Thursday, January 7, 2016

Peacock makeover

Last post I mentioned getting my shape out more. Like many women, I am oblivious to other women's body hang ups, seeing beauty not faults, but I am hyper critical of my own. And yet in spite of my obvious imperfections, I am beginning to realise that over-compensating on stage for my faults leads to unflattering, shapeless, boxy costumes. In an "industry" where some level of sexy is encouraged, it makes no sense to be so out of proportion about my proportions!
A case in point is the Peacock outfit I made earlier this year:
Glorious fabric! A corset under a duster jacket. I love the corset, but the jacket always looks baggy and boxy on stage, even though it is gorgeous.
Here is the original corset;
What you don't see is that it is only pretty on the front - the back is brown lycra (the corset I built this on is a cheap eBay one) because the back was not meant to be seen. I needed to sort this.
So, I CUT UP the duster jacket, using the bottom fringed edge, to cover the back panels too. I then added hot pink sequins to the straps and top edge of the scallops for an extra bit of jazz.

And now, I can wear it like this! With the black bolero (I will make one from the rest of the jacket) because I draw the line at bare bat wing arms - or possibly gauntlets with fringing along the under side so I can have bare shoulders? Oooh!
I know I have lumps and bumps, and under this costume is quite a lot of retaining engineering! But I can live with that. Even standing with the glorious PollyFilla, with the most amazing figure (and apart from fake boobs Colin doesn't pad anywhere) I feel gorgeous.
It's all a girl can hope for, yeah?



18 comments:

  1. You ARE gorgeous! Although now I think you need to sequin-up that mermaid skirt!

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    1. hat IS the downside of bling - the more you bling, the more you need to bling, until seen from space!

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  2. You look amazing!!! And you could totally get away with bare arms too. Love the combo of skirt and corset. It just looks so fab!

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  3. Beautiful , both you and the costume..
    I so understand the "lumps and bumps" lol
    Have a great day..

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    1. Indeed! There's the eons we got cos we're women and the ones we got cos of pies, yeah?;-)

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  4. You have turned me on to burlesque. Thank you. I am having a cock makeover soon, never mind pea.

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    1. HA! All the other cocks in THIS show were tucked out of the way! The joys of drag over burlesque.

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  5. What a beautiful outfit. It looks much better so without the jacket. You look fantastic in it. Xx

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    1. Aw thanks MOR. I feel like I am the Daughter of the Mother of Reinvention :)

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  6. Fan-frickin-tastic!! Love your makeover. I'm so happy you ditched the boxy jacket and decided to get your bod out there along with your personality. Why hold back on one or the other? Divine dress. Cheers to your life on the stage, all of them!, this year.

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  7. The jacket was definitely unflattering so I'm glad you chose to re-use it. I love stuff that flatters curves, really looking forward to when I can get back to wearing clothes that do that, my current post-surgery wardrobe is full of sacks.

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  8. I have always thought you are beautiful, and I'm happy to be one of the outside-in people for you who sees your beauty (while of course battling that instinct to be hyper critical of myself!) I think it's beyond marvelous that you're getting your luscious body out and this remade outfit is absolutely divine. You are glorious.

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    1. Oh my darling girl, thank you. You have taught me a lot about the inside out/outside in thing and I am honoured to be beautiful beside you1

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  9. The corset looks fab on you, fits real well. I love all the sparkly things you make.

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