Dr. Sketchy’s truly was the saving grace of my Sunday. Holy Hell.
For the shit that hit yesterday dealing with the aftermath, I felt great Sunday night, on the stage and basking with the host and the lingering inner circle afterward. I was lit up, even if it turns out that I am not as skinny as I had impressions to think… It would appear that I need to study my body in certain poses a bit more… LOL
These photos were taken by kumazuki; some with his camera (Canon Sureshot), some with mine (Panasonic Lumix).
This was the first costume; it was a fifteen minute pose. It flew passed. The biggest thing to consider was the lollipop against my open mouth. I thought certainly the drool would be caking the beard by the end of the time. Luckily I do a fair impression of a mouth-breather…
This is what I have been calling my Buster Brown… Except for my oxblood boots, the entire thing is thrift goods. It came into being when I found the collar; a button-on lace and faux pearl collar for a little girl’s dress… The perfect sissy-boy add-on! The floppy bow tie is a woman’s scarf. I have been collecting them for potential projects, like cutting down into pocket squares, but after this, I may just keep a few favorites for expressing my inner sissy. LOL
The hat was three bucks. Kuma thinks it is a cover for a military hat frame. I would agree, but it had the perfect potential. Some time ago, I landed a butt-load-and-a-half bag of bias and hem tapes from the DAV for seventy-five cents. And I mean a butt-load-and-a-half! I stitched on the trim to match my braces. And I do mean match. It was perfectly matchy-matchy, which I think in this case worked splendidly.
The shorts, which aren’t so readily visible in any of these, are a cut-down pair of Polo trousers in a green-grey wool. I trimmed the leg opening with wide burgundy bias tape. Burgundy over-the-calf socks and dark grey striped garters finish it off.
Oh, yeah… Man do my nipples lead me into a room or what…?
Thie is the first thirty minute pose; I’ll call it my Cabaret look. I had to talk myself into the shirtless collar, but I am happy with it over-all. I thought it would be too Chippendale cheesy, yeah, saying that after the Buster Brown gig. LOL They don’t show in any but one of the photos, but there were fishnet stockings involved; grey fishnets. (I can’t even begin to imagine how you make grey fishnets…) Again, I cut down a pair of wool trousers, this time grey herringbone, and just used a hemming stick to finish the legs.
The costume awed the crowd. I had come to the stage with my big, furry collar coat over my shoulders and dropped it with a flourish. The girl boots were a hit. They always are. The waist-cincher caused some problems. I have worn it all night before all while very comfortable, but I had never had to sit still in it for so long. There was some coughing involved.
For that fact, I added a costume change to the last long pose, cutting it down to twenty minutes to stay on schedule.
What should I call it…? Dapper-bondage? That works as well as anything. The gasmask mask got raves from the emcee as we were both changing. (I think it made her hot!) The remainder of the costume: a-shirt, salmon and ecru striped boxers (they have a great embroidered embellishment in the ecru stripe…), argyle socks (although the pattern doesn’t show too well), garters, burgundy and black saddle shoes, and shirt and tie as bondage devices…
Funny thing? I was more comfortable in the gas mask than the corset, as far as sitting still goes… it does a better job of forced breathing to keep me calm and relaxed. (This is the one that glowroper tipped me off to on ebay… Thank you, Keckler!)
I matched the tie to the boxers… LOL I was a good bit more matchy-matchy through all of this, but I think it works well on the stage… it presents a greta finished edge to the costumes.
In all, I am ecstatic to have done it. Of course, circumstances could have been better leading in… Any such opportunity in the future, I will not put the out-of-town trip on the same weekend. Promise! I want to see if they want a lastminute stand-in on call or some such. I would love to be able to return the favor. I would just need to keep some costumes ready on hand. That kinda just happens anyway here in the studio…
OMGs! I could use the horns from Halloweens past! Or I could… Or or or…
LOL
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