Jul 24, 2004 22:51
My mother always said I needed a hobbie, but I don;t think she had this in mind... As many of you know my work in the museum often calls for me to be in period costume. Now I feel that doing this in a half-assed manner is frankly a waste of time so I decided to invest in my own costume, and I have chosen, yes of all things that I know jack shit about, Civil War. I'm currently working a skirmish in Brooklyn and they have vendors that have generally authentice clothing, so I tried on one of the dresses. When I came out (seriously about 15 minutes later) on of the ladies from the other shop said "Is that off the rack? Lord,it looks like you had that made for you" So I bought the dress which is really a full skirt, shirt with big puffy sleeves, and jacket. Plus a fasionable(since I'm not is modern times) hat and various undergarmets. So now I'm thinking of joining up with one of the Infantry Divisions that operates out of Lansing. See? Very bad things. Updates tomorrow.