Genevieve Valentine ([info]glvalentine) wrote,
@ 2008-04-29 14:02:00
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A Very Short Photo Essay about Costume Con 2008
Group Costume YES:





Group Costume NO:




And finally:



A CHEMISE. HOW HARD IS IT.

(This lady is incredible; she hand-quilted the underskirt for her 18th-century wedding dress, and I don't know if you can see in this picture, but she's embroidered her pocket hoops, which no one will actually see, so she's just hardcore, is what.)

(photos from this dude.)

For the gentlemen who don't give a crap: someday I'll do a post about something incredibly manly. Like...lumberjacking. I promise.


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[info]rikibeth
2008-04-29 06:30 pm UTC (link)
THE WINTERHALTER PORTRAIT? THEY RECREATED THE WINTERHALTER EMPRESS EUGENIE AND HER LADIES PORTRAIT?


OMG.

//dies

(the Emerald City munchkins are scary.)

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[info]the_red_shoes
2008-04-29 06:50 pm UTC (link)
//googles Holy CRAP.

ALSO AHAHA NOW YOU REALLY OWE TF A THANKYOU NOTE BECAUSE WOULD YOU HAVE MET THIS LOVELY COSTUME-LOVING PERSON OTHERWISE? well it is elljay, so, probably. but not this soon!

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[info]rikibeth
2008-04-29 06:53 pm UTC (link)
one of my grandmother's evening purses had that painting printed on the fabric, ISYN.

I recognized it RIGHT OFF.

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[info]the_red_shoes
2008-04-29 06:54 pm UTC (link)
(WAIT NO INSTEAD OF THANKING HIM YOU CAN THANK ME WITH BISCOTTI THAT IS MUCH BETTER)

I had never seen it before! man, they really _got_ it. (And they're all in the right attitudes, too, that's lovely.)

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[info]rikibeth
2008-04-29 07:00 pm UTC (link)
Most of what I know about art I picked up by staring at portraits for their costuming.

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[info]the_red_shoes
2008-04-29 07:13 pm UTC (link)
ahahahah DUDE, most of what I know about costuming/hairstyles I picked up by staring at portraits for drawing class/art history. EVIL TWIN

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[info]glvalentine
2008-04-29 06:54 pm UTC (link)
Nice job, right?

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[info]rikibeth
2008-04-29 07:01 pm UTC (link)
DAMN.

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[info]the_red_shoes
2008-04-29 06:48 pm UTC (link)
Aww, the ladies in the first photograph are lovely! And I know diddly about costume still, but they have the right hair!

SECOND PICTURE OMG MY RETINAS

Third picture: aww, v nice third position.

AWW I HEART THESE PEOPLE WHOEVER THEY ARE (lookit the zombie repellent t-shirt!)

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[info]glvalentine
2008-04-29 06:50 pm UTC (link)
Don't you love it? A LOT of beautiful costumes this year, and then always the dozen or so that make me sigh and shake my head. You give costumers a bad name, anonymous person or persons!

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[info]the_red_shoes
2008-04-29 06:53 pm UTC (link)
Who ARE the people in the second pic -- No no no! I don't want to know. //retinas still smarting

I am not that much into costuming myself (or even wearing dresses), altho I enjoy hearing people talk who know about it, but my God, even I would behave for however long it took to be part of that first portrait. That is really amazing. (Also BONUS, they are not sitting in an incredibly fake studio-lit forest.)

Edited at 2008-04-29 06:56 pm UTC

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Yes vs. No
[info]drwr
2008-04-30 07:24 pm UTC (link)
I agree the first costume group is lovely, and they truly deserved to win Best in Show.

But do you recognize the reference from the second group? Their costumes nearly exactly reproduce (within the limits of today's fabrics) the costumes for the townspeople of the Emerald City from the 1939 film, "The Wizard of Oz." Even down to the "Metro-Goldwin-Mayer" wardrobe costume tags sewn into the linings of each costume.

Sure, they're silly-looking costumes. But they're supposed to be, and they're meticulously recreated. They also give homage to Adrian, a famous Hollywood costumer (and fashion designer). Being a costumer is about more than just ball gowns and hoop skirts.

David

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[info]glvalentine
2008-04-29 06:53 pm UTC (link)
They recreated a portrait, pretty damn well, I have to say.

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[info]andrewkaye
2008-04-29 09:14 pm UTC (link)
OH BOY LUMBERJACKS!

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[info]glvalentine
2008-04-30 03:01 am UTC (link)
I was thinking of you when I wrote that!

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[info]raistlinette
2008-04-29 10:50 pm UTC (link)
YES

NO



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[info]glvalentine
2008-04-30 03:02 am UTC (link)
I CONCUR.

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