They're poised to change the game for Black cosplayers.
. Cosplaying is a form of performance art where fans dress up as their favorite characters from TV, movies, comics, anime, or video games. Both a noun and a verb, cosplay has become one of the internet's favorite forms of fandom expression, but for Becca, or as they'd preferred to be known,
, a New-York based cosplayer, the scene is a little lacking, specifically, in wig options for Black cosplayers with natural hair. They enjoyed cosplaying characters that weren't typically done by Black women, like Gaara from the anime. But the wig options they saw as they were browsing eBay were not ideal. They wanted wigs that were more like the texture of their natural hair, but also available in colors like pink or orange.
As any self-starting creative would do, Becca Seun Here took matters into their own hands and began crafting their own wigs that both matched their texturerepresented the characters they were dressing up as. When they took to Twitter to ask if anyone would be interested in them turning this wig-making hobby into a business, they got 50,000 people showing their support, making specific requests.
Seun Here as Gaara from Naruto, their personal favorite. "When I did that cosplay most people told me that they never saw nor could they ever imagine a Black person cosplaying as Gaara, much less a Black woman." Courtesy Seun Here.Seun Here has one motivation with their wig work, and that's to provide more options to Black cosplayers who may feel uncomfortable in wigs that don't match their.
That's both unfortunate, but not surprising. The lack of representation, obviously, carries over into the wig selection. "I thought about creating my own wigs ever since I purchased my very first cosplay wig from eBay. The standard cosplay wigs sold now are typically too small, bone-straight, very shiny, and overall, I felt as though [they don't] suit me as a Black woman," Here explains.
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