With Comic Con just around the corner, the good folks at LeiasMetalBikini.com are gearing up for a massive Slave Leia group photo!

July 24, 2009 in the Dealer’s Hall.

Here are a few of the rules:

Costume must be Leia’s bikini
Females only
Must be at least 18 yrs of age
No boy shorts.

Sounds totally awesome. This is one Con tradition that never gets old.

[via LeiasMetalBikini.com]

LOL, I love this photo. Great costumes, especially the guy in the middle. But I’m at a loss - what sort of cosplay is this?

I don’t recognize the costumes, and I’m hoping one of you will be kind enough to tell me where these costumes originated.

?? Thanks!

You know, I just can’t get enough Star Wars dancing, so I thought I’d post this awesome Star Wars Dance Off video from last May. This was during the 2009 Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

This year they danced to ’90s music. Heh, so cool!

[via Star Wars Blog]

This Costume Dancing video just popped up on Youtube today, from last weekend’s AdventureCon in Knoxville, TN.

How can you watch this video and not smile? The music is faint but it sounds like they’re dancing to “Staying Alive” by the Bee Gees. Ah, good times.

Fanime Con just wrapped up on Memorial Day weekend (May 22 through May 25). It’s the largest anime convention in Northern California, with over 10,000 attendees who enjoy the world of Japanese animation and related arts.

Fanime offers live concerts, engaging panels, competitions, video screenings of anime and Asian cinema, plus guests of honor from around the world. Oh, and plenty of costumed characters, of course.

The Naruto Konan-inspired costume above is rather impressive as it’s made almost entirely of paper, from the wings and coat to the paper rose in the young lady’s hair. It’s a fitting tribute to the female ninja (Konan) of the Akatsuki who can create ninjutsu out of paper.

Well done!

[via Manga.About.Com]

The Slave Leia metal bikini costume is arguably the sexiest, most iconic costume in the history of scifi/fantasy costuming.

And thanks to the Slave Leia Appreciation Society, you can view a gallery of hundreds of Slave Leia costume photos on Flickr. Awesome! Ah, such lovely ladies. This costume will never get old.

[via Slave Leia Appreciation Society]

Thanks to Bonniegrrl for the tip!
 

Wow, Newsweek has published an incredible gallery featuring rare photos of early Star Trek conventions in the 1970s!

I love the old school look and feel of these events, and the costumes are awesome! The original Star Trek fans successfully fought to save their show. They kept Trek alive, and they started the entire fan convention phenomena. Geeks around the world owe a lot to these passionate fans. Truly amazing and wonderful people!

[via Newsweek]

Thanks to Bonniegrrl for the tip!

The 27th annual Costume-Con just wrapped up Timonium, Maryland. This year’s theme was “Vampires, Villains & Vixens.” Sounds completely awesome. The Costume-Con offers costume workshops, competitions and of lots of fun socializing.

Lots of great photos are showing up on Flickr. Looks like a really classy event full of supremely talented costumers. Well done!

[via Flickr]

To celebrate the new Star Trek movie, MSNBC has posted a fun gallery of fan-submitted Star Trek costumes! It looks like a mix of homemade, commercial and Star Trek Experience costumes.

These are really great. I bet movie theaters will be full of fans dressed in Star Trek costumes this weekend, it will be a total blast!

[via MSNBC]

The Daleks are scary cyber aliens from Dr. Who, intent on taking over the universe by ruthless extermination.

These girls have made awesome costumes, and suddenly the Daleks don’t seem so bad after all. Great job, Ladies!

[via Echidnite’s Journal]

If you want to see real Daleks in action, watch this clip below. Exterminate!

Wondercon 2009 just wrapped up in San Francisco, after a wonder-filled weekend dedicated to comics, sci-fi, movies - and costumes!

Here are some great pictures from the Flickr group. It’s so great to see all the people having fun in their fantastic costumes!

[via Flickr]

New York Comic Con 2009 took place last weekend, and thousands of geeky costume lovers swarmed the halls dressed as superheroes, Star Trek, Star Wars and Anime characters.

Lots of great photos are appearing on the Flickr Group. Now that everyone is home and uploading their photos, that Flickr Pool is growing fast with fabulous costume pictures!

Here are a few photos from the Con. Looks like a fantastic time.

 
[via Flickr]