Help me, oh Internets! The Peter Murphy concert is Thursday night. I, of course, dress slightly more elaborately than normal for these sorts of events. I am dithering between two options:

Circus Ringmaster: Pretty much what I described in this post (clicky-link!). Red riding jacket, black lace blouse w/ jabot, black ruffly skirts, stripy tights, boots, low-crowned top hat (low-crowned because wearing a large hat to a concert is RUDE).

Stripey: Pretty much the exact same outfit as above, but with one of my b&w stripey blazers instead of the red jacket.


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I have lately had an urge to dress even MORE like a circus ringmaster than usual, and wear my red J. Peterman riding jacket. (clicky-link to an eBay auction for its twin.)

I love the jacket, and have, over the years, carefully (oh so carefully!) tailored it down to fit me as I shrank. That jacket, a black high-collar blouse with a jabot, a knee-length black ruffled skirt with petticoats, b&w stripey tights, button boots, and a top hat would be a marvelous outfit. (And one that I've worn variations of before.)

But.

We are now past Thanksgiving, which means not only do random strangers think my usual top hat means I'm a Christmas caroler, but if I wear anything red, they ABSOLUTELY believe I'm a Christmas caroler. However, I don't think I'm going to let that stop me from wearing the above-described outfit. I'll just make sure to wear black lipstick and skull jewelry, too. Oooh, and maybe swap the black skirt for a b&w striped one, instead.
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