Comments | sstormwatch: If I build it...

sstormwatch

If I build it...

Feb 08, 2011 12:09

Recent discussions elsewhere has brought back the memory and possible interest in myself hosting a site similar to Jen Thompson's old Featured Attire, where folks submit their garments for viewing by the public ( Read more... )

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Comments 11

cowboy_r February 8 2011, 20:20:18 UTC

Well, one option would be to make it strictly a Tudor site. That way you wouldn't have to critique, say, Sengoku period hakama.

sstormwatch February 9 2011, 03:24:55 UTC

That's true. thanks.

aeddie February 8 2011, 20:42:41 UTC

I'm not sure it is necessary anymore. Am I Period or Not went away a few years ago.

sstormwatch February 9 2011, 03:25:23 UTC

Seems they are still around.
http://amiperiodornot.com/index.php?
Interesting little setup, although I haven't gone in very far.

aeddie February 9 2011, 04:30:43 UTC

I knew that it had been rebuilt by someone else but I thought that one had died as well.

sarahbellem February 8 2011, 20:42:58 UTC

It was "Am I Period Or Not" and the old site died a long time ago. It was resurrected by someone else... Can't remember who off the top of my head right now (jauncourt?) and they tried to do a better job of controlling the process so it wasn't such a massive snark fest like the original.

But yeah, the number of snowflakes in the costuming community is high and having to put any kind of restrictions on who can submit photos for features means you're going to get branded as "exclusive" at best, or just a big bitch a worst. My group of friends have kicked around similar ideas in the past, but no one really wants to take the risk of being the biggest bitches in the costuming community, so we've never done it. Enough people think we're assholes as it is... :P

myladyswardrobe February 8 2011, 21:59:20 UTC

That was the one! With snowflakes and people seeing it as a way to try to "take down" those who had good costumes, its no bad thing it eventually died a death!

sstormwatch February 9 2011, 03:38:24 UTC

Reborn it seems.
http://amiperiodornot.com/index.php?

And your suggestion elsewhere of SCA documentation style, is a good idea. I think that would be a good framework to help folks with their research, even if they aren't in the SCA or ever enter a project. But I do want to let this simmer a bit and see what comes from the ideas.

Thanks.

sstormwatch February 9 2011, 03:36:16 UTC

I found the revised site, which looks interesting ( ... )

eleonoraproject February 10 2011, 18:32:25 UTC

You could do it Tudor/Elizabethan along the way Bella does Realm of Venus - you have to have a write-up with documentation, etc. And stress the historical accuracy portion, so that maybe less people would complain. I think it would be very interesting to see newer stuff out there. If someone is not a member of the SCA, the only Elizabethan stuff you see out there is in movies or at Ren Fests, and it would be nice to see some really beautiful well done things. Plus, it is always fun to have costumes to drool over. ;)

ladykalessia February 11 2011, 08:11:24 UTC

I applaud the idea, but I can't currently think of a way to make it work. The problem is that there are a lot of folks who aren't in it for, or simply aren't interested in the historical aspects of the clothing, only in the fact that by making it they get more attention.
So perhaps you'd need to gratify both sides - have a "reader's choice" (and do a bit of technical work possibly with facebook auth or similar to make sure each vote comes from a different individual), and also have a juried competition, and have different judges each year to prevent outcries of "favoritism" and so on.