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Did a big brave thing over the weekend and entered the daytime Afrovictorian ensemble in the Masquerade at Arisia

Guess what?

I won a Best in Show for both Workmanship and Presentation!

Hopefully they'll upload the professional photos soon but now I have to go plot for next year. I'm considering a riff on the Baddest Boss Babe in Bridgerton, Lady Danbury.

#afrovictorian #costuming #historical costume #arisia 2025

Knitters have the sweater curse but they've got nothing on the guy I know who handcrafted a pair of completely authentic 18th century stays for his girlfriend, baleen and all, only to have it not last

#it's fine he's married now but the stays will haunt him forever #costuming

Costumes designed by Michiko Kitamura for Ichi the Killer (2001)

I present to you: The Pumpkin Ball Gown.

Ok, more like The Mostly Finished Pumpkin Ball Gown.

Unfortunately, I remain consistent at one thing and one thing only: missing deadlines.

At least this is done enough that I can pin it into something resembling the final product. It just isn't wearable yet (that is a minor detail when making clothing, right?)

This took a lot longer than it should have for a bunch of reasons, mainly the fact I had a very strong vision of what it should look like and was pretty uncompromising in my efforts to achieve that.

The good news is that I resolved the various issues I had with bringing the design to life and I'm really happy with it! I just, you know, failed to finish bringing it to life prior to the holiday most closely associated with pumpkins.

Hopefully in the next week I'll finish the binding/collar/waistband/etc...and maybe a video about it too, stranger things have happened!

#sewing #costuming #ball gown #angelacostumery #halloween #pumpkin