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Bah.
I'm going out soon and it struck me that the green dress needs a pair of shoulder pads. I have found three shoulder pads, all three of them a different make, shape, material and age. Brilliant, just brilliant. Conclusion: need to do something about my (lack of a proper) work area ASAP. -
Well, that's a relief.
Excerpt from this excellent Perfume Shrine post on the EU restrictions on oakmoss and other ingredients in perfumery:
On what concerns Mitsouko in particular Mme Sylvaine Delacourte (artistic director for Guerlain) had the good grace to provide a quote regarding the reformulation of Mitsouko with only tree moss, setting things straight (and I ( Read more... ) -
Das Leben der Anderen
M, E and I saw Das Leben der Anderen yesterday. It was one of the best films I have seen in a long time, incredibly well acted and directed and the whole aesthetic of it blew me away. I have this vague idea of what the DDR used to look like - you know, the clothes, buildings, packaging and so on, but that idea isn't really built on anything real; I ( Read more... ) -
Random bad idea of the day
'Allo 'Allo would make a splendid drinking game.
Sad excuse for content, I know, but I've been busy working and sewing horrific chair covers this week, and I haven't seen any photos of last weekend's instant couture yet, so there it is. -
Yesterday
Not a great weekend, this one, lots of exhausting real life bullshit and worries going on, so after wrapping one of the Hootchy Kootchy Hussies up in white plastic bags, paper napkins, torn-up paper plates and white gaffer tape I was more or less finished. I couldn't/wouldn't throw in the towel for the night, though, so I drank coffee and tried to ( Read more... ) -
Lighter than they look
So, earrings for the Carmen Miranda turban. Nothing special, really, just artificial cherries, bones, odds and ends thrown together, hopefully they will add something to the outfit. I might add some feathers too.
Local burlesque club first, apparently I'm becoming the go-to person when they want someone to make instant crazy costumes from garbage ( Read more... ) -
Cuffs or no cuffs?
Every spring I scoff at the idea of specal summer clothes, thinking that I can just as well live through the summer in wool skirts and heavy slacks (seriously, how hot does it even get around here?), and every year I get the same slightly panicky reality check when the first late spring heatwave arrives. I thought I would be a little bright for ( Read more... ) -
I received my Austro-Hungarian badge today
and it's even better than I hoped it would be, especially after some polish. Photos tomorrow.
Am also bleaching bird and lemming bones for a pair of earrings to match the Carmen Miranda turban, which I will wear on Saturday if everything goes according to plan. Artificial cherries, buttons and bones.
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Black with silver m/60 buttons
There's more, but I was not photogenic yesterday. Have been inexplicably exhausted today, so this is it for now - I will have a closer look at the rest of them tomorrow.
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I now have a uniform-inspired dress with home-made shoulderpads that would make Grace Jones proud. They are stiff and hard, to quote Herr Flick in yesterday's 'Allo 'Allo episode.