical that Lita’s death was actually suicide.

The film also features Sarah Strange and Steve Bacic.

Here is the trailer for Garage Sale Mystery: Murder By Text.

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

6 PM:
Independence Day: Resurgence movie on HBO2

6:50 PM:
The Longest Ride movie on FXM

7 PM:
Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Kingsmen: The Secret Service movie on FX
Terminator 2: Judgment Day movie on Syfy

8 PM:
Arrow on The CW (Reair)
The Italian Job movie on AMC
Scorpion King movie on Cinemax
Hacksaw Ridge movie on HBO
Snowden movie on Showtime 2
Bridget Jones’s Diary movie on WE TV

9 PM:
Salvation on CBS (NEW)
Suits on USA Network (NEW)
Supernatural on The CW (Reair)
Along Came a Nanny movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

9:30 PM:
The Longest Ride movie on FXM

10 PM:
Broadchurch on BBC America (NEW)
Younger on TV Land (NEW)
The Sinner on USA Network (NEW)
Story of a Girl movie on Lifetime (Encore)

10:30 PM:
Game of Thrones on HBO (Reair)

10:35 PM:
I Am Number Four movie on Showtime

Enjoy!

The Hallmark Channel movie Summer in the Vineyard will debut on August 12 at 9 PM.

In the sequel to Autumn in the Vineyard, Frankie (Rachael Leigh Cook) and Nate (Brendan Penny) are now a couple and gearing up for Summer Fest, the town’s largest event. They can’t wait to reveal their new wine and put the vineyard on the map. But when an issue with the wine puts things in jeopardy, both the relationship and the partnership will be put to the test.

Here is a trailer for Summer in the Vineyard.

It was another night of reality and repeats on the major networks, but there were two summer dramas that had new episodes.

Here is how those two dramas fared in the overall ratings last night:

9 PM Show:
Hooten and the Lady (The CW) [NEW] – 1.1 million

10 PM Show:
Midnight, Texas (NBC) [NEW] – 3.1 million

What did you watch on TV last night? Please share.

Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

5 PM:
Fast and Furious 6 movie on FX

5:30 PM:
Ocean’s Eleven movie on AMC

6:14 PM:
Ricki & the Flash movie on Encore

6:45 PM:
Snowden movie on Showtime

7 PM:
An Uncommon Grace movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Encore)

8 PM:
The Fosters on Freeform (NEW)
NCIS on CBS (Reair)
The Flash on The CW (Reair)
Game of Thrones on HBO (Reair)
Safe Haven movie on E!
Furious 7 movie on FX

9 PM:
Bull on CBS (Reair)
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow on The CW (Reair)
Murder She Baked: The Peach Cobbler Mystery movie on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Alice in Wonderland movie on SundanceTV

9:01 PM:
The Bold Type on Freeform (NEW)

10 PM:
Shooter on USA Network (NEW)
NCIS: New Orleans on CBS (Reair)

10:02 PM:
The Fosters on Freeform (Encore)

Enjoy!