Fashion of the early 2000s is undoubtedly making a comeback, and there’s no one making the divisive era look better than twin brothers Luca and Cooper Coyle – aka Sugar & Spice.
Clicking into the 22-year-old identical twins’ Instagram is like a time warp back to the millennial pink-hued days when Mean Girls and Paris Hilton ruled pop culture, with the pair’s drag alter-egos Sugar & Spice transforming into real-life Bratz Dolls as they showcase their legendary Y2K looks.
First rising to fame on the now-defunct social network Vine, the pair have since taken YouTube, Instagram, and now TikTok by storm thanks to their quirky drag personas and seriously cool styling.
With a whopping 4.4 million followers, the pair are one of the most popular LGBTQ+ content creators on the video-sharing platform, with fans loving their fabulously chaotic videos that highlight their love of the equally chaotic trends of the early-2000s.
“We were obsessed with dolls growing up,” Luca told Vogue last month.
“In middle school, we turned our dolls into our little models and would photograph them. Now, we do the same thing, except we’re the canvas.” Cooper added.
“It was more of us realising that we’ve been doing drag our whole lives without realising it. We practically popped out of the womb with plastic heels on and blankets wrapped around our head, pretending it was our own hair.”
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Sugar & Spice aren’t just serving iconic looks – the pair are also big on educating followers when it comes to questions about the LGBTQ+ and drag community.
Among questions asked by fans include “are drag queens gender fluid?”, “would you call yourselves trans?” and “are you attracted to men or women?” all of which Sugar & Spice openly answer with their signature wit and sass, while still dishing out informative answers.
“We saw the opportunity, that this is our chance to actually educate people and be that representation, but also kind-of normalise it for them,” Cooper told PAPER.
Luca added: “If someone doesn’t know the difference between a trans person and a drag queen, they can be like, “Oh, well I know those two crazy twins on TikTok that dress in those outfits, they’re just drag queens, and they have fun…”
Cooper concurred adding: “And they can explain the difference between a drag queen and a trans person, and educate them about how trans people can also be drag queens.
“It’s all about familiarity for us, like we can be that for people, but also have the conversation continued. LGBTQ+ people defined by just being trans or just being gay, or lesbian, or a drag queen…
“They’re so much more, their entire existence doesn’t just have to be that.”
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