Day Ten of @celerymoondesigns' #12DaysofChristmas is "Sport." Ballet may not be a sport, but dancers (of all kinds) are definitely athletes! Here's my #Degascosplay from this year's @gish (this is the GISH Item I'm proudest of from this year & possibly my favourite from all my years participating so far)! 💖🕊🎀::insert pointe shoe emoji here because I don't have a new enough iOS:: * * Item 207 from this summer's #GISH was (paraphrased) "We miss museums. Cosplay as your favorite character in your favorite work of art (painting or sculpture) doing something mundane or majestic." My actual favourite "character from a painting" would be Waterhouse's Lady of Shalott or Miranda, but I didn't choose either of them because I already used my Lady of Shalott dress for the "cosplay as a unicorn" item in one of the earlier mini-GISH Hunts this year & I don't have a blue dress to be Miranda (also, both would require reddish wigs). * * Therefore, I present to you not a cosplay of a specific painting, but an approximation of a Degas ballerina at a tea party. (My thought process was something like "I have old ballet costumes & black ribbon!!" Also, I seem to always make a GISH item into a tea party.) Swipe on IG for an actual edit! I threw on the Canvas & GIMPressionist filters in the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). 💖🕊🎀 (I got to share this item in the GISH Closing Ceremonies & @mishacollins said really nice things about it?! It’s been months & I still can’t believe that happened?) * * {Costume is from junior or senior year ballet class (I'm pretty sure we did a piece from "La Sylphide"?); floof underneath provided by both my @pinupgirlclothing petticoat & crinoline from @sockdreams (I think by @legavenue?); pointe shoes by @blochdanceusa (Yes, I'm cheating a bit by leaning against the table. It took a while before we got a snap I liked & I haven't had a pointe class in three or four years. Yes, I properly warmed up with ankle circles & flex/points beforehand.)} * * #ballet #balletcosplay #pointeshoes #pointecosplay #EdgarDegas #EdgarDegasinpired #adventuresincosplay #cosplay #cosplaylife #TeamMysticalTrashPandas #TwelveDaysofCosmas #StarlightLilyCosplay https://www.instagram.com/p/CJZ7StlD742/?igshid=sr7y60tx0cke
