Wedding

[ladyofthethread]

So, the wedding I’ve mentioned in previous entries was last night. A daughter of my father’s cousin got married and the ceremony and reception were at the botanic garden. When we first walked in, my parents were looking around and wondering, “Are we in the right place?” because we didn’t see anyone we knew and there were four guys in kilts. (The men in the wedding party wore them.) Hmm… Kilts and cheongsams… There’s something you don’t see together everyday! *laugh*

The ceremony went pretty quickly and was followed by drinks and hors d’oeuvres in the conservatory. (We walked right by a spot where some of my Count D pictures were taken! Too bad my camera turned out to be out of batteries. -_-;) Afterwards we went back to the place the ceremony was and it had been set up for dinner and dancing. Possibly the oddest thing I’ve seen at a wedding yet: the tables had centerpieces that included a glass bowl with several little goldfish swimming around in it! o_o Dinner was soup, pasta, filet mignon or Cornish hen, cookies and Napoleon for desert, and wedding cake. (Wow, that was a lot of sweets!)

It was one of the smallest weddings I can remember attending (probably around 100 guests) but rather nice. ^_^ It was certainly a change from the usual Chinese wedding banquets.

And here’s a picture of the dress I made for the party, taken after we got home and I changed my camera batteries. Sorry it’s such a terrible picture. (I hate how big and round my head tends to come out in photos, too. -_-) I’ll have to get some that show the dress better sometime. I made the yellow frog buttons myself and all the yellow along the edges is gold trim, mostly sewn on by hand.



Went out and picked up my Petshop of Horrors artbook today. Lots of pretty pictures. ^_^ And it turns out the colors I picked for the peacock dress were all wrong but more on that next time. XD;

Comments

[novaraven.livejournal.com]

wow, that is a very good price for materials! But I guess you're talking American dollars. It's hard for me to find silk for my costumes and things.

It usually costs me around 30$ yard for fabric, and that is for the plain colours of silk not the patterened ones. I don't even want to think about what my last outfit cost me when I add it all up, and it was very plain.

Just out of curiosity, have you decided on your next project? Like if you're doing another D robe, I really don't want to copy you or anything.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Yes, it’s American dollars. Wow, that sounds expensive for fabric. o_o; I actually don’t use real silk for my costumes; all of my brocades are synthetics like rayon and polyester. I can usually find a selection of them in the NYC fashion district for about $7 a yard. I’m a great fan of being able to make a nice costume without spending hundreds of dollars and rarely buy fabric over $10/yard. ^_^; I did have to buy $30/yard brocade once though because I just couldn’t find another close to the color I needed!

Ah, I’m actually planning to take a couple of months off from sewing new costumes although I’ll probably try to make a T-Chan plushie soon. I did buy some fabric that I intend to use for a simple outfit from the vacation chapter, the one D was wearing when he seemed to have amnesia and Chris was going around teaching him the names of things again. (That part amuses me so much, especially him calling Leon a “drunk.” *laugh*) I’m not in a hurry to do it though since I’ve already made two Count D outfits in a row; it’ll just be something to work on when I want to sew something simple for a change. The two big projects I’m planning for next year are actually a Fruits Basket manga outfit for Ayame and a Kaleido Star costume. I’d like to get at least one of those made before I seriously consider another elaborate Count D costume.

But I don’t think it should stop you from doing a certain outfit if I’m planning to make it, too. I love seeing variations that aren’t often cosplayed. ^_^ I tend to like making rarely seen costumes but I have no problem with not being the only one. We could be D clones if we ever ran into each other at a convention! XD

[novaraven.livejournal.com]

You're so lucky to live nearby to a good fashion district! It takes me months just to find fabric and trim.

Good luck with your t-chan, thats a tough one to work out with the horns and everything.

D's amnesia thing was really funny. Hey if we ever do end up at the same con, I can just throw on my longer wig and be Daddy D. If we had the same robe it would make for some interesting pics. I was thinking of doing his exact outfit, the one he dies in, but then I'd be too tempted to ruin it with bullet holes and gorey make-up and it would just be creepy wandering around like that. ^^;

I currently have the silk I need for D's museum outfit. I had to compromise a bit on the vest print, couldn't find excatly what I needed but I did get close. Thats the simplest one I have planned and may not get to it for a while yet.

I also have a composite pheonix robe started. It's a cross between the robe he wore when he was giving Chris his "sexual education" lesson and the one he wore when his "sister" came and Jill was there with Leon. This robe is currently stalled because I have to decide on how/what I'm using to make the pheonix design.

Aside from those two I'm working on a lot of Trinity Blood costumes for other people. They will eat all my time after Xmas, so during xmas break I'll be trying to work a little more on my D robes. I want something new for Sakura season and D always looks so pretty with the blossoms.

For some strange reason people think Count D is gothic so I want to do some lighter coloured robes. I have goths and lolitas coming up to me all the time at cons when I wear my black dragon robe and complimenting me on how gothic I look and how count D is such an emo character.

My reaction to that is usually... "So you'd like to buy a hampster you say? I have a cute wittle fuzzy one right here. His name is Mr. Buttons and he's just brimming full of love, hope and dreams! All you have to do is sign the contract!" *creepy yet overly cheerful D smile*

They usually back away from me slowly after that. ^^;

I guess they've just never seen D in full colour or realize that the majority of his outfits are blue green or white and not all black and red. Yeah he is really pale but not cause he's trying to be gothic. And his nails are long because it's a sign that he's high class and doesn't have to work hard, (not that he's being girley like Leon acuses him) he doesn't go painting them black and doing the emo thing either. >

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Yeah, dead version of D’s father would be scary. o_o;

Ooh, the phoenix robe should be nice. ^_^ Hmm… I’ve forgotten exactly what the museum outfit looks. It’s been a while since I’ve read that chapter and it’s in one of the volumes I don’t own yet. And yes, I can be hard trying to match prints. I noticed most floral prints are much busier than the simple one in the vacation outfit I’m thinking of doing. I’m guessing I’ll probably have to paint it myself if I want to match it exactly.

Haven’t seen Trinity Blood but I love looking at the costumes from it, so much detail! I’m planning to wear my original Count D for the cherry blossom festival next year, too. Should have pictures of that soon hopefully. My brother took some yesterday but I’m not sure when he’ll get them to me. I only got to posting Count D pics from Halloween the other day since that’s when he gave them to me. ^_^;

Hmm… Maybe, the gothic impression is from the anime? They did seem to make Count D’s lips and nails rather dark there although they weren’t actually black. And it lacked much of the humor found in the manga.

[novaraven.livejournal.com]

The more I think about it the more I want to do D's father correctly, (minus the bullet holes) but I have no idea as to what colours that outfit is. I know both his eyes are violet and I already have the contacts. Do you have any suggestions for colour aside from white with gold trim?

The museum outfit is mainly white with plain gold trim and a floral print vest with four bows down the front instead of silk frog clasps. I don't know the colour on that but I chose a light blue juaquard silk that was close to the floral pattern used on the vest. I have a feeling the vest is supposed to be a light gold colour with wine coloured edging. Whenever the edging is dark it's usually supposed to be redish. But I just like blues better and could'nt find the light gold in a pattern that was close. I may include a sash and add a pin at the collar to dress it up more, it is one of his most plain outfits.

Painting it all by hand...please don't! I'm in that hell right now with one of the Trinity blood costumes. The Queens dress is 9 yards of white silk sateen (just for the skirt, not including the cloak and train) and I have to hand paint on all the designs. Then hand embroider on all the pearls over top. On everything! Shoot me, shoot me now! ><; I'm just glad I'm not the one wearing this thing, it's going to weigh a ton!

You're right about the anime, it left out a lot of the humour and came out more x-files like. It was not really creepy, but it was somewhat disturbing. The evangeline blue song is haunting, it scared me one day when my sister was watching it in the basement and I was upstairs. It sounds like a ghost echoing.