{"id":811,"date":"2010-09-19T07:02:20","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T07:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trystancraft.com\/costume\/?p=811"},"modified":"2021-08-24T17:06:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T00:06:13","slug":"wearable-and-stripey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/2010\/09\/19\/wearable-and-stripey\/","title":{"rendered":"Wearable and stripey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_813\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/pinkstripey-bodice.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-813\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-813 size-medium\" title=\"pinkstripey-bodice\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/pinkstripey-bodice.jpg?resize=265%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pink stripey anglaise bodice\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/pinkstripey-bodice.jpg?resize=265%2C300&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/pinkstripey-bodice.jpg?w=443&amp;ssl=1 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink stripey anglaise bodice<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m set for the next Lumieres event!<\/p>\n<p>I finished the faro board and, most importantly, my dress and wig.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, my latest 18th-century outfit is far more fantasy than history. The *shape* is accurate and the materials are (for me, surprisingly) accurate. But the trim and color combo is all me, my crazy preference. If this dress were historical, it&#8217;d have some namby-pamby pale pink or white trim or self-trim and a white or pink or same-fabric petticoat. Feh! Snoozefest. I&#8217;m wearing it with a black petticoat, so the trim must be black. Besides, what&#8217;s more awesome with pink stripes than black? Nothing. None more black.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a tiny blood spot in the back there that I couldn&#8217;t get out. Hey, makes a dress real.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_814\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/pinkshipwig.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-814\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-814 size-medium\" title=\"pinkshipwig\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/pinkshipwig.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wig with stripey ship\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/pinkshipwig.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/pinkshipwig.jpg?w=375&amp;ssl=1 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wig with stripey ship<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Also, the wig is all wrong from a historical perspective. I realized that as soon as I started. It&#8217;s totally a hedgehog \/ 1780s puffball, all round and curly, which by that time would not have had things like ships stuck in it. A hat or a few flowers maybe. Ships went in tall poufs in the &#8217;70s or so. Tall and angular with stuff sticking out, not round.<\/p>\n<p>Oh well! I liked how this was working out, so I went with it. Besides, that ship is kinda heavy, so I think it logistically works better on a low, round wig than a taller one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m set for the next Lumieres event! I finished the faro board and, most importantly, my dress and wig. As usual, my latest 18th-century outfit is far more fantasy than history. The *shape* is accurate and the materials are (for me, surprisingly) accurate. 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