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I mean, no to the title question because that's just silly.
But it's also a no otherwise.
I'm not into cosplay for myself. Not my preferred way to spend money. But I've seen plenty of in person cosplay done by guys that are superb. It is less geared toward pretty, and more towards "authentic" character depiction, and almost always traditional male super heroes. There are some that bend genders, or pick characters that are less "macho" looking, but finding the relatively small percentage of guys that want to do that, have the skill to do it well, and have the funds to execute it isn't exactly frequent.
More often, if a guy steps outside of the standard characters, they do it for the laughs, like this guy I saw doing sailor moon once. It amounted to booger drag, but that was the fun part what with rejecting gender norms in favor of just having a blast.
But online? Nah, the guys I've ever known that are into cosplay seriously don't post things online because that's a recipe to get trolled or outright abused.
Besides, "boring", "cool", "stylish" and "interesting" are all in the eyes of the beholder.
Cosplay isnt the point that was just one small scenario. Idc about authentic cosplay im just talking about wearing stuff that looks good.