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« Reply #50 on: November 23, 2009, 10:49:05 pm » |
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Sadly, I must admit that my normal garb is a plain t-shirt and some jeans. I normally care little for my appearance, although I do like wearing a real shirt, trousers and waistcoat. thankfully, I am a total eccentric, and my archaic mannerisms and flowery speech might make up for this.
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"Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to play with in and when to let it alone."
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« Reply #51 on: November 23, 2009, 11:01:47 pm » |
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Actually, I think I can dress more like it more often now. I have enough three-piece suits to wear a different one to work each day, I wear a pocket watch that nobody passes comment about, I have morning/evening wear for formal occasions and balls, and really the only thing I lack is some noin-formal clothing. Hence why my non-work/non-formal attire consists entirely of trosuers and buttoned shirts.
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« Reply #52 on: November 23, 2009, 11:16:40 pm » |
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Anyone know what Victorian pyjamas were like? Was any particular cotton or style prevalent?
I only ask because in order to truly dress in Victorian style 24/7 as asked this would cover at least 6 to 8 hours of the day would it not?
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« Reply #53 on: November 23, 2009, 11:28:23 pm » |
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Didn´t they tend to wear nightshirts? Like what Scrooge wears in that christmas story.
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« Reply #54 on: November 24, 2009, 12:30:51 am » |
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If you feel you must put on another personality at all times, and are not working under deep cover please seek professional assistance at once.  When I started slipping into a horrible Agoraphobic / Enochlophobic rut, my then therapist basically suggested that I ACT like myself, but without the traits that made me feel anxious, panicky, fearful. So not really LARP or cos, but like an actor playing their self. I guessed it worked. Didn´t they tend to wear nightshirts? Like what Scrooge wears in that christmas story.
I need a night shirt as long as it is paired with the nightcap (the cloth version, not the liquid type). I tried the long red flannel long-johns, but they were usually too warm. Over all I tend to the kilt-Jacobite shirt- sporran-work boot style on MY time. Social arena I modify the above to fit the occasion. Funerals and Weddings get the modern traditional (although I was actually asked to come kilted to one of each last year). Work is usually coveralls or the company "uniform" (any color jeans-chinos-trousers of khaki, black, or blue and a company shirt). The unifying pieces? Always Goggles and non-wrist watch, even if they are folded away in my pocket. Now about these nightshirts, perchance I can modify a muumuu? Cheers - g |
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Puck
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Lord, what fools these mortals be!
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« Reply #55 on: November 24, 2009, 12:58:30 am » |
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If you feel you must put on another personality at all times, and are not working under deep cover please seek professional assistance at once. I enjoy acting, which requires me to very often be someone else. Should I still seek help? |
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« Reply #56 on: November 25, 2009, 02:16:45 am » |
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Actually, I think I can dress more like it more often now. I have enough three-piece suits to wear a different one to work each day [...] really the only thing I lack is some noin-formal clothing.
It sounds to me as though you certainly have sufficient informal attire. |
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Please note that everything I write may actually be nonsense, and should be read, whenever it seems appropriate, in a tone that is light and amusing rather than serious; I have a distinct tendency toward the jovially facetious and hyperbolic.
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« Reply #57 on: November 25, 2009, 02:20:26 am » |
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ha-Ha, Sirrah...well said!  |
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« Reply #58 on: November 25, 2009, 05:39:54 pm » |
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Hmmm... well, define "dressing steampunk"... i'm a pretty eccentric person, and my sartorial selections run the gamut from 80's to mod to neo- vickie to renaissance, quite different from each other, really, but i manage to make it work. (Considering that the "normal" mens attire for people where i live consists of a baseball cap, clever t-shirt, khaki shorts/ pants, and flip-flops or sneakers, i'm really quite an odd bird.)
I would say that about a quarter of the time i'm wearing something steampunk or victorian inspired, but not really "period" clothing. This doesnt include steampunk or victorian events, where i would dress it up more. (Last month i was lucky enough to go to Baltimore for the Poe bicentennial funeral celebration... wow did i look dash- cunning!)
Ordinarily, i wouldnt wear my topper around town or out shopping, but i have nice sporting (or "newsie") cap i wear. I'm mad for vests and suspenders, and I generally wear a 3 piece to the office, but settle on a four in hand tie rather than a cravat. For me, its not so much about looking steampunk every day, its more about looking sharp in a way that i feel is timeless and unique. Couple with that my anachronistic nature and my huge time period- spanning wardrobe... well, lets just say i get a lot of stares. I'm a real costume/ reenactment- junkie, (halloween has always been my favorite holiday) and for me, dressing neo- vickie is a way to engage in my hobby in a (semi) socially acceptable way. It'd be pretty weird (not to mention uncomforatble) to go to work in a baroque justacorps and tri- corn, but i can get away with a 3 piece, frock coat and derby without drawing too many stares and/ or questions.
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« Reply #59 on: November 26, 2009, 01:12:13 am » |
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It's worth noting that a four-in-hand is hardly unacceptable; though a resilient-construction style isn't really period correct, the knot and tie itself was immensely popular post-1894.
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« Reply #60 on: November 26, 2009, 02:36:32 am » |
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I think dressing full-out steampunk in everyday situations is probably a lot easier for women than it is for men, without being thought of as a nutter.
Most days I dress very dieselpunk though, in a 30's-40's style, and never without a fedora. People never seem to have a problem with that. Although when I go full-out in a zoot suit I hear "pimp" a lot, which is annoying.
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"The Gentleman Soldier"™
Commander, Air Corps Elite for Steel (A.C.E.S.)
Flagship: Hyperion Class I.S.S. Runcible
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« Reply #61 on: November 26, 2009, 03:11:22 am » |
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Clearly, the solution is to not go out in such an abomination. Proper coats don't usually result in criticism.
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Atterton
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« Reply #62 on: November 26, 2009, 03:35:46 am » |
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Zoot suits are too flash, I hope you don´t wear a big hat with them.
Victorian dress for a woman would be quite obvious, with bustle skirts and whatnot. Men´s formal fashion has changed little though, so I think you´d be able to get away a lot easier with wearing victorian formal wear in the street.
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« Reply #63 on: November 26, 2009, 05:05:09 am » |
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i havnt walked out of my house without a tophat or pith helm. more than a handfull of times in the past 10 years...
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« Reply #64 on: November 27, 2009, 11:27:33 pm » |
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I typically wear a vest and newsboy wherever I go, with some kind of watch chain hanging out of the vest pocket(s). Funny thing, I've that since the late 1980s at least, and never realized it was "steampunk" until a couple of years ago! I even used to wear a (low crown) top hat on special occasions, until it was run over as I left a restaurant downtown (it blew off). a have a more recent one now, but it's not as nice as the first one was...
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« Reply #65 on: November 28, 2009, 02:23:28 am » |
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I pretty much always have a shirt, waistcoat and chain, and jacket on when I leave the house, and my short crown topper lives on the dash of my truck.
As I posted today to my FB page: "Black shoes. Black socks. Black pants. Black shirt. Black waistcoat. Black coat. Black hat. Black gloves. Must be Black Friday :-)"
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« Reply #66 on: November 28, 2009, 08:30:25 am » |
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Good heavens! Is the soot in your city really that heavy?
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« Reply #67 on: November 28, 2009, 08:34:59 am » |
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Its sad really. A man has to carry a spare collar if he wants it still to be white at tea time... |
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« Reply #68 on: November 28, 2009, 05:54:26 pm » |
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I pretty much always have a shirt, waistcoat and chain, and jacket on when I leave the house, and my short crown topper lives on the dash of my truck.
As I posted today to my FB page: "Black shoes. Black socks. Black pants. Black shirt. Black waistcoat. Black coat. Black hat. Black gloves. Must be Black Friday :-)"
i add a red bandanna tied around my neck and tucked in like an ascot to that attire, but you have pretty much captured my everyday wear... |
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« Reply #69 on: November 28, 2009, 06:18:53 pm » |
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i add a red bandanna tied around my neck and tucked in like an ascot to that attire, but you have pretty much captured my everyday wear...
Cravats and such come and go, it really depends in my mood  |
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« Reply #70 on: November 28, 2009, 08:37:50 pm » |
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is that what they call it? a cravatt... i thought that was the floofy thing that tied on like a neck tie...
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« Reply #71 on: November 28, 2009, 08:42:58 pm » |
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I usually don't dress steampunky in my daily dress. I'm more dieselpunk in style.
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« Reply #72 on: November 28, 2009, 08:44:37 pm » |
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I usually don't dress steampunky in my daily dress. I'm more dieselpunk in style.
just what does that look like? |
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« Reply #73 on: November 28, 2009, 11:18:45 pm » |
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I usually don't dress steampunky in my daily dress. I'm more dieselpunk in style.
just what does that look like? He goes to work dressed as The Rockateer perhaps? Personally. I'd just love to walk 'round TESCO's with a blunderbuss and pith helmet. |
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« Reply #74 on: November 28, 2009, 11:55:38 pm » |
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agreeing with what people have said before, it is terribly expensive and therefore timeconsuming to build up a more steampunky attire from a "normal" wardrobe. That being said, I think the best way (albeit slightly odd) to describe my clothing style is housewives through the ages. I have lovely 50s style dresses, too few Victorian skirts and only one blouse and for more modern times i have jeans, poloshirts and v-necked jumpers.
I would love to dress more Victorian, but that will have to be gradual as the money comes and goes ( being a student).
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