Erika Tapalla
INQUIRER.net

A FAVORITE subject among photographers, Alodia Gosiengfiao has lived her teenage years in the limelight of an obscure world called “cosplay.”

The term “cosplay” is a portmanteau of words, “costume” and “roleplay,” originally from a Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from anime, sci-fi movies and video games.

Today, cosplay is not as strange as it used to be and as one of the initial icons of this pricey hobby, Gosiengfiao reveals that there is more to her than her seemingly extravagant method of looking like a character; it is a higher form of tribute.

“It changed my life in terms of fashion and the way I act. How you see characters, sometimes you tend to copy them, so it changed my personality a bit.” Gosiengfiao says. [Read the rest of this entry »]