Report on Saloncon 2008
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bauhausfrau and padawansguide at SalonCon this weekend! We had connecting rooms, which made hanging out so much easier, too.
Where to start? Friday night was the Steampunk meetup, and wow, did everyone bring out their best! I was very impressed and we had a great time chatting with new and old friends. As we were plum tuckered out from the drive up, we made it an early night and went to bed by 11:30pm.
We attended the "Underwear Breakfast" Saturday morning at the hotel restaurant. Not a ton of people participated, but a few did, it was fun! Especially since there was a soccer convention at the hotel. Tons of young men wondering why there are ladies about in corsets and petticoats!
After breakfast, I changed into my Tissot striped bustle gown while L and M changed into 1830's gowns. Headed down for registration and the early Salons. After oogling costumes and participating in mutual admiration and photographs, I attended the ballroom dance salon. We learned the gothic dance and the traditional waltz. As I was a single lady (J stayed home from this convention), I was paired up with a single gentleman also wishing to dance. I was nervous at first, but soon it was clear he knew what he was doing and helped me along! It was so much fun! After that I attended Loren's Hats and Shoes salon, where we learned how to mod hats and shoes as well as tips on creating them from scratch. Oh, I almost forgot! L and I attended the "Period Details" salon, to which the speaker never appeared. L and I ended up hosting it and did our best to answer questions about Victorian clothing period details.
Then it was time to change for the Cream Tea into my 1830's gown and hair.
Oh my...this gown and hairstyle was SO much fun! At first, I forgot one of my hair decorations, and L reminded me to go get the fan that was supposed to be incorporated into the sculpture on my head. Some photos have the fan and some don't, so keep an eye out for it. I had a blast with this hair and can't wait to do it again! After Tea, I attended the Steampunk Primer salon hosted bysquirrelmadness and jaborwhalky. I learned much about the beginnings of steampunk, and how it got to where it is today. A very fun and informative salon!
We had a rest, champagne back at the room, and changed for the Chrono'Nauts Parade (steampunk costume contest). So many people showed up to both participate or watch, and I think it was the hit of the day! Everyone really went all out and hammed it up. People performed hilarious skits, and there was much silliness going on. L made a mini top hat from scratch that had a working clock built into the hat tip. It was such a show stopper and she looked great! Somehow, I got chosen for the top 3 and then went on to win the Single Female (not in group) category! I won a lot of really cool prizes like books, DVD's, an art print, Lip Service products, BPAL, and a Pretty Pretty Princess makeup kit. I was so honored and thrilled! My new friend Stu won the Single Men's category with his Steampunk German doctor costume and skit. Yay, Stu!
After that, we perused the vendor's room where I got a pocket compass that looks like a pocket watch when closed. L and M came away with hats, shawls, and other lovely goodies.
A break for dinner and to change into our ballgowns, and we headed down for Abney Park and the "dancing hour" afterwards. Unfortunately, Abney Park went on so late that the DJ section of the evening was canceled. We ended up sitting around waiting for the show to start, which made us all realize how exhausted we were, and we lost steam. When the Abney Park show was over at 1:55pm, we headed up to bed, pleased with a great day of costuming and friends!
Now that you've been so good as to read all about my weekend, I will reward you with pictures!
SEE THE PHOTOS HERE
I'm surebauhausfrau and padawansguide will post lots of pics, too, and you can see more over at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
salonconvention as people put them up.
I had such a great time with
bauhausfrau and padawansguide at SalonCon this weekend! We had connecting rooms, which made hanging out so much easier, too.Where to start? Friday night was the Steampunk meetup, and wow, did everyone bring out their best! I was very impressed and we had a great time chatting with new and old friends. As we were plum tuckered out from the drive up, we made it an early night and went to bed by 11:30pm.
We attended the "Underwear Breakfast" Saturday morning at the hotel restaurant. Not a ton of people participated, but a few did, it was fun! Especially since there was a soccer convention at the hotel. Tons of young men wondering why there are ladies about in corsets and petticoats!
After breakfast, I changed into my Tissot striped bustle gown while L and M changed into 1830's gowns. Headed down for registration and the early Salons. After oogling costumes and participating in mutual admiration and photographs, I attended the ballroom dance salon. We learned the gothic dance and the traditional waltz. As I was a single lady (J stayed home from this convention), I was paired up with a single gentleman also wishing to dance. I was nervous at first, but soon it was clear he knew what he was doing and helped me along! It was so much fun! After that I attended Loren's Hats and Shoes salon, where we learned how to mod hats and shoes as well as tips on creating them from scratch. Oh, I almost forgot! L and I attended the "Period Details" salon, to which the speaker never appeared. L and I ended up hosting it and did our best to answer questions about Victorian clothing period details.
Then it was time to change for the Cream Tea into my 1830's gown and hair.
Oh my...this gown and hairstyle was SO much fun! At first, I forgot one of my hair decorations, and L reminded me to go get the fan that was supposed to be incorporated into the sculpture on my head. Some photos have the fan and some don't, so keep an eye out for it. I had a blast with this hair and can't wait to do it again! After Tea, I attended the Steampunk Primer salon hosted by
squirrelmadness and jaborwhalky. I learned much about the beginnings of steampunk, and how it got to where it is today. A very fun and informative salon!We had a rest, champagne back at the room, and changed for the Chrono'Nauts Parade (steampunk costume contest). So many people showed up to both participate or watch, and I think it was the hit of the day! Everyone really went all out and hammed it up. People performed hilarious skits, and there was much silliness going on. L made a mini top hat from scratch that had a working clock built into the hat tip. It was such a show stopper and she looked great! Somehow, I got chosen for the top 3 and then went on to win the Single Female (not in group) category! I won a lot of really cool prizes like books, DVD's, an art print, Lip Service products, BPAL, and a Pretty Pretty Princess makeup kit. I was so honored and thrilled! My new friend Stu won the Single Men's category with his Steampunk German doctor costume and skit. Yay, Stu!
After that, we perused the vendor's room where I got a pocket compass that looks like a pocket watch when closed. L and M came away with hats, shawls, and other lovely goodies.
A break for dinner and to change into our ballgowns, and we headed down for Abney Park and the "dancing hour" afterwards. Unfortunately, Abney Park went on so late that the DJ section of the evening was canceled. We ended up sitting around waiting for the show to start, which made us all realize how exhausted we were, and we lost steam. When the Abney Park show was over at 1:55pm, we headed up to bed, pleased with a great day of costuming and friends!
Now that you've been so good as to read all about my weekend, I will reward you with pictures!
SEE THE PHOTOS HERE
I'm sure
bauhausfrau and padawansguide will post lots of pics, too, and you can see more over at salonconvention as people put them up.
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Date: 2008-09-14 10:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-09-15 01:22 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2008-09-15 08:39 am (UTC)Your outfits came out all great (nice to see them on a body ;))
And is see the necklace problem for the 1830's gown solved itself nicely, did you make it yourself?
And did you wear your quilted pettiecoat under your dress?
Everybody did a great job dressing up!
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Date: 2008-09-15 01:24 pm (UTC)Yes, I made the necklace and it made me happy. Earrings were from Forever 21 and I found them 2 days before the event. Whew!
Indeed, the corded petticoat was under there. I starched it a second time, too, so it had lots of body!
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Date: 2008-09-15 09:03 am (UTC)Although I'm not really into 1830's I must say your hairdo is such a hoot, that must have been so much fun to wear!
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Date: 2008-09-15 01:24 pm (UTC)Yes, the hair was a total blast!
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Date: 2008-09-15 03:33 pm (UTC)Everyone looked really good. Umm, but that wine colored stuffed bustle was a bit much on the one lady. Looked like a balloon coming out of her ...
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Date: 2008-09-15 05:27 pm (UTC)I laughed when I read that because I was totally guilty of that when I first started out in the bustle era, too! I didn't yet 'get' using the tapes to create the poufs. She'll learn :)
Yeah, I noticed that the 'no fan' shots show off the braided sculpture more (thanks to
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Date: 2008-09-15 08:09 pm (UTC)(I'm not allowed to use any more exclamation marks in this post but I'm inspired to try something with pieces for myself for this Halloween. I'm going to do a proper dress diary for some of the pieces but I'm going to have the bodice made.)
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