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| [F] Con Costuming [message #294175] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 17:03 |
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Seeing as I can't be bothered to trawl though all that gubbins to work
out if any of it's worth reading - I'm assuming not - I am starting my
own thread, so there.
Right. I have been put in the Seamstresses Guild for the upcoming con,
which I find a little unnerving for one simple reason - I have no new
costume. This bothers me.
I have old costumes - which I doubt I could fit in now, having expanded
somewhat over the last two years - and I could probably throw together a
generic 'seamstress' costume or two to wear around the place, but I
couldn't get anything meant to be a specific character done (at least,
not to my satisfaction) in the time. Anything I could do at this stage
would be no better than the monstrosity of a Polly costume I had last con.
I feel that, as I've been put in the seamstresses, and as I've won
prizes for my costumes in the past that I'm *expected* to have something
worth showing off. So - should I take time off work and try to get a
decent costume done, or does nobody actually care?
--
Random_c
Drive-by postings a speciality
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294177 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 17:12 |
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Random C wrote:
> Seeing as I can't be bothered to trawl though all that gubbins to work
> out if any of it's worth reading - I'm assuming not - I am starting my
> own thread, so there.
> Right. I have been put in the Seamstresses Guild for the upcoming con,
> which I find a little unnerving for one simple reason - I have no new
> costume. This bothers me.
> I have old costumes - which I doubt I could fit in now, having expanded
> somewhat over the last two years - and I could probably throw together a
> generic 'seamstress' costume or two to wear around the place, but I
> couldn't get anything meant to be a specific character done (at least,
> not to my satisfaction) in the time. Anything I could do at this stage
> would be no better than the monstrosity of a Polly costume I had last con.
> I feel that, as I've been put in the seamstresses, and as I've won
> prizes for my costumes in the past that I'm *expected* to have something
> worth showing off. So - should I take time off work and try to get a
> decent costume done, or does nobody actually care?
Now I'm probably not the right person to asnwer this since this will be
my first con ever and I won't go dressed up. Mainly because I don't have
the imagination and skills needed to put such a creation together.
I do however feel that the costumes are one thing that I look forward to
seeing, I've seen the pictures from the old Cons and I am frankly amazed
at how good they looked.
I would thus love to see a really good costume so if you feel that you
have the energy and time to make a new, amazing costume I would find it
a shame not to be able to get to see it.
But on the other hand it is entierly up to you if you want to use your
vacation on doing something like this rather then doing something else
that might be really fun (too).
Sincerely
Winterbay
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294178 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 17:36 |
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On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 17:12:02 +0200, Winterbay <Peter.Mohlin [at] gmail.com>
wrote:
>Now I'm probably not the right person to asnwer this since this will be
>my first con ever and I won't go dressed up. Mainly because I don't have
>the imagination and skills needed to put such a creation together.
>I do however feel that the costumes are one thing that I look forward to
>seeing, I've seen the pictures from the old Cons and I am frankly amazed
>at how good they looked.
It really depends. I won a prize for my costume, and it was thrown
together out of cheap costume-shop junk (about five pounds or so, IIRC)
and a rented highwayman outfit in about ten minutes.
There was a Mr Ixolite costume at the 96 con which was amazingly simple,
yet utterly brilliant. Plus, of course, it's very easy to get done up as,
say, a student wizard, a member of the Ankh-Morpork citizenry, one of the
unnamed recruits in the modern Watch, an Assassin, one of the less famous
witches from around Lancre way, a vampire, a zombie, a Klatchian merchant
etc.
Really, most costumes look a heck of a lot better on stage and/or in the
photos than they do up close or from inside. If you really don't want to
dip into costuming at your first Con (and fair enough), do at least have a
close look at some of the costumes others are wearing.
Hey, we're not all professional costume designers. It's just a bit of fun.
-SteveD
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294182 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 17:51 |
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SteveD wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 17:12:02 +0200, Winterbay <Peter.Mohlin [at] gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
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>>Now I'm probably not the right person to asnwer this since this will be
>>my first con ever and I won't go dressed up. Mainly because I don't have
>>the imagination and skills needed to put such a creation together.
>>I do however feel that the costumes are one thing that I look forward to
>>seeing, I've seen the pictures from the old Cons and I am frankly amazed
>>at how good they looked.
>
>
> It really depends. I won a prize for my costume, and it was thrown
> together out of cheap costume-shop junk (about five pounds or so, IIRC)
> and a rented highwayman outfit in about ten minutes.
>
> There was a Mr Ixolite costume at the 96 con which was amazingly simple,
> yet utterly brilliant. Plus, of course, it's very easy to get done up as,
> say, a student wizard, a member of the Ankh-Morpork citizenry, one of the
> unnamed recruits in the modern Watch, an Assassin, one of the less famous
> witches from around Lancre way, a vampire, a zombie, a Klatchian merchant
> etc.
>
> Really, most costumes look a heck of a lot better on stage and/or in the
> photos than they do up close or from inside. If you really don't want to
> dip into costuming at your first Con (and fair enough), do at least have a
> close look at some of the costumes others are wearing.
>
> Hey, we're not all professional costume designers. It's just a bit of fun.
>
....on the other hand, some of us take these things way too seriously,
and if the whole thing isn't made from scratch including authentic
underwear it's Just Not Good Enough. Both my Miss Band costumes had
corset, bloomers and chemise underneath, and the second one I made the
corset myself after Terry commented that the waist on the first one
wasn't small enough. I am still bitter about the effect going wrong but
oh well. These things happen.
Backstage last time was so hellish I don't think I'd want to do a con
masquerade again anyway and now that my hair's too short now to do Miss
Band or Adora I'm not sure what I would do anyway. I do have an Idea
which I shall probably save up for the DEIAF[1] as I really don't think
I've got the time to do it *well*. Even so,I feel like I should have
something a bit better for wandering about in than a
chucked-together-in-10-minutes-from-scraps seamstress or three.
[1] Discworld Event In A Field
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Random_c
Drive-by postings a speciality
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294185 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 17:18 |
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Random C random [at] panatropic.net wrote in
<rfRpg.94880$wl.45504 [at] text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>:
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> Right. I have been put in the Seamstresses Guild for the upcoming con,
> which I find a little unnerving for one simple reason - I have no new
> costume. This bothers me.
> I have old costumes - which I doubt I could fit in now, having expanded
> somewhat over the last two years - and I could probably throw together a
> generic 'seamstress' costume or two to wear around the place, but I
> couldn't get anything meant to be a specific character done (at least,
> not to my satisfaction) in the time. Anything I could do at this stage
> would be no better than the monstrosity of a Polly costume I had last con.
> I feel that, as I've been put in the seamstresses, and as I've won
> prizes for my costumes in the past that I'm *expected* to have something
> worth showing off. So - should I take time off work and try to get a
> decent costume done, or does nobody actually care?
>
You should do what's right for you. I'm pretty sure that enough of us have
seen your previous costumes to cement your reputation on a long term basis
even if you decide to take a break for this year's Con. So whilst I
suspect quite a few people care, I'd be disappointed if many cared on a
basis that they want you to be seriously inconvenienced just so that their
minds can be messed with by one more ingenious and slightly disturbing
costume.
--
eric
www.ericjarvis.co.uk
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294186 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 18:29 |
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Random C wrote:
<snip>
> I feel that, as I've been put in the seamstresses, and as I've won
> prizes for my costumes in the past that I'm *expected* to have something
> worth showing off. So - should I take time off work and try to get a
> decent costume done, or does nobody actually care?
<sew>
I've not seen your costumes in the flesh but from the pictures they were
amazing.
I think the answer will depend on just how *you* want to enjoy the Con.
You're not beholden to anyone else's expectations. If you would enjoy
putting together another fantastic costume then do it. If it all seems a
bit too much 'been there, done that, bloody hard work' then don't do it.
You might be able to come up with a minimalist costume that you can
knock up in a couple of evenings and which would be comfortable. With
your skills it would probably be pretty good anyway.
I've had to get help from my daughter and a neighbour with what I hope
to wear to the Maskerade - and that was just for an apron! (Yes, there
is more to the costume than just an apron - with a body like mine, the
more you cover up the better!)
Hope this helps
Rgemini
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294194 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 19:43 |
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On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:03:51 GMT, Random C
<random [at] panatropic.net> jotted down:
>Seeing as I can't be bothered to trawl though all that gubbins to work
>out if any of it's worth reading - I'm assuming not - I am starting my
>own thread, so there.
>Right. I have been put in the Seamstresses Guild for the upcoming con,
>which I find a little unnerving for one simple reason - I have no new
>costume. This bothers me.
>I have old costumes - which I doubt I could fit in now, having expanded
>somewhat over the last two years - and I could probably throw together a
>generic 'seamstress' costume or two to wear around the place, but I
>couldn't get anything meant to be a specific character done (at least,
>not to my satisfaction) in the time. Anything I could do at this stage
>would be no better than the monstrosity of a Polly costume I had last con.
>I feel that, as I've been put in the seamstresses, and as I've won
>prizes for my costumes in the past that I'm *expected* to have something
>worth showing off. So - should I take time off work and try to get a
>decent costume done, or does nobody actually care?
Go as Ptraci, then you don't have much costume to make :o)
--
Elin
The Tale of Westala and Villtin
http://tale.cunobaros.com/
The Oswalds DW casting award - Vote Now!
http://www.student.lu.se/~his02ero/Oswald/index.html
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294201 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 20:17 |
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On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:43:04 +0200, Graycat <rosen.elin [at] gmail.com>
wrote:
>On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:03:51 GMT, Random C
><random [at] panatropic.net> jotted down:
>
>>Seeing as I can't be bothered to trawl though all that gubbins to work
>>out if any of it's worth reading - I'm assuming not - I am starting my
>>own thread, so there.
>>Right. I have been put in the Seamstresses Guild for the upcoming con,
>>which I find a little unnerving for one simple reason - I have no new
>>costume. This bothers me.
>>I have old costumes - which I doubt I could fit in now, having expanded
>>somewhat over the last two years - and I could probably throw together a
>>generic 'seamstress' costume or two to wear around the place, but I
>>couldn't get anything meant to be a specific character done (at least,
>>not to my satisfaction) in the time. Anything I could do at this stage
>>would be no better than the monstrosity of a Polly costume I had last con.
>>I feel that, as I've been put in the seamstresses, and as I've won
>>prizes for my costumes in the past that I'm *expected* to have something
>>worth showing off. So - should I take time off work and try to get a
>>decent costume done, or does nobody actually care?
>
>Go as Ptraci, then you don't have much costume to make :o)
You've *seen* Rdamno, right?
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294214 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 21:17 |
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On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:17:28 +0100, Lister
<fache [at] SPAMclara.net> jotted down:
>On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:43:04 +0200, Graycat <rosen.elin [at] gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Go as Ptraci, then you don't have much costume to make :o)
>
>
>You've *seen* Rdamno, right?
Yes, and?
--
Elin
The Tale of Westala and Villtin
http://tale.cunobaros.com/
The Oswalds DW casting award - Vote Now!
http://www.student.lu.se/~his02ero/Oswald/index.html
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294215 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 21:17 |
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"Random C" <random [at] panatropic.net> wrote in message
news:rfRpg.94880$wl.45504 [at] text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
(snip)
> So - should I take time off work and try to get a decent costume done, or
> does nobody actually care?
Yes!
The question should have been do I want to make a winning
costume or just wear one in keeping with my Guild Status?
In the end it's up to you.
From what I've read and seen your creations tend to be
pretty amazing, so even a 5 min special will be just that ....
special
HTH,
Ssirienna
--
Nobody is nicer than I am!
Oh, once there was somone ......but I took care of that
(c) Garfield/Jim Davis 16/02/2005
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| Re: Con Costuming [message #294217 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 21:20 |
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SteveD wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 17:12:02 +0200, Winterbay <Peter.Mohlin [at] gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Now I'm probably not the right person to asnwer this since this will be
> >my first con ever and I won't go dressed up. Mainly because I don't have
> >the imagination and skills needed to put such a creation together.
> >I do however feel that the costumes are one thing that I look forward to
> >seeing, I've seen the pictures from the old Cons and I am frankly amazed
> >at how good they looked.
>
> It really depends. I won a prize for my costume, and it was thrown
> together out of cheap costume-shop junk (about five pounds or so, IIRC)
> and a rented highwayman outfit in about ten minutes.
>
> There was a Mr Ixolite costume at the 96 con which was amazingly simple,
> yet utterly brilliant. Plus, of course, it's very easy to get done up as,
> say, a student wizard, a member of the Ankh-Morpork citizenry, one of the
> unnamed recruits in the modern Watch, an Assassin, one of the less famous
> witches from around Lancre way, a vampire, a zombie, a Klatchian merchant
> etc.
Sure that may be so. A quick costume could be just as good as one that
takes several months to do but costuming and maskerading isn't my
thing. It is fun to watch and discuss but I'm not interested enough to
make a costume of my own.
And I actually don't know of any costumes/maskerading shops where I
live. I asume there are a bunch hidden smoewhere but I have never seen
or heard of them.
> Really, most costumes look a heck of a lot better on stage and/or in the
> photos than they do up close or from inside. If you really don't want to
> dip into costuming at your first Con (and fair enough), do at least have a
> close look at some of the costumes others are wearing.
I will take my time to look at the costumes that others have made. It
is one if the things I look forward to. That and almost everything else
that looks like it is going to take place during then con... :)
/Winterbay
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294220 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 21:31 |
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Lister wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:43:04 +0200, Graycat <rosen.elin [at] gmail.com>
> wrote:
(In response to random_c's query about con costumes)
>>
>>Go as Ptraci, then you don't have much costume to make :o)
>
> You've *seen* Rdamno, right?
IIRC Random has already done the Ptraci costume.
CCDE 2003?
--
Dom
afpSlave to CCA
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294224 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 21:44 |
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on 02/07/2006 16:03 Random C said the following:
<snip>
> I feel that, as I've been put in the seamstresses, and as I've won
> prizes for my costumes in the past that I'm *expected* to have something
> worth showing off. So - should I take time off work and try to get a
> decent costume done, or does nobody actually care?
For a start, I don't think you should feel obliged to do anything if you
don't want to. My guess is that you were assigned to the Seamstresses
Guild on the basis of what you *have done* in the past rather than in
expectation of what you *might* do this time. Added to which, does
anybody expect much actual seamstressing to take place in this Guild[1]? :-)
If, OTOH, you're looking for ideas, I have found myself wondering what
the Dolly Sisters might look like given both their affiliations and
their roles. However, this might be a little to close to Alice Band for
your liking. Someone mentioned Ptraci but that idea could be extended to
cover other temple handmaidens such as those in the temples of Om,
Offler or Io - which might extend the imaginative options somewhat.
There's bound to be lots of historical material (if you excuse the pun)
that you use usefully re-use without having to create a whole wardrobe
of undergarments.
But, at the end of the day, if it's not going to be something you enjoy,
don't do it.
--
esmi
[1] Although I do recall Jenny working on her dress during official
guild meetings...
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294225 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 21:48 |
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On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:17:39 +0200, Graycat <rosen.elin [at] gmail.com>
wrote:
>On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:17:28 +0100, Lister
><fache [at] SPAMclara.net> jotted down:
>
>>On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:43:04 +0200, Graycat <rosen.elin [at] gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
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>>>Go as Ptraci, then you don't have much costume to make :o)
>>
>>
>>You've *seen* Rdamno, right?
>
>Yes, and?
I always thought ptraci was rather wet, sort of magrat-ish
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294227 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 21:59 |
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Graycat wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:03:51 GMT, Random C
> <random [at] panatropic.net> jotted down:
>
>
>>Seeing as I can't be bothered to trawl though all that gubbins to work
>>out if any of it's worth reading - I'm assuming not - I am starting my
>>own thread, so there.
>>Right. I have been put in the Seamstresses Guild for the upcoming con,
>>which I find a little unnerving for one simple reason - I have no new
>>costume. This bothers me.
>>I have old costumes - which I doubt I could fit in now, having expanded
>>somewhat over the last two years - and I could probably throw together a
>>generic 'seamstress' costume or two to wear around the place, but I
>>couldn't get anything meant to be a specific character done (at least,
>>not to my satisfaction) in the time. Anything I could do at this stage
>>would be no better than the monstrosity of a Polly costume I had last con.
>>I feel that, as I've been put in the seamstresses, and as I've won
>>prizes for my costumes in the past that I'm *expected* to have something
>>worth showing off. So - should I take time off work and try to get a
>>decent costume done, or does nobody actually care?
>
>
> Go as Ptraci, then you don't have much costume to make :o)
>
Can't, already done it, CCDE before last. There wasn't much of it, it
jingled, and it was held on with two small safety pins and a brooch.
--
Random_c
Drive-by postings a speciality
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294229 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 21:08 |
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Rgemini royOMIT.ayresCAPITAL [at] dsl.LETTERSpipex.com wrote in
<m_KdnQG_tLXGaTrZRVnyug [at] pipex.net>:
> Random C wrote:
> <snip>
> > I feel that, as I've been put in the seamstresses, and as I've won
> > prizes for my costumes in the past that I'm *expected* to have something
> > worth showing off. So - should I take time off work and try to get a
> > decent costume done, or does nobody actually care?
> <sew>
>
> I've not seen your costumes in the flesh but from the pictures they were
> amazing.
>
The pictures don't do them justice. Speaking as somebody who spent many
years as a theatre director, the only time I've been able to get costumes
of that quality for a show was when we borrowed period TV costumes from
the BBC. Given the size of the BBC's wardrobe department in the early 80s
that should give some idea how much work and skill they must have required
from a single creator.
--
eric
www.ericjarvis.co.uk
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294230 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 21:10 |
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Graycat rosen.elin [at] gmail.com wrote in
<jc1ga2t4j3i2nafre95dndfikdueeruf5u [at] 4ax.com>:
> On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:03:51 GMT, Random C
> <random [at] panatropic.net> jotted down:
>
> >Seeing as I can't be bothered to trawl though all that gubbins to work
> >out if any of it's worth reading - I'm assuming not - I am starting my
> >own thread, so there.
> >Right. I have been put in the Seamstresses Guild for the upcoming con,
> >which I find a little unnerving for one simple reason - I have no new
> >costume. This bothers me.
> >I have old costumes - which I doubt I could fit in now, having expanded
> >somewhat over the last two years - and I could probably throw together a
> >generic 'seamstress' costume or two to wear around the place, but I
> >couldn't get anything meant to be a specific character done (at least,
> >not to my satisfaction) in the time. Anything I could do at this stage
> >would be no better than the monstrosity of a Polly costume I had last con.
> >I feel that, as I've been put in the seamstresses, and as I've won
> >prizes for my costumes in the past that I'm *expected* to have something
> >worth showing off. So - should I take time off work and try to get a
> >decent costume done, or does nobody actually care?
>
> Go as Ptraci, then you don't have much costume to make :o)
>
I really don't think a repeat of the Ptraci costume would be fair in these
drought stricken times. There's a limit on how many cold showers should
take place in a single hotel over one weekend.
--
eric
www.ericjarvis.co.uk
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294232 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 22:03 |
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esmi wrote:
> But, at the end of the day, if it's not going to be something you enjoy,
> don't do it.
>
It's not so much that I'm worried I won't enjoy doing it, because
there's a lot of other sewing I *should* be doing, but at the moment I'm
sorting my MP3 collection, which is another job I've been putting off
for ages. It's just that I feel like I have to have *something* new of a
certain standard because at the con, whether I'm on stage or not, I *am*
on show. If I don't have something good, I'm letting myself down.
--
Random_c
Drive-by postings a speciality
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| Re: [C] Con Costuming [message #294233 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 22:04 |
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"Graycat" <rosen.elin [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:jc1ga2t4j3i2nafre95dndfikdueeruf5u [at] 4ax.com...
> On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:03:51 GMT, Random C
> <random [at] panatropic.net> jotted down:
<snip>
> So - should I take time off work and try to get a
>>decent costume done, or does nobody actually care?
>
> Go as Ptraci, then you don't have much costume to make :o)
>
<Jack Sparrow>
It should be a dress or nothing.
I happen to have... no dress in my cabin.
<evil grin>
</Jack Sparrow>
Anthony
--
I'm not bad.
I'm fairly new to mild naughtiness.
- Jeff, Coupling.
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294234 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 22:07 |
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Eric Jarvis wrote:
> The pictures don't do them justice. Speaking as somebody who spent many
> years as a theatre director, the only time I've been able to get costumes
> of that quality for a show was when we borrowed period TV costumes from
> the BBC. Given the size of the BBC's wardrobe department in the early 80s
> that should give some idea how much work and skill they must have required
> from a single creator.
>
Now you're flattering me. My costumes have all been very plain, and it's
the trim and ornamentation that really take all the time, though I did
spend a good two weeks getting the Miss Band corset right - but that had
to support the bustle, so had to be a weird shape and doing that without
it hurting, converting from a copy of a Victorian pattern that bore
little or no relation to the measurements it *said* it would have.
I usually have a costume planned way in advance then spend a couple of
months of evenings and weekends working on it. I had an advantage for
the last Miss Band as I was unemployed and had nothing better to do with
my time.
--
Random_c
Drive-by postings a speciality
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294241 ] |
So, 02 Juli 2006 23:46 |
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In article <ol8ga21se5f0soos2o5bj1nf6m03po0vqa [at] 4ax.com>, Lister
fache [at] SPAMclara.net wibbled...
[Snip]
> I always thought ptraci was rather wet, sort of magrat-ish
Far from it - she's just a bit "sheltered", but certainly not a string-
bean wet-hen!
Suzi
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| Re: [I] Con Costuming [message #294247 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 00:40 |
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Random C wrote:
> Right. I have been put in the Seamstresses Guild for the upcoming con,
Hmmm. Is there anyone else here who doesn't know which Guild they're
in yet?
(Haven't heard anything yet)
CCA
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| Re: [F] Con Guilds (was: Costuming) [message #294250 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 01:00 |
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CCA wrote:
> Random C wrote:
>
>> Right. I have been put in the Seamstresses Guild for the upcoming
>> con,
>
> Hmmm. Is there anyone else here who doesn't know which Guild they're
> in yet?
You should have been notified by email once your application had been
processed. To see who are in what guild already, you can visit the
guild forum here:
http://workshy.com/guilds/forums.cgi
Hm... Unless you share name with another attendee, it looks like you're
an assassin.
http://workshy.com/guilds/forums.cgi?fid=19&topic_id=114 5316124
Welcome!
Orjan
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294252 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 01:34 |
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Lister:
>
> I always thought ptraci was rather wet, sort of magrat-ish
What? If she's Magrat, she's Magrat in Ynci mode.
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294253 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 01:36 |
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esmi:
>
> I have found myself wondering what the Dolly Sisters might look like
> given both their affiliations and their roles.
DYM the Agony Aunts? They have the advantage of being people, not
places. :-)
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294258 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 09:09 |
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In article <rfRpg.94880$wl.45504 [at] text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
Random C <random [at] panatropic.net> wrote:
>I have old costumes - which I doubt I could fit in now, having expanded
>somewhat over the last two years - and I could probably throw together a
>generic 'seamstress' costume or two to wear around the place, but I
>couldn't get anything meant to be a specific character done (at least,
>not to my satisfaction) in the time. Anything I could do at this stage
>would be no better than the monstrosity of a Polly costume I had last con.
>I feel that, as I've been put in the seamstresses, and as I've won
>prizes for my costumes in the past that I'm *expected* to have something
>worth showing off. So - should I take time off work and try to get a
>decent costume done, or does nobody actually care?
Just a comment: it often happens that when people have won Grand Master
costume competitions at Worldcon, they begin to do costumes that are
silly and fun, and not entered in competition.
=Tamar
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294262 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 09:31 |
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Richard Eney wrote:
> In article <rfRpg.94880$wl.45504 [at] text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
> Random C <random [at] panatropic.net> wrote:
>
>
>>I have old costumes - which I doubt I could fit in now, having expanded
>>somewhat over the last two years - and I could probably throw together a
>>generic 'seamstress' costume or two to wear around the place, but I
>>couldn't get anything meant to be a specific character done (at least,
>>not to my satisfaction) in the time. Anything I could do at this stage
>>would be no better than the monstrosity of a Polly costume I had last con.
>>I feel that, as I've been put in the seamstresses, and as I've won
>>prizes for my costumes in the past that I'm *expected* to have something
>>worth showing off. So - should I take time off work and try to get a
>>decent costume done, or does nobody actually care?
>
>
> Just a comment: it often happens that when people have won Grand Master
> costume competitions at Worldcon, they begin to do costumes that are
> silly and fun, and not entered in competition.
>
That's way beyond my level, but I can see why. Maybe I feel like until
I've won best-in-show I have to keep making an effort. Maybe it's just
that costuming has been such a big part of previous cons - and the
run-up to them - for me that I'm not really sure what I'll be doing if
I'm not costuming.
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Random_c
Drive-by postings a speciality
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| Re: Con Costuming [message #294270 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 11:02 |
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Dom wrote:
>>
> IIRC Random has already done the Ptraci costume.
>
> CCDE 2003?
>
> --
> Dom
> afpSlave to CCA
Indded- I rember chatting with her while Kate was waiting to do her bit
http://home.mandyoldroyd.com/photos/CCDE03/pics/PICT0009.JPG
Mandy
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294272 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 11:53 |
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Random C wrote:
> Graycat wrote:
>> Go as Ptraci, then you don't have much costume to make :o)
>>
> Can't, already done it, CCDE before last. There wasn't much of it, it
> jingled, and it was held on with two small safety pins and a brooch.
>
What about Petulia, Goddess of Negotiable Affection?
Rgemini
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| Re: [I] Con Guilds (was: Costuming) [message #294274 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 12:50 |
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Orjan Westin wrote:
> CCA wrote:
> > Hmmm. Is there anyone else here who doesn't know which Guild they're
> > in yet?
> Hm... Unless you share name with another attendee, it looks like you're
> an assassin.
> http://workshy.com/guilds/forums.cgi?fid=19&topic_id=114 5316124
>
> Welcome!
And I notice you and Marco are deputies (well, you've both got handy
sharp stuff to use...)
CCA
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294294 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 17:37 |
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Random C posted:
> ... So - should I take time off work and try to
> get a decent costume done, or does nobody actually care?
Don't feel pressured by me, since I won't be there, I'll only
look at the pictures that somebody is bound to put up.
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Ciao
Thomas =:-)
<Mine Horn Is Exalted In Om>
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294299 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 19:01 |
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On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 22:46:55 +0100, Suzi
<spamtrap [at] lovegoddess.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <ol8ga21se5f0soos2o5bj1nf6m03po0vqa [at] 4ax.com>, Lister
>fache [at] SPAMclara.net wibbled...
>
>[Snip]
>> I always thought ptraci was rather wet, sort of magrat-ish
>
>Far from it - she's just a bit "sheltered", but certainly not a string-
>bean wet-hen!
>
>Suzi
Ah yes, that was probably the word I was after
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| Re: Con Costuming [message #294325 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 22:31 |
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Ian and Mandy wrote:
> Indded- I rember chatting with her while Kate was waiting to do her bit
Aaargh. Goodness I was pasty.
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| Re: Con Costuming [message #294327 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 22:35 |
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"Ian and Mandy" <mandy.oldroyd [at] gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1151917366.386655.254560 [at] j8g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> Dom wrote:
>>>
>> IIRC Random has already done the Ptraci costume.
>>
>> CCDE 2003?
>>
>> --
>> Dom
>> afpSlave to CCA
>
> Indded- I rember chatting with her while Kate was waiting to do her bit
> http://home.mandyoldroyd.com/photos/CCDE03/pics/PICT0009.JPG
>
Wow!
Ssirienna
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| Re: [C] Con Costuming [message #294336 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 23:30 |
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"redtiger" <redtigeriiSPAM [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in message
news:44a826c3$0$1961$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>
> <Jack Sparrow>
>
> It should be a dress or nothing.
> I happen to have... no dress in my cabin.
> <evil grin>
> </Jack Sparrow>
That's unfair. Really unfair.
If you say anything to Random in the persona of Jack Sparrow, she's a puddy
tat.
How manipulative can you get?
- MEG
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294337 ] |
Mo, 03 Juli 2006 23:35 |
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"Random C" <random [at] panatropic.net> wrote in message
news:CEVpg.95082$wl.69854 [at] text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> It's not so much that I'm worried I won't enjoy doing it, because there's
> a lot of other sewing I *should* be doing, but at the moment I'm sorting
> my MP3 collection, which is another job I've been putting off for ages.
> It's just that I feel like I have to have *something* new of a certain
> standard because at the con, whether I'm on stage or not, I *am* on show.
> If I don't have something good, I'm letting myself down.
I'm wearing Something Special for the Gala Dinner and gearing it towards the
theme of the host(ess) - seamstressessesses.
That's enough for my limited abilities but you could do better with one^H
both arms tied behind your back.
Which, coincidentally....
- MEG
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| Re: [C] Con Costuming [message #294343 ] |
Di, 04 Juli 2006 00:01 |
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MEG wrote:
> "redtiger" <redtigeriiSPAM [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in message
>></Jack Sparrow>
>
>
> That's unfair. Really unfair.
> If you say anything to Random in the persona of Jack Sparrow, she's a puddy
> tat.
> How manipulative can you get?
>
Heh. I *may* have a bit of a thing for pirates, but Mr Sparrow is a
little skinny for my liking. :)
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Random_c
Drive-by postings a speciality
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| Re: [F] Con Costuming [message #294344 ] |
Di, 04 Juli 2006 00:02 |
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MEG wrote:
> That's enough for my limited abilities but you could do better with one^H
> both arms tied behind your back.
>
> Which, coincidentally....
Uhm... eep?
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Random_c
Drive-by postings a speciality
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| Re: [I] Con Guilds (was: Costuming) [message #294524 ] |
Di, 04 Juli 2006 23:06 |
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In message <1151923822.652902.299130 [at] 75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, CCA
<sphira9343 [at] aol.com> writes
>Orjan Westin wrote:
>> CCA wrote:
>
>> > Hmmm. Is there anyone else here who doesn't know which Guild they're
>> > in yet?
>
>> Hm... Unless you share name with another attendee, it looks like you're
>> an assassin.
>> http://workshy.com/guilds/forums.cgi?fid=19&topic_id=114 5316124
>>
>> Welcome!
>
>And I notice you and Marco are deputies (well, you've both got handy
>sharp stuff to use...)
>CCA
Ah! Looks like I got it wrong then.
I assumed that, given who the guild leaders were, you'd specifically
requested to be an assassin.
( Being a geek, there's really one guild I could be in! :-)) )
Mart.
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| Re: [I] Con Guilds (was: Costuming) [message #294692 ] |
Mi, 05 Juli 2006 13:35 |
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On Tue, 4 Jul 2006 22:06:55 +0100, Martyn Clapham
<afpmart [at] pendlesider.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>( Being a geek, there's really one guild I could be in! :-)) )
Shirley we'd all be on that guild?
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