The 45 Percent Solution: Anti-Elitism Security

If you boil down a person's costume, completely, it should be made up mostly of percentages.  Most people have their "cosplays" finished before they go anywhere, but as i'm reading in other groups, who are completely scared they might be considered elitist and unfair to someone whose struggling, I usually prepose the 45 percent "complete" solution:

Think of each part of a costume individually as being worth 10 percent of the whole Costume:

Shoes=10 percent

Pants 10 percent

Shirt 10 percent

Vest-10 Percent

Coat=10 Percent

Hat= 10 Percent

Wig= 10 Percent

Major Prop = 10 Percent

Smaller Prop = 5 pecent.

Smaller Extra Prop 5 Percent

Accessory = 10 Percent.

(I've "bolded" Accessory because depending on the importance of the accessory, such as Sylvester McCoy's question mark handled umbrella, it can clearly be worth more.  A Doctor Who Tom Baker Scarf is clearly fundimental and worth 10 percent.  Some accessories worth less.)

Okay, now breathe.  Think of a full 1st Doctor William Hartnell costume.  

A "Hartnell" could be done with say shoes, pants, vest, shirt, tie, frockcoat and cane. and he could be completed with only 70 percent, if the person's natural hair is right? No wig required... 

However, a person wanting to go the full monte might get the ambassador hat, and also the opera cape. 

And dont forget his tiny little green striped Scarf.  (Accessory)

All of that could be considered a 100 percent costume, complete.  But you could have most of a costume, literally at about 45 percent depending on the looks, frame, size of a person.  (Some people Are lucky that way, that their costume quality might be slightly off being blessed with a face that is extremely similar to the actor or character figure..)  David Tennent Cosplayers come to mind.  Wolverine Cosplayers with almost no makeup or  even claw accessories.  

A young man could be the raggedy doctor with his own hair.  He'd have the chucks (Shoes) , the pants, the shirt, the tie and a sonic screwdriver.  and that'd be only 45 percent?

Is this confusing, if at 45 percent you can't tell what they are supposed to be... then, that person usually isn't invited in, and, of course, they have to finish their costume within a reasonable time frame--6 months to a year, depending on the group dynamic and goals.

Lastly:  here's an example that sometimes rubs people the wrong way:

The 4th Doctor Example.  

Sometimes, a person will buy a large scarf and have a hat, that's 20 percent.  get a wig and a semi brown or tweedish coat, that's 40.  The Person can have a classic sonic, and that's 5 percent more equaling 45 percent.

Some might not like it much, but you can clearly tell its "supposed to be a tom baker doctor.". 

And there's 45 percent.

Thoughts?