#edinburgh 1827

[musicawizard]

Some appreciation for 1827 Edinburgh Crowley:)

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[carnival-of-vanity]

Kinda realized I never shared this here. But, yeah, Crowleys iconic 1827 look just screamed at my inner historical fashion nerd. So why not try to replicate a costume that has a added up screentime of maybe half an hour, pretty much all of them shot entirely in the dark? I don't know how much I peered over grainy scaled up screenshots to find out exactly what layers made up the outfit. Shirt, waistcoat, tailcoat and overcoat are all made up by me. Using a variety of commercial historical and selfdrafted patterns.

Creating this cosplay took me the better part of two months at the beginning of this year, but someone reminded me to enter it to TIC5 cosplay competition, even if I was only attending virtually. Well, thanks to all the lovely people over there!

I hope I get to wear it in person to a convention one day (I do get a lot of use out of the coat in my everyday wardrobe though)

(Also, since I can't keep myself brief on the details about the creation process - those have been moved to a rather long article over here: https://www.carnivalofvanity.com/costumes/a-devilish-dandy)

[flameraven]

I thought this was an interesting video in its own right, but also a useful resource for anyone who wants to write fic of Elspeth and Wee Morag surviving on the streets -- this video is focused on the Colonies in the late 1700s but most of these jobs would have also existed in the UK. TL;DR list: -Scavenger (sorting garbage for scraps to sell) -Rag-picker (similar; bits of leather sold to shoemakers or fabric sold to make paper) -"Pure" finder (collects dog poo off the streets for the tanners; often done by small children) -Ash collector -Leech collector (wade into water to let leeches attach to you) -Bone drubber (collected bones to sell to bakers as fillers for bread) -Night Soil crew (cleaning out outhouses + collecting solid waste; very dangerous) -Chamberlye (collecting dried urine from chamberbots + selling it) ...tbh I would consider digging up bodies too if these were my job options D:

[ineffable-rohese]

Bernadette Banner has her 2023 costume review out! It is 2+ hours this year (!). I did have to skip right ahead to Good Omens. (Timestamp 1:26:45)

I'm so glad she was pleased. But now I, also, am devastated they didn't put Crowley in a corset when that was an entirely reasonable option!