Dress You Up In My LARP

[ladysprite]

And now, your annual chance to dress ladysprite up in your clothes and watch what happens!

(No, nothing tawdry; I am in serious need of some costuming help for Intercon in March, and would appreciate any help anyone could offer.)

Item 1: I have been cast as a "saloon girl" in an Old West-style game. Being one of perhaps five women in fandom/gaming who does not own a corset, this is proving rather difficult to pull off with just the stash in my costume closet. I have some mediocre stuff that could work in a pinch, if I could borrow a crinoline, but that's a last resort.

So, does anybody have anything... well, saloon-girl-y, in a size smallish, that I could borrow? Or, barring that, a crinoline?

Item 2: Does anybody have a set of fairy wings that I could borrow? I'd be more than willing to buy my own, but given how far we are from Halloween and Ren Faire season, they're proving a bit hard to find.

Thanks in advance, and payment offered in the form of gratitude, praise, and baked goods.....

Comments

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I have a pair of very tiny fairy wings. Probably about a foot and a half across that go on with elastics like the world's flimsiest backpack. I also have a pair of black crinolines I am unlikely to use for my current casting in my games.

Do you want me to bring them?

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

NB, the crinolines are very short, like, well above the knee.

[flaviarassen.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that - I was about to tell her that crinolines - or, at least, what most costumers understand to be crinolines - are not for saloon girls! :-)

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

Worry, not, I *do* know what I'm talking about. I have a dress that I can make work in a pinch, but the skirt would need more volume. I need something to wear under the skirt and add fullness.

That's what I'm looking for, and from my understanding, that item is called a crinoline.....

Whether or not this is historically accurate for historically accurate saloon girls, it's as close as I can get to anything even vaguely appropriate. The next option is either wearing jeans and a t-shirt, or dropping out of the game.....

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

So, did you want the rather short crinolines and the wings? Packing list wants to know!

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

Crinolines and wings no longre needed - thank you for the offer!

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I am glad you have found them. :)

See you soon!