More on the pink thing

[anotheranon]

Most of you are probably sick of hearing about the vividness of the Pink Thing; except for geekchick I don't think anyone else who reads this has seen the actual color. At last, I can show evidence!

I still have no pix of the fabric I'm using, but shemhazai does in her latest update. You see what we have to live with; our corneas may never recover!

Imagine several different historical periods in this color. With rhinestone and silver accents. In abundance.

And, oh yes - platinum blonde wigs.

Despite my bitching about the project, this is going to be so perversely fun! Loud and obnoxious has it's place, and Costume Con is definitely it.

I still hope that I can dye it black afterwards :P

Comments

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

OMG. That is, as we say in the doll world, Barbie pink. YIKES! :)

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

It reminds me of a fashion exhibit I saw at the Smithsonian a few years back. In discussing colors used for children last century, they stated that girls wore blue and boys pink because pink was considered too "strong" a color for girls.

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[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Interesting - I've never heard that one before!

I would argue that this pink is too strong for, say, lumberjacks - maybe this could qualify as the trendy "man pink" color I've heard about?

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[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Could be. That bright pink shirt I was wearing in ol' T.O. is a man's shirt ... and for some strange reason it looked as if it'd never been worn when I bought it at the secondhand place ... can't imagine why not ;-)))))))

[psquelly.livejournal.com]

I think I've missed something. What is the purpose of the pink and rhinestones and platinum wigs?

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[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

This is for a joint entry in an costume competition coming up in early April. Around 7-8 of us (I truly have lost count) are doing a routine to "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend". Each of us will wear a gown from a different historic period, each one made in this godawful color ;) Rhinestones for "diamonds" and blonde wigs to evoke our inspiration, Marilyn Monroe.

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[psquelly.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. I shudder to think what anyone could come up with that could compete with that.

What era did you get? I could die laughing at that Victorian thing.

PROMISE you'll post pics of the whole group in costume (I really wanted to say in flagrante there).

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[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I am actually doing Regency (ca. 1800-1810). Very high waisted and cylindrical. Think Dolley Madison.

And don't worry, there will be pictures!

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[psquelly.livejournal.com]

Like Sense and Sensibility? The one with Emma Thompson? That's not too bad.

And hey, much less pink fabric to deal with than the victorian one.