Proper ladies, us
So, costumes.
There was much sewing for the last two nights, and
moose_biscuit and I got two Regency(ish) dresses made in just two evenings. They employ the same basic (very basic) pattern, but with different detailing - MB is the posh lady, so hers has a lovely gathered/pleated low v-neckline at the back and side slits which show off the petticotes below, and is belted with gold-embellished cord, while mine, as befits a lady's maid in her mistress's cast-offs, has a simple high back with a box pleat, is sown most of the way to the hem (I've given a few inches to make it easier to run in) and is belted with a choice of two ribbons (satin in the same colour as the dress or a contrasting slightly metallic one, so I can have a bit of variety over the course of the weekend).
Our dresses are full of boobies, as is fitting for Regency ladies.
MB also has a fab military style jacket (slightly more Victorian than Regency, but the game is set in 1821 so she can get away with it) and I have the spencer coat/pelisse from the suit I made last year. Also, MB has a lovely multicoloured (all pinks and purples, to match her lavender dress) paisley wrap/shawl, and yesterday I picked up a pretty one in olive green with Indian designs in the exact burgundy of my dress (eastern design cues were becoming very popular in that age of Empire, so the paisley and other Indian patterns are very Regency).
For the sake of modesty during the day, MB has a pretty lace scarf/collar/thingy which covers her shoulders and decolotage, and I have the same but in plain cream chifon.
Footwear will be pumps/ballet slippers - brown leather for me, and shiny silver satiny or black leather for MB, depending on the circumstances (day/night, whist/being chased by aliens)
Bugger, just relised I haven't got a fan to match my outfit - MB is taking my old black one with pink detail, but my Maelstrom one won't go with my outfit. I'll have to run to the Chinese shop to find a suitably-coloured one. For accessories, I'll have long black lace gloves (for the evening) and a black velvet reticule (rescued from the stuff still in my old room at my parents') while MB has a black and gold brocade purse with (I think) white gloves and perhaps my gorgeous embroidered kid skin evening gloves (which would be very fitting, but I think she's worried about damaging them).
No parasols, so if the weather stays like this we'll just have to stick to the shade.
We will be vereh vereh pritty.
There was much sewing for the last two nights, and
moose_biscuit and I got two Regency(ish) dresses made in just two evenings. They employ the same basic (very basic) pattern, but with different detailing - MB is the posh lady, so hers has a lovely gathered/pleated low v-neckline at the back and side slits which show off the petticotes below, and is belted with gold-embellished cord, while mine, as befits a lady's maid in her mistress's cast-offs, has a simple high back with a box pleat, is sown most of the way to the hem (I've given a few inches to make it easier to run in) and is belted with a choice of two ribbons (satin in the same colour as the dress or a contrasting slightly metallic one, so I can have a bit of variety over the course of the weekend).Our dresses are full of boobies, as is fitting for Regency ladies.
MB also has a fab military style jacket (slightly more Victorian than Regency, but the game is set in 1821 so she can get away with it) and I have the spencer coat/pelisse from the suit I made last year. Also, MB has a lovely multicoloured (all pinks and purples, to match her lavender dress) paisley wrap/shawl, and yesterday I picked up a pretty one in olive green with Indian designs in the exact burgundy of my dress (eastern design cues were becoming very popular in that age of Empire, so the paisley and other Indian patterns are very Regency).
For the sake of modesty during the day, MB has a pretty lace scarf/collar/thingy which covers her shoulders and decolotage, and I have the same but in plain cream chifon.
Footwear will be pumps/ballet slippers - brown leather for me, and shiny silver satiny or black leather for MB, depending on the circumstances (day/night, whist/being chased by aliens)
Bugger, just relised I haven't got a fan to match my outfit - MB is taking my old black one with pink detail, but my Maelstrom one won't go with my outfit. I'll have to run to the Chinese shop to find a suitably-coloured one. For accessories, I'll have long black lace gloves (for the evening) and a black velvet reticule (rescued from the stuff still in my old room at my parents') while MB has a black and gold brocade purse with (I think) white gloves and perhaps my gorgeous embroidered kid skin evening gloves (which would be very fitting, but I think she's worried about damaging them).
No parasols, so if the weather stays like this we'll just have to stick to the shade.
We will be vereh vereh pritty.