When real things happen to imaginary people

That's the always-in-progress deathrock blazer, which has frayed/distressed edges, black pyramid studs on the pocket flaps, and deliberately uneven stitches decorating some of the seams. (All of these things drive the Infamous BlueJay mad, and she keeps offering to trim all the loose threads. Ha!)

I'm also wearing the wonderful deathrock jabot that Kambriel made for me: a wide band of fabric trimmed with chains and studs, and cascading ruffles of spiderweb lace.

Wheeee, second MCR show! I didn't have anywhere as clear of a view of the stage (Showbox SoDo is notorious for this), but the energy was just as high, and the sound quality was slightly better.

Helena was wrenching. Cancer hit me even harder than it did on Friday night. But the final song of the night? VAMPIRES WILL NEVER HURT YOU. So I have now seen them perform it twice, and am incredibly happy about it.

Two pictures:


The Stroppy One very kindly wrote this on my arm for me, before I left the house.


What I wore, including my new leather motorcycle jacket, which I found at Buffalo Exchange today, for $15. Mmmm, Deathrock Victorian, let me do more with it.

Many, many thanks to cass404, minim_calibre, and the Infamous BlueJay, for being my concert-going companions. And extra-special thanks to the Infamous BlueJay for deciding I needed an Apocalypse Mouse shirt from the tour.

Tomorrow, if all goes well, a new GCS lesson will be posted.

And where are the knock-offs, I ask you?



Pave Punk Princess Spike Bracelet on eBay (and I think they meant pavé), for a mere $329.

I'm not going to even try and be blasé here: I think that's pretty damn cute. Rhinestone spiked bracelet! Eeeee! But THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE DOLLARS for it? Oh no, not even.

(I can't find a picture of them now, but I've seen stud earrings that match the bracelet, and those are also ridiculously cute, but insanely pricey.)

So, high-end "fashion" knock-offs of punk/deathrock stuff. I'm not surprised, I just want to know where I can find cone spikes set with rhinestones so I can make my OWN accessories.

I am watching Coppola's Dracula, while meticulously shredding a pair of black pantyhose so they will look properly deathrock. While drinking absinthe.

(Mind you, I probably lose cliché points because I put a glass over a possibly dead spider, then called The Husband at his D&D game to let him know he was going to have to dispose of this. I did this after shrieking faintly at the sight of it, then praising the kitties for being Fierce Hunters, indeed.)

Either I'm really, really suggestible about fashion (which I don't think is the case), or I'm flouncing further into deathrock Victorian -land. Because I'm craving a motorcycle-styled jacket. Something in a mid-to-heavy-weight black cotton twill (maybe with some stretch to it), about waist-length, fitted and NOT boxy (as in, different than how all of us wore our motorcycle jackets in the 80s), and with the big lapels, snaps, and zippers.

I'd wear it over ruffly blouses and fluffy skirts, of course. And with my hair pulled up with floofy lace hair ties.

But can I find precisely what I'm looking for? Not for under $75 so far. Lip Service makes a couple of jackets that are almost exactly what I want, but are out my budget at the moment.* I think next weekend, I need to hit Ross/TJ Maxx/Goodwill, and see what I find.





*Yes, I have been muttering about having another closet culling sale. Sorting that out was obviously postponed while I was sickly.

- Thanks for all the input about the deathrock safety pin blazer idea, folks! I spent last night with the seam ripper and safety pins, and I think the jacket turned out splendidly. I am thinking of wearing it to Mourning Market on Sunday.

- Which leads me to my next point: Seattle people! Go to Mourning Market on Sunday! 12 - 5 PM at Motor, 1950 1st Ave S. Support your local alternative craftspeople!

- Last night, while the Stroppy One was working on a project and I was putting safety pins in a blazer, we watched The Vampire's Assistant. I was very pleasantly surprised by it! A far better movie than I had expected, and my only real quibble with it is also the reason I haven't read the Circ du Freak series: ZOMG GIANT SPIDER, DO NOT WANT, THANKS. Yes, the movie version of Octa was bright red and blue and a bit cartoonish. Still moved like a damn spider, and that's a big part of my phobia right there. Let's just say there were sections of the movie where I shrieked, hid behind clovisdvlbunny, and waited for the Stroppy One to tell me when it was safe to look at the screen again. Hi, I'm a goth and I'm terrified of spiders.

- PSA for Aromaleigh users: the Voile and Glissade foundations are being discontinued, as are Pure Cover and Pure Rouge. Argh! I am consoling myself with the knowledge that mineral makeup doesn't ever go bad, and so have made an order to stock up on my precious Alabaster Glissade (with an extra jar of Ghost, just to be safe). And on my next Aromaleigh order, I need to stock up on the Bleeding Poppy and Skeleton Key shades from the limited edition Victoria's Revenge line.

Okay, time to finish my second pot of tea, edit some more docs, and then go play with makeup.

Hey, sewing types! Refresh my memory: didn't Jo Ann's have a fabric last Halloween that was a stretchy knit that was pre-distressed? I could swear I've seen listings for such a thing on eBay under the name "zombie knit", but of course I can't find any now.

(I've been looking at a LOT of deathrock-y type photos lately, and I kind of want to create a deathrock-ish version of one of my usual outfits. High-collared, frilly blouse, full ruffly skirt, but with overlays of tattered and shredded fabric. Have I lost my sugar-enhanced mind? I dunno. It sounds fun to ME, anyway.)

(Heeeeeey, I think I have about 4 or 5 yards of heavy-weight fishnetty fabric upstairs in the storage room ...)

(Or I could get a lace blouse from a thrift store, distress it/melt holes in it, and wear it over a camisole. But what to do about the skirt?)

(I like parenthetical statements!)

Another photo by the amazingly talented Libby Bulloff, from the deathrock/big hair shoot we did. I have this strange urge to start internet-window shopping for more ankh pendants ...

This has been posted in several communities, but just in case you DIDN'T see it, or didn't bother clicking through the cut-tag:

http://community.livejournal.com/dark_gear/100357.html

http://www.vecona.de/00gfy/08flohmarkt/sofortkauf_vecona.html

Deathrock-y Victorian-esque fabulousness. Plus a pink & black striped corset!

Some day I need someone to help me assemble a Miss Haversham from beyond the grave! style of outfit/makeup/hair. Every time I play around with it myself, the whole thing veers into Crazy Bag Lady territory.

::goes back to being distracted by the pretty pictures::