At Lucca the cosplayers are usually dressed, because usually it's cold and rain (this year was the first time in ages it wasn't so).
But at Rimini Comix (a comics and cartoons - no rpg - convention in Rimini, at less than 300 m from the beach at the end of July) the Italian cosplayers dress like
this by day, go on stage like
this by night, and in general are like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Q-KFZcRlYThese pics and video don't go over bikini costumes, but I have seen even painted "costumes" on
topless girls! (and boys, obviously)
(I am saying this, fully aware that I am adding to the impression of this forum as a place filled with sex-crazed people, because it's better than making Meg think that all Italy conventions has to offer in term of nudity is Simone
)