Researching Spider Cosplay

[Ruthborn]

So, I'm doing a little personal project researching the history, culture and community of cosplay/costuming and the people there-in. My reasons are not for some university study but to simply gather information for those that want to know more about our hobby and community; how it works, where it originated from, etc.

I'm currently doing research specifically on the Spider-Man costuming community and I would love to get in contact with people who are knowledgeable of the history of "Spider Costuming"; the evolution of the suits, how it started, historic milestones amongst the community, trends, controversies, notable people and social areas/forums. Unique phrases. Everything and anything to do with the Spider community. I would love to learn and chat with people about it and discover everything there is to learn about our wide and wonderful costuming culture.

[Alan2099]

If you want to start researching Spider-man cosplay, you need to go back to the beginning. Spider-man Halloween costumes. I recommend you read up on the Ben Cooper Spider-man costume history and controversies.

Another thing worth mentioning is that for a cross promotion with the Spider-man Homecoming movie, a Japanese airline had a promotional flight where all 40 passengers were required to dress like Spider-man. There's quite a few interesting pictures of this online if you look.

[Ruthborn]

If you want to start researching Spider-man cosplay, you need to go back to the beginning. Spider-man Halloween costumes. I recommend you read up on the Ben Cooper Spider-man costume history and controversies.

Another thing worth mentioning is that for a cross promotion with the Spider-man Homecoming movie, a Japanese airline had a promotional flight where all 40 passengers were required to dress like Spider-man. There's quite a few interesting pictures of this online if you look.

Thanks for the reply. After posting this topic in multiple cosplay and spider-man forums you are the first reply I've had. I would have thought the Spider costume community would be more interactive.

Also thanks for the tip on the Japan Osaka-Tokyo airline. Photos from the event kept popping up in Spider cosplay media but never had any context beyond it being a group of Spiders. Now I know!

[Alan2099]

Thanks for the reply. After posting this topic in multiple cosplay and spider-man forums you are the first reply I've had. I would have thought the Spider costume community would be more interactive.

Also thanks for the tip on the Japan Osaka-Tokyo airline. Photos from the event kept popping up in Spider cosplay media but never had any context beyond it being a group of Spiders. Now I know!

I'd also suggest you reading this article.
https://hero-envy.blogspot.com/2017/...n-costume.html

[Ruthborn]

I also found this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrWsVDCb2EQ A Complete History of Non-Movie SPIDER-MAN Suits

Looking into Spider costumers of note or people that are noted within the community: I've got Stan Lee, Andrew Garfield, Tony Hawk, Roy Thomas and Stephen Vrattos. Anyone else out there I should cover?

When did the whole "Spider Fit" thing start? Did it start with the actually Spider "Spider Fit" as seen on Youtube?