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featherynscale) wrote2007-08-14 11:20 pm
featherynscale) wrote2007-08-14 11:20 pm
Observations on costuming for DragonCon.
The number of things that I do not need to acquire in order to go to DragonCon is staggering. Even if I try to talk myself into some of them. For instance, ponytail falls. Seriously. I could make that. With dreadlocks and machine parts and shiny copper wire, even. Maybe next year.
I keep thinking of doing a wind-up doll costume. Maybe next year. Surely I could justify ponytail falls for that. And perhaps petticoats. (Yes, my tendency to Dress Like A Girl does increase as Con approaches. At any other time of the year, anyone who suggested I should dress like a wind-up doll would likely have to exit, stage left, with a broken nose within about thirty seconds. This probably doesn't bear a lot of analysis.)
Also, the power of procrastination is amazing. In the pursuit of avoiding doing anything like sewing on the Promethea costume, I made the shoulder pin for the outfit and picked out the wig I want. I've been avoiding these tasks for some days now, apparently waiting until there was something that I needed to do, that I wanted to do less than them. Rock. So I'm guessing I'll get the skirt made about the time that the toilet needs cleaning.
I keep thinking of doing a wind-up doll costume. Maybe next year. Surely I could justify ponytail falls for that. And perhaps petticoats. (Yes, my tendency to Dress Like A Girl does increase as Con approaches. At any other time of the year, anyone who suggested I should dress like a wind-up doll would likely have to exit, stage left, with a broken nose within about thirty seconds. This probably doesn't bear a lot of analysis.)
Also, the power of procrastination is amazing. In the pursuit of avoiding doing anything like sewing on the Promethea costume, I made the shoulder pin for the outfit and picked out the wig I want. I've been avoiding these tasks for some days now, apparently waiting until there was something that I needed to do, that I wanted to do less than them. Rock. So I'm guessing I'll get the skirt made about the time that the toilet needs cleaning.