Thanks for the level setting.

I'm not much of a tiara person, but having bought one skirt that kinda has its own crinoline, I'm looking at them a bit more. But I have no circle skirts, so it's just looking.

Really want an underbust corset. It's mostly about getting organised and settling on a fabric.

I think corsets are beautiful, I just can't justify buying formal wear.

brenda!!!! Lookee what I found: [link] They have a Chicago location, do free fittings and free alterations.

YAY! We have to plan a day and go!

NotEmily is going to Sweden? Also yay!, since in my household we currently hate the Swedes.

I vote jambalaya, but you have to say it like Newman. JambaLYa!

But I have no circle skirts, so it's just looking.

Just looking maybe here: [link]

Oh, and ita, you should keep an eye on your mailbox in the next few days. Just because.

I just can't justify buying formal wear.

I'm not looking to do that. I'm thinking underbust as an ornate belt, but work and/or recreational.

I blame the concussion. It seems to be making me frou.

eta: Jilli--thanks, and yay!

Aw, damn. This is just gorgeous. And I have the fabric, even. I just don't have the shape anymore.

It seems to be making me frou.

I am all for this trend, go figure. I'm highly entertained by the notion of you in fluffy skirts and wide cincher belts, but still able to kill people with your pinky.

And I have the fabric, even. I just don't have the shape anymore.

Unless you've actually turned into a beach ball (and I think Hec would have told us), you do so have the shape for that skirt.

I'm highly entertained by the notion of you in fluffy skirts and wide cincher belts, but still able to kill people with your pinky.

A couple weeks ago I was hauling my krav gym bag into the centre, with the headgear attached to the outside, and wearing the black fluffy skirt and granny boots. One of the students looked at me and said "I like the combination." All I could think was "Oh, wouldn't my mother be proud?"

I haven't worn the cincher out with that skirt, but I have worn it with an ankle length forest green broomstick skirt and a light sweater with a keyhole neckline. I liked it.

Oo, lovely stuff, Jilli.

And JZ, don't worry, you'll have the figure again one day. For now, just sit back and enjoy the ride.

Unless you've actually turned into a beach ball (and I think Hec would have told us), you do so have the shape for that skirt.

Not a beach ball, but I'm massively bustier than I used to be and my waist has kind of disappeared; anything with a well-defined waist looks kind of bunchy and wrong. Right now I'm wearing an empire-waist dress with a deep V neckline, and I look about 8000% better than I did yesterday in a fitted-waist skirt that still fits but no longer flatters, not even a little.

So, you know, if you should run across any Gothic Regency dresses, I might be inclined to give them a look.

eta: I'm trying not to flip out too much about the body changes; it's just weird to have all these clothes that still fit but suddenly just look wrong, and all this stuff that used to look like ass on me and is suddenly exactly right. The morphing body, she is odd.