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[cupcake_goth]

Last night's big ol' gothy masquerade event was fun. It was nice seeing people out & dressed up elaborately - so dressed up that I almost felt like a slacker. grin

shallow fashion details

Miss Lucinda the fit manniquin was amazingly useful - I managed to alter my enormous red velvet dress (worn only once previously, and it was still too big then) by taking in the waist & bust a total of about 12 inches. That, and a top hat w/ a 12" Venise lace veil all the way around it solved my "costume" dillema.

• red hoop skirt


• black swoopy enormous skirt o' doom


• red velvet dress (which has a gigantic skirt all on its own - w/ the hoop & underskirt, I could have probably knocked down adults, nevermind small children). The dress is princess seamed, buttons all the way down the front w/ black glass buttons, and has red & black brocade cuffs


• white face, neck, & chest


• white, red, and black eye makeup, with red, black, and clear rhinestones affixed all around my eyes and above my eyebrows.

red red RED! lipstick

• and then the top hat w/ a huge red & black tulle veil on the back and a point lace veil going all the way around the brim; each point had a red crystal hanging from it.
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For a last-minute scramble, it turned out well. There were swarms of people in beautiful costumes, the music was good, and it wasn't TOO smokey where I was. But I still felt ... eh, I dunno. Kinda out of sync w/ the whole evening.

I have other things to burble about, but I'll do that later. I wanted to post the Shallow Fashion Details for Queen of the Monkeys. :-)

Comments

for what it's worth

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

while I enjoyed being out and hanging out with you (as I *always* do regardless), I felt out of sync last night too. It was like we were sitting in at a table that was more like an island with people swimming around us, even if they were interacting with us. (yes I know, horrendously run-on sentence).

I am kinda glad to know it wasn't just me. I suspect there were others that felt the same way as well... But it was pretty. and you looked as fabulous as always. The altered red velvet dress was Uber-Fantastic on you my dear.

Pics?

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

It sounds fabulous. Are there pics of your outfit anywhere? The first set of pics on SG didn't show you. I hope you and P get a digital camera soon, so he can take pics of these outfits for posterity.

Looking forward to seeing what else you have to burble about. Maybe by the end of the week we can both burble about job stuff.

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

I totally approve!

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I totally approve! <pining for a reason to wear a hoop skirt, which Rice Lake would Not Understand>