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Spice Girls in Atlanta!by *yayacosplay

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How have I never uploaded photos from this dream cosplay group of mine from 3 years ago?!

The Spice Girls (worn at Dragoncon 2009) are:
Ginger Spice - Yaya (me)
Sporty Spice - Shea Standefer [link]
Posh Spice - Scruffyrebel [link]
Scary Spice - Blikku [link]
Baby Spice - Pixiekitty [link]
Photography: Darkain Multimedia [link]

I absolutely love my friends who indulged me in this cosplay idea - we did it for fun one night at Dragoncon and it was a hit! Seems everyone got a kick out of seeing the most Iconic girl pop group the 90's produced. Thank you, Darkain, for shooting with us!

My Ginger costume was a Halloween Union Jack flag dress altered to fit, and I sewed sequins all over the lines for extra bling. I already had the glitter red Mary Jane shoes (don't ask me why..) and just sewed a blond weft into my Dawn wig.

I feel like I should preemptively comment on the fact that I am aware that I'm not Caucasian as Ginger should be. Indeed, I am the only one in the photos NOT of the "correct" racial heritage of the people we were cosplaying.
I just want to say for the record: Race shouldn't matter in cosplay. Those of us choosing to cosplay outside our race realize do it because we love the characters and people we dress up as, and cosplay is ultimately an expression of fandom and what you adore. Sure, cosplay has evolved into an artform and a form of entertainment, and a large percentage of viewers evaluate the people in the costumes as much as the quality of the actual costumes themselves. Some even come to expect a certain sense of perfectionism in how their favorite characters are portrayed by cosplayers, which includes the race of the person in the costume. But no matter how much cosplay is appreciated, we shouldn't forget that it's at the core about FUN for everyone, and limitless creativity of individuals. Anyone should be able to dress up as anyone, no matter their gender or heritage. If each cosplayer only dressed as characters within their racial heritage, it would be extremely limiting and kind of wrong. Hope that's something worthy to think about.

That being said - Spice Up Your Life!!

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!virgofairy17 Oct 18, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I had to do a double take when I was scrolling past this one because I almost thought it was a picture of the real Spice Girls. I love the outfits and you all look great just like they did.

~quinqui Oct 18, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Waah! So funny and amazing cosplay ^___^ You're right about what's cosplay at the end: it doesn't must matter who is cosplaying, but how great is costume made and how much love and dedication cosplayer gave to do it. We can notice this specially in details! ^^

*CostumesbyCourtney Oct 18, 2012 Professional Artisan Crafter

That is brilliant! You look fantastic, I agree that it shouldn't matter who you are when you're in costume.

*DaimyoShi Oct 18, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

It better thean the actaul group and you all likely sing better too!

~spacebroccoli Oct 18, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

YAY! SPICE UP YOUR LIFE!!!!!

~RGN19 Oct 17, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

one of my childhood bunch!

*EclecticManiac Oct 17, 2012

OMG YES.

*MysteryFanBoy718 Oct 17, 2012 Student Digital Artist

Whoa, very cool.

~Justicex Oct 17, 2012

Ginger is still my fave Spice Girl. While you aren't the spitting image of her, I think you captured her spirit very nicely

~rurouni-jedi Oct 17, 2012 Professional General Artist

This was SOOOOO much fun! Of all the costumes I brought to D*C that year, this was the experience that was the most epic and got the best reaction from people!!

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