[shallow clothing thoughts] So as I was trying to drift off to sleep last night

[cupcake_goth]

I realized I may already have the perfect outfit for the C13 tea party. I need to pull out the various bits and bobs and put them all together to see how it works in reality (as opposed to inside my head, last thing at night), and what sort of mending & alterations I need to do, but I love doing that sort of stuff.


Long ago, I purchased a vintage cocktail dress that was a cupcake pink sheath dress that came with a floofy overskirt that hooked around the waist. The overskirt is a knee-length 3/4 circle of pink fabric that is entirely covered in rows of pale ivory lace ruffles. That have delicate pink embroidery on them. (The ruffles are starting to detach from the skirt in some places, so I foresee a couple of evenings of hand sewing in my future, but that's no big deal.)

So my vague plan for the tea party outfit:

• Ivory ruffly skirt, worn over a black knee-length skirt and petticoats.


• Black lacey Victorian-style blouse.


• Pink and black underbust corset that I bought from jola


• Pink & black mini top hat. If I go completely insane, maybe I'll look into making a NEW pink & black mini top hat with bonus ivory details.

Would I want black granny boots with pink lacy stockings with that? Or pink & white stripy tights?

Of course, I still need to figure out when I'm going to have free time to go through all of my clothes and play several rounds of Let's Make A New Outfit. Time to gaze sternly at my calendar again ...

Comments

[domestinatrix.livejournal.com]

So it's going to be a gathering of kids trying to play dress-up Victorian tea with no consideration of what 'Victorian tea' signifies in any reality-based way?

If no one else is going to bother following actual Victorian dressing conventions, i'm happier than ever with my decision to ignore the declared theme in favor of dressing neo-Edwardian all weekend.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

So it's going to be a gathering of kids trying to play dress-up Victorian tea with no consideration of what 'Victorian tea' signifies in any reality-based way?

Pretty much, yeah. Which, for me, is fine. If I wanted events that were in any way historically accurate, I wouldn't be attending Convergence. The committee can say "Dark Victorian" all they want, but I'm almost certain they've done NO historical research.

[icprncs.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not a re-enactor's society meeting. :) Themes for Convergence have always been suggestions and flavoring, not iron-clad dictates.