woolgathering again, chant?
Oct. 17th, 2009 08:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aamcnamaraTonight at my college there is going to be a geek dance.
Once upon a time, one of my LJ interests was "dressing like Chrestomanci". (Still is, on facebook.) Chrestomanci in this case meaning Christopher Chant.
People are encouraged to go to the geek dance in costume.
You can probably see where this is going.
I already owned fancy vest and pants and shirt; I'm borrowing/stealing a piece of cloth for a cravat. (Even though it's from a different book, I fully intend to say "I call it the way I tie my cravat" at least once this evening.)
However, I had no dressing gown, and a good dressing gown really is the piece de resistance for any Chrestomanci outfit. I considered and discarded my bathrobe; it's lovely, but too simple for Christopher.
Thus, today, a trip to the Salvation Army, which turned up two gowns-for-over-pajamas. (Is there a simpler word for that concept? If there is, I am unaware of it.) Both are shiny. One is egregiously mint and the other is fuchsia with flowers in relief.
Unfortunately, there were no dragons to be had, either there or at the fabric store.
Thanks to the good offices of the same friend who drove me to Salvation Army, I now have a mint dressing gown with a fuchsia lining.
I assure you: there will be pictures.
Once upon a time, one of my LJ interests was "dressing like Chrestomanci". (Still is, on facebook.) Chrestomanci in this case meaning Christopher Chant.
People are encouraged to go to the geek dance in costume.
You can probably see where this is going.
I already owned fancy vest and pants and shirt; I'm borrowing/stealing a piece of cloth for a cravat. (Even though it's from a different book, I fully intend to say "I call it the way I tie my cravat" at least once this evening.)
However, I had no dressing gown, and a good dressing gown really is the piece de resistance for any Chrestomanci outfit. I considered and discarded my bathrobe; it's lovely, but too simple for Christopher.
Thus, today, a trip to the Salvation Army, which turned up two gowns-for-over-pajamas. (Is there a simpler word for that concept? If there is, I am unaware of it.) Both are shiny. One is egregiously mint and the other is fuchsia with flowers in relief.
Unfortunately, there were no dragons to be had, either there or at the fabric store.
Thanks to the good offices of the same friend who drove me to Salvation Army, I now have a mint dressing gown with a fuchsia lining.
I assure you: there will be pictures.