For the nice lady who kindly asked... have the costuming standards dropped at Clinton?
Well, there is an item out there on this page: http://members.tripod.com/~whitebard/garb_vio.htm
that could have been used:
COSTUME POLICE: GARB VIOLATION
Giles Hill of Sweetwater
(non habeo speculum?)
(Don't you have a mirror?)
YOU MUST LEAVE AND CHANGE YOUR CLOTHING IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE CONSULT A FASHION ADVISOR. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD A FASHION ADVISOR ONE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU. ANYTHING YOU WEAR CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF FASHION TO DETERMINE YOUR MORALS, TASTE, AND PERSONAL WORTH.
Words To Live By
Just being of a different ethnicity does not make it Western European.
Showing modern underwear is not the equivalent of wearing Middle Eastern clothing.
Just because it's period does not mean it's in good taste.
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Now, I wouldn't go so far as the Attack Laurels, whose motto is that they make others cry so they don't have to, but the bunny fun bikini lady was not making an attempt at the pre 17th century costume. People in our camp were wodering about taking up a collection so we could buy her a bottle of Nair because she obviously had a disfiguring condition that did not permit her to cover her hirsuteness with clothing.
The gentleman in the tabard made of towels, with the leg waps of string over loose trousers was making an attempt at pre seventueenth century clothing and as such more power to him. Likey next time, he will have something more than towels, he may have seen an outfit he likes, and/or he may have met a person or two to talk to about more clothes from the past.
My personal list of violations would be somthing different, but it would definitely include little Miss Kitty's ears.... They did not strike me as a pre-17th century clothing attempt when worn with a zebra striped open fleece robe, and they were not a key accessory for her italian garb, which was in fact quite lovely....
Isabel
[not posting this to be nasty, but also saddened that Clinton has become the costume free-for-all that would better suit a SCI FI convention...]
that could have been used:
COSTUME POLICE: GARB VIOLATION
Giles Hill of Sweetwater
(non habeo speculum?)
(Don't you have a mirror?)
- 1. Wearing fibers not found in nature
1.1 Spandex 1.2 Polyester 1.3 Acetate 1.4 Naugahyde
- 2. Wearing colors not found in nature
2.1 Neon shades 2.2 Electric shades 2.3 "Drafn pants"
- 3. Not wearing enough clothing for body type
3.1 hose that show leg hair 3.2 Anything that outlines fat rolls 3.3 Bunny-fur bikinis
- 4. Wearing clothing from too many periods in one outfit
4.1 Sneakers 4.2 Combat boots 4.3 blue denim jeans
- 5. Recreating the Middle Ages of another planet
5.1 Gor 5.2 Vulcan 5.3 Pern
- 6. Not wearing enough support garments
- Not wearing any underwear layer at all
- 7. Wearing military toys as clothing
7.1 chain mail bikinis 7.2 chain mail codpieces 7.3 chain mail jewelry 7.4 wearing more than five blades simultaneously (Dark Horde excepted)
- 8. Physical alterations
8.1 fangs 8.2 contact lenses 8.2.a snake eyes 8.2.b mirrors 8.3 Hair of shades not found in nature 8.4 Pointed ear prosthesis 8.5 Visible tattoos of an obviously modern theme 8.6 Award medallions in body piercings
YOU MUST LEAVE AND CHANGE YOUR CLOTHING IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE CONSULT A FASHION ADVISOR. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD A FASHION ADVISOR ONE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU. ANYTHING YOU WEAR CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF FASHION TO DETERMINE YOUR MORALS, TASTE, AND PERSONAL WORTH.
Words To Live By
Just being of a different ethnicity does not make it Western European.
Showing modern underwear is not the equivalent of wearing Middle Eastern clothing.
Just because it's period does not mean it's in good taste.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now, I wouldn't go so far as the Attack Laurels, whose motto is that they make others cry so they don't have to, but the bunny fun bikini lady was not making an attempt at the pre 17th century costume. People in our camp were wodering about taking up a collection so we could buy her a bottle of Nair because she obviously had a disfiguring condition that did not permit her to cover her hirsuteness with clothing.
The gentleman in the tabard made of towels, with the leg waps of string over loose trousers was making an attempt at pre seventueenth century clothing and as such more power to him. Likey next time, he will have something more than towels, he may have seen an outfit he likes, and/or he may have met a person or two to talk to about more clothes from the past.
My personal list of violations would be somthing different, but it would definitely include little Miss Kitty's ears.... They did not strike me as a pre-17th century clothing attempt when worn with a zebra striped open fleece robe, and they were not a key accessory for her italian garb, which was in fact quite lovely....
Isabel
[not posting this to be nasty, but also saddened that Clinton has become the costume free-for-all that would better suit a SCI FI convention...]