Yeah well... at that point I wasn't even a twinkle... now look at me i'm a full fledged brat. Though I like-wise have terrible costuming, mine was deliberate... Wendy were you there for the Katherine Gallow year?
At home I have the photo of the NEXT year's effort - a cotton calico (stripes AND flowers) unboned bodice made from the Folkwear Dirndl pattern. worn over a rayon gauze dress nicked from the HS costume shop. It had a regular shirt collar, 3 gathered tiers, and was trimmed with rickrack.
The next year(last before I left for college) featured a tiered calico skirt, a short-sleeved gauze blouse, and a black bustier. I was soooo cool, you know. The photo shows me lounging in the Queen's throne (while she was at the joust) flanked by two guy friends with wall-hanger swords. One was wearing a leather vest & headband, shorts, and lace-up boots. The other was a skinny "barbarian" in black plastic-rimmed glasses and a rather unfortunate-looking fake fur one-shoulder tunic straight out of the Flintstones.
This was winter 1993 - an "Irish" dress made of something from the $1/yd table, trimmed with leftover ribbon from a friend's wedding. Photo courtesy of Sears Portrait Studo. I had them done for relatives' X-mas prezzies, and caused quite a stir trooping through Hardware (which was between the ladies room and the studio" in hoops.
is it sad that I was thinking the ribbon trim was sort of cute? and if it had been in a few more colors might have been cuter?? sigh yeah never mind I shall slink away now lol
Somewhere, there's a picture of my first costume, which was a green jerkin (that I made!), knee-socks, a pair of altered black sweatpants, and an old "jefferson" shirt (linen, wood-buttons, collarless) that my dad used to own.
That's awesome. At least it's gender appropriate. This is my first Ren faire in garb.
The shirt and vest were my brothers. Pants were normal, everyday pants and my shoes had zippers on them. And they had some unfortunate paint splotches. But you couldn't see them. My brother, though, he made the chain mail, at least. Bad shoes. Next year I am totally going to go to Ren Faires and get my own garb. Women's, even.
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This is a pic from about '85? Yeah, come a long way...
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It's ok...
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This was made in 1994, for GARF. :) (Picture was taken much later)
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The next year(last before I left for college) featured a tiered calico skirt, a short-sleeved gauze blouse, and a black bustier. I was soooo cool, you know. The photo shows me lounging in the Queen's throne (while she was at the joust) flanked by two guy friends with wall-hanger swords. One was wearing a leather vest & headband, shorts, and lace-up boots. The other was a skinny "barbarian" in black plastic-rimmed glasses and a rather unfortunate-looking fake fur one-shoulder tunic straight out of the Flintstones.
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This was winter 1993 - an "Irish" dress made of something from the $1/yd table, trimmed with leftover ribbon from a friend's wedding.
Photo courtesy of Sears Portrait Studo. I had them done for relatives' X-mas prezzies, and caused quite a stir trooping through Hardware (which was between the ladies room and the studio" in hoops.
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Of course, having known the Wendy-Lady for so long - she may have piccys I don't even know about!
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I'm going to find it eventually.
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The shirt and vest were my brothers. Pants were normal, everyday pants and my shoes had zippers on them. And they had some unfortunate paint splotches. But you couldn't see them. My brother, though, he made the chain mail, at least. Bad shoes. Next year I am totally going to go to Ren Faires and get my own garb. Women's, even.
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