My Friends' Amazing Labyrinth Cosplay: Jareth & Ballroom Sarah

I'm about to shamelessly fangirl all over my friends Alexie and Dana, you guys, because LOOKIE:

YASSSSSSSS

What whuuuuuuuut!

These two each made their own costume from the ground up, from Alexie's hand-stitched beading to Dana's hand-sculpted "bone" cape:

They're incredibly talented cosplayers on their own (you can follow them on FB at Elliott's Cosplay and Alexie Starr Cosplay), plus they sometimes collaborate, like this. You might remember them as the Sith master and apprentice in my last Dragon Con post, or when I photographed them as the Malfoys last year:

Now, the key to getting me to take LOTS of pictures of your cosplay is A) to know me, B) to dress as some of my favorite characters ever, and C) to be willing to pose for, like, HUNDREDS of photos while I endlessly fawn over you.

Luckily Dana and Alexie did all these things, so we had several shoots over the weekend where I took an embarrassing amount of photos in some of the worst lighting conditions ever. Bleh. I salvaged what I could, though, so here are the rest of my favorites:

 Dana hand-rooted much of his wig, which explains why it's some of the best Jareth hair I've seen.

Of course we had to get a group shot with Agnes:

Then we were stuck for a while, since our trio drew a bit of crowd. 

I had it easy, of course; I just lounged in the junk pile trying to make Alexie laugh ("Oh no, I blinked!") - while she and Dana had to hold those perfect poses. Ahh, I do love being hidden in my cosplays.

John took these shots, then we swapped out so he could take Agnes on to the costume contest.
(He didn't win anything. S'ok.)

Taken approximately half a second before Dana's "crazy eyes" made Alexie crack up:

... aaaand the second she DID crack up:

 Bwahaha! I love this one.

 In addition to her dress, Alexie made all the jewelry (except the ring) and her hair piece. Girl's got talent.

John decided to get in on the photo-editing action, and Photoshopped some of my pics into actual movie stills:

WHICH LOOKS SO COOL

This is the scene where Jareth actually wears this outfit, btw.

Ahh, but IT GETS BETTER.

Would you believe Dragon Con had a replica of Jareth's throne out this year?

We, uh, decided to have some fun with it.

First some kingly brooding:

Then it was Sarah's turn:

 

All hail the Goblin Queen!

 AWWW YEAH.

At least, until...

"You're in my spot."

But what if these two actually got along?

Pretty sure there's some fan fiction like this out there.

(I mean the PG-rated stuff. WHAT.)

But let's wrap up with my favorite:

I love how menacing Jareth's face is in the shadows, and how regal Sarah looks on the throne. 

SO, SO GOOD. Dana and Alexie nailed it. I do wish I'd had better light to work with, but I'll take it.

Hope you guys enjoyed! Be sure to check out both Alexie's and Dana's pages for process pics on their costumes, since there are more details than my pics managed to capture.

And if you're a big Labyrinth fan, stay tuned for my photo tour of the incredible new Labyrinth exhibit at Atlanta's Puppetry Museum. Screen-used prop heaven, I'm tellin' ya.