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Ah, the things we do to seek attention. Some people start podcasts. Others launch weblogs. Me, I get Friends with Their Own Websites to post pictures of me on the Internet. Here, for instance:

http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/yourgarb/2007/Catherine.htm

She's been doing this "Italian Showcase" thing for three and a half years now. At the end of each year, she accepts votes from viewers, and gives out digital "awards." Not that I'm likely to get one...but just seeing those pictures up there, for some reason, makes me ridiculously proud of myself.

location: home

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Music:: something really weird from Eric's office

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That is awesome workmanship!!!

Heh. That's because I cleverly did not take photos of the sections that show my goofs. Like the part of the bodice lining that I had to piece, at the last minute, because the bodice piece and the lining piece turned out to be slightly different sizes....

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You look great!

Oh, thank you. They say that if you get all the accessories and details right, people compliment the woman, but if the only strong point is the dress, the compliments go to the dress. Naturally, I was aiming at the first objective.

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You should be proud. That's great.

Grazie!

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Very nice indeed. You should wear that to faire, if you ever go.

In the article, you mention that you made one for Eric, too. Tell us more.

I haven't been to Pennsylvania's Ren Faire in years, and when I last went it did *not* impress me. (There's also the fact that I'm not sure I'd want to drive two hours wearing a tight lace-up bodice....) But I'll consider it.

esrblog's costume for the LARP was a combination of items I either had or bought. A black doublet from Chivalry Sports. Footless tights from Sofi's Stitches, with a matching codpiece from the same vendor. A black wool hat from rameset.com. Black suede shoes from Lands' End (yes, Lands' End; you'd be surprised how well they fit in).

What I did make for him was a cioppa--a knee-length overrobe with long, hanging sleeves. It was a black and silver brocade with skulls on it, and was lined with a deep red satin. Unfortunately, I have no pictures, and I'm reluctant to make him wear the costume for photos because he had such a bad time at the LARP he'd rather forget all about everything associated with the experience.

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Ooog...I'm sorry to hear that last bit, if only because we're not very likely to see him in tights again.

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We'll see.

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Wow, wow, wow. You look *awesome*. It makes me want to hire you to make my wedding dress! ;)

We should all go to the Faire this year, actually, especially since

pmat has new bionic knees!

I don't do nearly as well fitting others, though!

I wouldn't mind wearing this to Faire--so long as it's on a dry day. I think I'd faint if I got mud on it!

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Very nice! Makes me want to get out my sewing machine... I haven't done garb in years (and certainly never as well as you) but I had a ball making my Elizabethan stuff... need to make time to do something with the beautiful green dupioni silk I had such great plans for 5 years ago. :P

I didn't know that you sewed (let alone did the garb thing!).

I once made a much less elaborate Elizabethan gown for a different LARP. It was gray corduroy (was on more of a budget then) with a pink cotton brocade forepart and sleeves that I never liked, and will probably replace with a fancier brocade if I ever have an occasion to wear the gown again.

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Now I know who to hire for a costume designer If I ever make big budget SF/F epics!

While I appreciate the vote of confidence, I have much less interest in SF costuming than I do in historic costuming. (On the other hand, you could always talk to

jmaynard about that). :-)

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I'm not interested in sterotypical SF garb. I want my science fiction movies to be a little more baroque. Maybe you should try doing a Bene Gesserit robe.

By the way, I love the picture with your cat!

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Fair enough. But I don't think of Bene Gesserit robes as particularly baroque. Bene Gesserit Reverend Mothers, in fact, wore plain black robes, and while I think other members of the order wore different colors, their robes were similarly plain.

Now, when a BG was out in the world trying to seduce someone, she'd be wearing the latest fashions--but Herbert, damn him, was not very explicit about what those fashions looked like.

As for the cat picture, thanks. That was

esrblog's idea, but I agreed with it, since so many costumers have cats that like to take an active part in their mistresses' doings. :-)

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Science fiction novels always look different in different people's heads. "Dune" has a Baroque/Romantic look in my head, but :"Stranger in a Strange Land" looks like what people thought the future would look like in the 1960s. (Think Braniff!)

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True. And don't get me started about the way the 1950s movie "Forbidden Planet" looked. :-)

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I liked "Forbidden Planet." I almost bought what I believed to be a movie poster of the film from a poster vendor in the Quad at this fine educational institution (http://www.csueastbay.edu). I looked at at a little more closely, and the poster was a pro-pot parody. (I actually think drugs should be legal!) It was titled "Forbidden Weed," and featured "Bobby the Bong," among other people!

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Oops, I'm repeating myself repeating myself! "I looked at at" should read "I looked at it."

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To make typos is human; to really foul up requires WinXP...

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Then maybe you should have bought the poster anyway.

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I had a cat like that, once!!
(& the dress is lovely, too!)

Thanks!

The cat's name is Sugar, and pictures of her have been posted on the Internet before. You can find them here (http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/dragnet/dragnet.html) (there are about four different pictures of her total on the page).

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