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On a side note I have made progress in the following goals:

Design an outfit/create an outfit- I’ve been invited to join a fashion show so planning to try and muster up steampunk stuff. I have already made a prototype/foundation for a hoop skirt. Although most of the fashion is bustle skirts-with big butted skirts I am going full circle as I am new to this stuff :).

Random act of kindness- held up the bus so a lady could get on the bus.. I saw her running down the street as I got on the bus and let the bus driver know there was someone getting on the bus after me. I wish people would do this for me.. I know how it feels to just miss the bus and it can often set the tone for the rest of the day. Hopefully that lady’s day was set on a positive tone because she made the bus 🙂

 

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Start of a new project

My friend and I are going to try make something steampunk. This will be my first time making something steampunk-ish so I have done some research and made notes for what I would like to incorporate into my costume.

Sorry for the crappy image. Don’t have camera at the moment. This is some of the stuff I plan to modify into steampunk fashion

We went to the ECOshop. It’s the first time I’ve been there and its a big warehouse with second hand stuff. Like a massive garage sale! So we scavenged and hunted about the place looking for inspiration. So far I have found some leather bags and belts, a curtain thing, material and some brass things.

http://www.squidoo.com/dressingsteampunk mentions knowing what character or role in steampunk you would like to be would be the basis for your costume. From this list fighter/hunter/explorer/adventurer are roles that I would be interested in portraying. The link also gives examples of accessories and types of clothes that would be suitable/characteristic of these roles.

So what I might need:

Hoop skirt

Compass

Boots

steampunk weapon of some kind

spats- make shoes look more victorian

maybe goggles and wings (I’m going to try for wings because it would be EPIC!)

Leather,cogs, brass stuff and more cogs and clockwork/metal things…

pocketwatch (very steampunky)

choker and/or bracelets, wristbands

Ideas:

Copper wire, inside of clocks, aluminium foil,

It’ll work somehow

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Scarfs fashion statement

Since 9/11 (maybe even before then but it’s never been on my radar) I have noticed scarfs haven’t been worn like they classically would. Nowadays, wearing a scarf over your head would make you ‘one of them’. People are afraid to wear something a particular way because they are afraid of the stigma of being associated with a Muslim custom. What a load of crap! If it is fashionable or your own style then you show them up by being yourself. (Just for reader info- I am not religious/Muslim)

I own a flowingly  beautiful deep blue scarf. Sometimes I wrap it around my waist like a sarong, just wrap it around my neck. And sometimes I dare wear it over my head. It could be the amazing colour that gets peoples attention.

But take this example;

While at course I had left my scarf at my desk while I was busy doing some work. Some girls from my class were playing with it and mentioned Muslims in a demeaning way.

When a Muslim woman wears her headcover she is not allowed to show any hair, neck and I think even ears but I am not sure.  Western women don’t wear scarfs so rigidly.

All I am trying to say is wearing something should be something you enjoy wearing that is YOU, not dictated by the ignorance of people around you.

Plus there is nothing wrong with Muslims. They are human beings and just like anybody should be treated with respect just like any person- no matter what race, gender, or nationality. Not everybody is a killer. And so it is unfair to assume or make judgements based on these. Judge a person for who THEY are, not what category you choose to associate them with.

 

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