Still on a bloomer-making kick, these beauties are made from a silk skirt that I haven’t been able to fit into for years. The leather top is a very rare item of clothing from Fairysteps.
As part of the Unravelling course, I’ve been thinking about the various roles I play, and about alter-ego characters. I’ve still got the Angel Islington’s long white wig, from Progress Theatre’s production of Neverwhere (yes, I know I still haven’t shown you the photos of the costumes!), and I was brushing it out the other day whilst thinking about fairies and other mythical creatures. I’ve recently made white bloomers and a white linen dress, so I could have put together a beautifully ethereal white outfit really easily, and gone down to the woods to take some photos. But my first thought was “but white will just get really dirty”.
Then it struck me that not all mythical creatures are ethereal and fairylike. Some of them are tied to the earth, and fascinated by its processes, and invariably a little bit grubby if not completely covered in mud! So along came a leather top, and a not entirely practical pair of silk bloomers.
What this outfit needs, I think (apart from a good iron), is a little bag or tie-on pocket of some description. I mean, there’s no point going out investigating in the woods if you’ve got nowhere to stash your treasures, is there?
Hopefully I’ll be able to convince Paul to take some photos of me mucking about in the woods in this outfit later in the week. We’ll see.
