Can I just say how much I love JZ?
Don't worry, I'm not gonna start any sword fights. I'm over that phase.
Mal ,'War Stories'
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Maria - Oct 19, 2005 8:57:04 am PDT #9348 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
EpicTangent - Oct 19, 2005 8:58:42 am PDT #9349 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Cool, JZ.
t /history geek
P.S. Do you know how to spell "len-yuh"?
Amy - Oct 19, 2005 9:02:00 am PDT #9350 of 10001
Because books.
I'm planning to take up reenacting as soon as I can afford to do so
I don't really want to reenact anything, but I'd give my right arm to have some period Victorian dresses to wear everyday. And a lot of the gorgeous Edwardian stuff, too.
ChiKat - Oct 19, 2005 9:02:02 am PDT #9351 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
When we get back to Michigan, I'm gonna do the Civil War reenactments, too. But mostly cause I like the dressing up part.
Yay!!!!!!!!! Let me know when you're ready, and I'd love to hook up with you at an event.
Also, these are the people who make my clothes. They are VERY good. This is my current favorite dress.
I love Civil Waring...mostly for the dressing up part, but also the history. It was the beginning of the women's rights movement, too (well, late 1840's on). Very exciting.
JZ - Oct 19, 2005 9:06:47 am PDT #9352 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Aims, the next time you come up to the Bay Area I'll introduce you to my matron of honor, who is, IIRC, close to your size and a goddess of a seamstress. She has a red wool day gown she's been thinking of pulling apart and redoing, and has plans for several other day gowns; possibly she could be lured into selling you the red gown, and definitely she could be lured into making you a custom gown (not for free, alas, but probably not for a really hellish sum).
I love Maria, too, and I look forward to loving the vision of her in the OTD.
Aims - Oct 19, 2005 9:14:38 am PDT #9353 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
t does dance of the red day dress
JZ - Oct 19, 2005 9:19:27 am PDT #9354 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Email me your height and measurements (both corseted and not) and I can check with her and see what she's got. There should be a fair number of women in the Bay Area with gowns to sell or swap about now, as the Dickens Fair will start in about a month and folks will be looking to swap, sell or trade up whatever they had from last year.
Calli - Oct 19, 2005 9:21:21 am PDT #9355 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'd give my right arm to have some period Victorian dresses to wear everyday. And a lot of the gorgeous Edwardian stuff, too.
I love some of the Edwardian dresses, too. Also, there are some 1930s clothes that I'd love to have. The latter could probably be adapted to current work wear.
Aims - Oct 19, 2005 9:25:16 am PDT #9356 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Thank you so much, JZ. Unfourtunately, the call of diapers and bills over-rides my wanting of the period dresses.
Stoopid money.
t goes and buys lottery tickets
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2005 9:26:02 am PDT #9357 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
JZ -- maybe you can help a sister out. I was wondering, from a high level point of view, what the figure goals of various fashion periods were (globally, not just Euro/American).
So, in the 80s, big shoulders were a plus, since that's what the clothes were emulating, but in the 60s the triangle was the other way up, so narrow shoulders (and a flatter chest) were the right body -- that sort of thing.
Where can one find that out?