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

[tinyplasticmeat.livejournal.com]

https://www.corsetwholesale.com/

They have relatively inexpensive corset and crinoline type skirts as well. I haven't bought one yet, but my friends who have say their quality is excellent.

[auntiemame67.livejournal.com]

On this recommendation, I went to the site, and bought a lovely black and purple brocade corset, with a long, flouncy black skirt. The corset, with shipping, was a fraction of the price I paid for my custom-made Edwardian underbust corset. What astounded me, aside from how quickly I got the darned thing, was how very well it was put together. I used to sew a lot, back in the dark ages of the 70's, and my mother and sister are incredible seamstresses, so believe me, I know whereof I speak. My "cheap" corset is every bit as sturdy and built-to-last as my *very* expensive custom job.

To be fair, the skirt is clearly meant for a woman seven feet tall, as I have to pull the waistband clear up to my armpits to keep it from dragging the ground *too* badly, but if I ever need to dress like a 1971 hippie chick, this will be a *great* dress for it. And the skirt is absolutely gorgeous. I may ask my sister some time to remover one of the panels so I can wear it as meant, but hell, with some creative pinning, I can make it look like it has a bustle when it doesn't, AND keep it from dragging through the mud.