Throwing money at the problem
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So, that Titanic shindig is coming up and here I was going to actually make an effort and try to make something for it. I had this grand vision of making a Fortuny Delphos gown and pleating my own fabric using the arashi shibori pleating method, and gosh wouldn’t that be original and fabulous? But last night I got to trying out the arashi technique and realized it seriously smacks of effort, and effort is one thing I really don’t feel like putting in on this costume. I was sort of depressed about my irritation with the idea of having to actually try to make a costume (mostly because I have eleventy million other costumes that are actually vitally important to make for myself and others, and this Titanic thing is not all that important to me other than as an excuse to hang out in a fabulous venue with my friends and wear a giant tiara), and so I started looking for pleated fabric online, which, oh yeah, there really isn’t any.
Today, though, we had a sewing get together at my friend Laina’s house and she was kind of in the same boat as I was with her costume. Trystan suggested she just buy something from Victorian Trading, Co. and so we all gathered around the laptop to browse the site, looking for something Laina could wear to the Titanic dinner. That’s when Laina realized she already owns a dress that would work, and Trystan realized that she actually really likes a dress she found months ago on VTC and I realized, dude, just throw money at my problem to make it go away. So I bought this dress:
Vintage Tea Gown - Victorian Trading, Co.
PROBLEM SOLVED!
The nice thing is that since I’m so short, it’s likely going to be floor length on me, so it’ll work perfectly for the teens era. To top it off, I splurged and got a new tiara:
Because a girl can never have too many tiaras...