costuming

Do you still keep your paper flowers in the bottom drawer with your Belgian lace
Taking them out every year to watch the colors fade away
Do you still believe in fairytales, in battlements of shining armor
Safe from the dragons that lie beneath the hill
Are you still a Russian princess rescued by a gypsy dancer
To anyone who'll listen, is that a story you still tell
You live a life of fantasy, your diary romantic fiction
Can't you see it's hard for me, can you see what I'm trying to say

- Fish, "A Gentlemen's Excuse Me"

I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, a dedicated costumer. I have two work-intensive complete outfits to my credit, and most of my halloween costumes of the past have been a case of bodging things together at the last minute. I don't play at Faire, and I'm no longer involved in the SCA.

This page reflects that. It also reflects the fact that I like exotic and unusual clothing in my daily wardrobe. While the "costuming" information that is here is basic in the extreme, and can be found elsewhere, done better, I also have plans to start photographing and writing up some of my "mundane" clothing.

The line, in other words, blurs, particularly in my closet. It also blurs in reality. Every day is another chance to dress up, to find another face to present to the world, and I like exploiting that. There is no reason to be the same person today that you were yesterday.

Pictures will be added after I get a dummy to take them on; pages will be added as appropriate