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przedLast Friday I failed in my bid to be a consumer when the Complete Sherlock Holmes Granada series was sold out. Tonight, I made up for that. (Though not, alas, with the Holmes box.)
We went to the One of a Kind Show, a regular monster show where various artisans sell their wares. The plan was to get a few summer dresses for Ros. I had no intention of getting anything for myself.
Then I found this jacket:
It's hard to tell from the picture, since it's black on black, but it's a very steampunk-like, Victorian styled jacket, with a bazillion buttons up the front, a mandarin collar, and black pleated lace at the wrists.
Oh, and a bustle at the back:
It was stupidly expensive, but also the sort of piece that I would have kicked myself for not buying. And now that I'm gainfully employed and have a bunch of severance leftover (most of which I'll be investing responsibly) I figured it was time to be a little indulgent.
(The Sweetie, on seeing all the unspeakably lovely clothes at the booth where I got it asked "Is this what the fashionably dressed Holmes fan is wearing this season?" And the bloke who ran it tried every one of there wonderfully wacky hats on me. His designer partner insisted that the hats were wearing me, instead of me wearing the hats--short people cannot carry off top hats, especially not with feathers--but it was still fun.)
We went to the One of a Kind Show, a regular monster show where various artisans sell their wares. The plan was to get a few summer dresses for Ros. I had no intention of getting anything for myself.
Then I found this jacket:
It's hard to tell from the picture, since it's black on black, but it's a very steampunk-like, Victorian styled jacket, with a bazillion buttons up the front, a mandarin collar, and black pleated lace at the wrists.
Oh, and a bustle at the back:
It was stupidly expensive, but also the sort of piece that I would have kicked myself for not buying. And now that I'm gainfully employed and have a bunch of severance leftover (most of which I'll be investing responsibly) I figured it was time to be a little indulgent.
(The Sweetie, on seeing all the unspeakably lovely clothes at the booth where I got it asked "Is this what the fashionably dressed Holmes fan is wearing this season?" And the bloke who ran it tried every one of there wonderfully wacky hats on me. His designer partner insisted that the hats were wearing me, instead of me wearing the hats--short people cannot carry off top hats, especially not with feathers--but it was still fun.)
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Date: 2010-04-01 03:15 am (UTC)What a fabulous jacket and hey, you could slip in to an episode of the WWW with that coat too. *g*
Are those playing cards on the front?
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Date: 2010-04-01 03:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-01 03:37 am (UTC)I have a bunch of impractical gear lurking around in the back of my wardrobe but I rarely break it out any more. The odd shoes and strange jewellery tend to have regular outings though usually against a plain black background.
The jacket's not *that* impractical, you could wear it a lot of places. *nods decisively* Beautiful things should be seen. *g*
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Date: 2010-04-01 03:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-01 03:50 am (UTC)That's the thing, you have to take them out for an airing. I have a bunch of dresses from the 40s and 50s that I hardly ever bother to wear any more.