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If you haven't been here before, you're probably wondering that right now. I've been here People like me are more numerous than you think. You probably are one and may not even know it. Ask yourself: Is Halloween more important to you than Christmas? Do you salivate at the thought of silk taffeta? Have you ever worn a costume to school/work just because you felt like it? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, you might just be a costume geek. Muwhahahaha. To answer the first question, I have no idea who this Sarah Lorraine person is, either. When did you start costuming?
No one has ever asked me this question, so I'm just going to pretend like someone has and answer it anyway. I started costuming around the age of 12. I started by designing outfits to wear to Ren Faire and my mother would sew them. After age 15, I began to learn how to sew for myself. I consider my gold brocade gown to be my first "real" garment, and that wasn't made until it was 23. The 7 years between learning to sew and that gown produced a lot of crap, some of which you can see on this site. The other stuff is locked in How long have you had a website? About 9 years now. I first started with a website called "Sewing The Seeds of Rebellion". That later became "The Elizabethan Lady" and then three years ago, I settled on Mode Historique, in order to reflect my growing passion for other eras outside the Elizabethan age. And anything in French just sounds more awesome than if it were in English, right? "Historical Fashion" just doesn't have the same ring to it... What you do looks hard... I could never sew like that! It's all in the amount of dedication you want to invest in it. As with anything, it takes practice to get good at making an outfit that looks and feels like clothing, not just a costume. Expect to rip out lots of seams. Expect to cuss like a trucker. Expect to throw some tantrums. But in the end, if you stick with it, it becomes easier and easier (to rip out seams, that is). Would you make/sell me a costume? Probably not. I do on occassion make things for people other than myself, but as a general rule, I do not opperate a sewing business and I do not take comissions and I do not sell my existing costumes. (Yes, I get asked this sort of thing A LOT) I provide information and to a small degree, instruction via this website, and that's entirely free for you to use to your own ends (be nice and respect copyright is all I ask). What are you up to these days? School, mostly. I'm Where can I find you in costume?
I do light participation with the Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild, and am more involved in the Society for Creative Anachronism these days (heavy participation in my teens resulted in a long term period of avoidance with anything SCA related until relatively recently. I still resist the idea of doing more than dabbling anymore). I do make it to the occassional Renaissance Faire, usually one located somewere in Northern California (although I have been known to appear at Bristol in Wisconsin). I wrote you an email ages ago and you never answered it! I'm sorry if you ended up getting ignored. Chances are your email is actually sitting my mailbox gathering cyberwebs while I make all sorts of good intentions to actually write you back. I'm terrible about corrospondance. Is there anything else you care to share with the class, Ms. Lorraine? I have double jointed elbows? |
Who is this Sarah Lorraine person and how come she likes dressing up in costumes?
