Toga-related conclusions

[algeh]

I have come to several toga-related conclusions:

1. The best way to do the waist part is to wrap it around twice, once as a skirt and once as a top
   
   
2. There is no way in hell that this will be flattering on me without pantyhose, elastic, and a tulle underskirt
   
   
   
   
   1. There is no way to include these items and still be able to remove my toga in front of others without them thinking I am nuts (which, as this is a togas-as-swimsuit-coverings party, is something of a given)
      
   
   
   
3. There is no point in actually making a nice hem around the edge of all this
   
   
4. I need to come to some kind of decision on the "shaving" issue, as this outfit is definitely going to show legs and armpits (my clothes generally show neither)
   
   
   
   
   1. I have no idea where my razor is, which may make that decision for me
      
   
   
   
5. I am tempted to wear my ghost costume instead, as it is somewhat similar, but much more flattering on me
   
   
   
   
   1. However, it is August
      
      
   2. This would also be much like wearing a sack over my head, which I have also considered
      
   
   
   
6. My period better damn well not be early this month
   
   

No, I haven't started working on my costume for Kumricon yet. Shut up. I bought pantyhose for it, though, and I've had part of the bootcovers and the top done for a good year and a half now.

Comments

[unkle-social.livejournal.com]

So hey. just go with the hair. mammals have hair. hairy legs are as sexy as hell. trust me, i learned the hard way.

hard way? what? i mean easy way. not shaving things is the both the lazy and stylish way out. I am starting a trend, and you should be a part of it. embrace your body hair! yeah!

(i haven't shaved my legs in eons, my mother's wedding being the exception, and recently have stopped shaving armpits. lately, lifting my arms up high to wave at people and whatnot has become kind of exhilarating...giving them an awful surprise. it's fun. i suggest you try it)

besides linnea, you are a pretty girl and therefore can totally pull it off. good luck

[algeh]

Yeah, that's what I'm leaning toward and what I usually do. I think the last time I shaved my legs was over 4 years ago, the night that ended up with me dating Sean (although I might have done so for homecoming one of the next two years and have just forgotten about it). But this is a party at which I will know exactly 2 people, and I'd prefer not to spend the whole evening being talked about behind my back (and if they're going to do so anyway, I'd prefer it to be because I did something really stupid while drunk). On the other hand, I will probably never see anyone from this party other than those two people ever again, so I don't know if it matters much.

My mother designed her bridesmaid dresses in such a way that no shaving was needed. I am not sure if she did so on purpose to avoid a fight or if I just got lucky.

I have never shaved my armpit hair. Unlike the rest of puberty, which hit me like a ton of bricks at age 10 (I blame this on a particularly bad perm), my armpit hair didn't show up until about college, after I had long since lost any possible interest in hairlessness.

If I finish my costume for Kumoricon I'll need to do some shaving, though, since it's also pretty revealing and cosplay people can be really vicious about things like body hair. Fuckers.

Thanks!

[daraknor.livejournal.com]

I'd like to come, it took me a while to decide. Please give me a call and I will talk to you soon.