I remember standing in line at one of the Starbucks dugouts in the San Diego Convention Center at Comic-Con International about four years ago waiting to get my cup o' wake-me-up when I saw my first Slave Leia costume-player.
It was model Christy Marie walking by and making her busy rounds in the quasi-legendary "metal" bikini taking pictures with fans and droolers alike.
Over the years the Leias multiplied. Maybe they were always there. But where there were once few now there are legions. Notable midriffs from Attack of the Show's Olivia Munn to Veronica Mars' Kristen Bell have been exposed in the costume. And now another mass Slave Leia throwdown hits Comic-Con this year.I'm not telling you to go, I'm just letting it be known that Leiasmetalbikini.com is the sponsor of this gathering at 1 p.m. Friday July 24. Will there be some Leias in the house? I would be surprised if there wasn't a good turnout. The Slave Leia costume is like... the new stormtrooper.
By the way, where you at, Christy Marie?
http://www.leiasmetalbikini.com/
Photo Credit: That's Slave Leia (Christy Marie) and I in a snapshot taken by my good friend at the San Diego Comic-Con a few years ago -- yeah, I took a picture with her too.
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