I'm glad you guys had a good time--even James! Did you ever spot Allegra? I was hoping maybe we'd see you at Closing at Fezziwig's, but I guess you'd all gone by then. For future reference, I almost always stay till closing there, because they do a sing-along Hallelujah Chorus, among other things. One of my fun traditions at the Fair.
Regarding your costume--*I* thought you looked dashing! Quite lovely indeed, despite your own feelings of shortcomings on the matter. And the picture shows that you did indeed look nice. So there! I hope you will wear that jacket at other functions sometime. I can imagine you cutting quite a figure at some NASA function sometime.
For the record, our OWN costumes are as detailed and accurate as they are (which isn't very accurate, actually, if you scratch the surface!) because Akien WORKED Fair for several years, and I have always hung out with those who actually worked it (getting in as a "gatelist" AS IF I were working it). In order to do that, our costumes had to be as good as those for the cast members. Yours, however, was AT LEAST as good as some of the Boothies (people selling stuff at the various booths--their costumes are not as stringently monitored), and better than the vast majority of the Fairgoers who chose to dress up.
Additionally, this is one of my artforms. In the SCA I have a Laurel (equivalent to a Knighthood for artistic pursuits) in part due to my costuming. I have very high standards for myself, and I try to assist people in knowing what DOES look right, but I don't necessarily hold OTHERS to those standards. You looked quite lovely, and don't need to be at all ashamed of your appearance there. It would be kind of like me being ashamed that I didn't know how to do some ice skating move that you know how to do. You've spent hours and hours learning how, and have taken lessons and studied. I've skated around, and had a few folks attempt to show me some stuff. But I've never taken lessons and studied it--I can't possibly know as much as you do. We all have our areas of expertise.
Oh, and *I* made that green silk waistcoat, thankyouverymuch! Most of what Akien was wearing yesterday was his wedding outfit (not the shirt--he decided to leave that one at home--*pout*--because the collar is a little fiddly, and he wasn't feeling well yesterday). He DOES know how to sew, and DID sew something for our wedding (the officiant's white tabard, the night before the wedding--there had been a communications snafu on that one), but not that. *humph*
Did you see the music hall production in the V&A that has "Neptune" in it? If so, you saw my friend Michael Masumoto. Michael wrote the musical in which Akien and I were both performing when we met in 1987.
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Date: 2003-12-01 08:45 am (UTC)Regarding your costume--*I* thought you looked dashing! Quite lovely indeed, despite your own feelings of shortcomings on the matter. And the picture shows that you did indeed look nice. So there! I hope you will wear that jacket at other functions sometime. I can imagine you cutting quite a figure at some NASA function sometime.
For the record, our OWN costumes are as detailed and accurate as they are (which isn't very accurate, actually, if you scratch the surface!) because Akien WORKED Fair for several years, and I have always hung out with those who actually worked it (getting in as a "gatelist" AS IF I were working it). In order to do that, our costumes had to be as good as those for the cast members. Yours, however, was AT LEAST as good as some of the Boothies (people selling stuff at the various booths--their costumes are not as stringently monitored), and better than the vast majority of the Fairgoers who chose to dress up.
Additionally, this is one of my artforms. In the SCA I have a Laurel (equivalent to a Knighthood for artistic pursuits) in part due to my costuming. I have very high standards for myself, and I try to assist people in knowing what DOES look right, but I don't necessarily hold OTHERS to those standards. You looked quite lovely, and don't need to be at all ashamed of your appearance there. It would be kind of like me being ashamed that I didn't know how to do some ice skating move that you know how to do. You've spent hours and hours learning how, and have taken lessons and studied. I've skated around, and had a few folks attempt to show me some stuff. But I've never taken lessons and studied it--I can't possibly know as much as you do. We all have our areas of expertise.
Oh, and *I* made that green silk waistcoat, thankyouverymuch! Most of what Akien was wearing yesterday was his wedding outfit (not the shirt--he decided to leave that one at home--*pout*--because the collar is a little fiddly, and he wasn't feeling well yesterday). He DOES know how to sew, and DID sew something for our wedding (the officiant's white tabard, the night before the wedding--there had been a communications snafu on that one), but not that. *humph*
Did you see the music hall production in the V&A that has "Neptune" in it? If so, you saw my friend Michael Masumoto. Michael wrote the musical in which Akien and I were both performing when we met in 1987.