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Wicked Stepmother at Carnevale

Posted on September 22, 2023 by Trystan L. Bass
Wicked Stepmother at Carnevale

One party at Carnevale 2023 had the theme of “Once Upon a Time” and invited guests to come in any sort of fairy-tale costumes (but no Disney cosplay!). I looked through my closet and decided on something vaguely wicked stepmother-y using my black gothic fitted dress (which I wore twice that year at Carnevale, making

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Posted in Fantasy, Gothic, Venetian Carnevale | Tags: accessories, finished costume, gothic gothic fitted dress, medieval, reduce reuse recycle, travel, Venetian carnevale, wigs |

A Gothic Gothic Fitted Dress

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Trystan

At first, when one of my BFFs Sarah said she was having her birthday party at Castello di Amoroso & asking people to come in medieval costume, I figured, whatever, I’ll wear some of my usual 16th-century garb. It’s what I like, she wouldn’t mind, & it would fit in at the 14th-century-style Italian castle

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