Recent content by Vaihingen

Years ago, when I was still in high school, I was a stereotypical mall goth. Lately I've been interested in steampunk as well as vintage styling. I defiantly agree with the 'attention seeking ' observation. Is it just me or do guys get photographed far more than the gals?

There's been some great advice here, so really all I can add is my own two cents (re: pretty darn biased). I've had a lot of boyfriends, but I always remember the dates where I got flowers. I think the trick is to only give them if you're picking her up, then she can stash them somewhere.

I was growing my hair out for the wedding, the minute after I cut it into a middy and then bleached it beyond all recognition. I'm trying to decide on a new hair color for November... , , , ,

If you're patient and willing to hand sew (I've never done this successfully with a machine) you can also cut non-control pantyhose (junior tights, etc). I fold it over twice and hand sew a new hem. This works best on tights that are a touch too large for you.

That's not fair. That is just so not fair. If you are rich, you should buy the drool-worthy things to save us the torture, while at the same time saving the bargains for us.

Such a fantastic dress, crazydaisy! Did you sew or find it? "Where are you going?" it's the only comment (other than compliments occasionally, which is pretty cool) that we seem to get....

It's really odd to me. I consider myself very independent, and I usually treasure alone time (bath tub reading in particular comes to mind...) but I really don't like sleeping alone. When I'm over at my family's for Christmas, my sisters and I all pile into a giant bed, and the dogs join in too...

Unless I'm going to an event where I want to be more period correct, I like to have a bit of a dieselpunk vibe going on with my 30s-40s wardrobe. For me that means a lot of browns and maybe some greens. To stop it from being boring though I break up the textures and make sure I'm not wearing the...

Your hair loses moisture everytime you shower, the amount depends on how hot the water was from what I understand. Johnson & Johnson have done some research on this, but I can't seem to find it at the moment. Rollers certainly do absorb hair oils! I'm not sure if that's what accounts for some...

I don't have freddies classics, but here's my two cents? My own hips are 12 inches wider than my waist, and I find that wearing high waisted pants exaggerates that. I love it, but if you want to minimize that effect than maybe you could have the pants in a dark color, or have both the top and...

My hair is very, very thick. I remember dyeing it as a early teen just to damage it enough to get it to behave! Anyways, I find that if I set it wet then it just won't dry (I left them in one time for 15 hours, no-go). What I've been doing with my middy (modified, it's 14 inches) is three...

The Vogue sale is back on, but ends Wednesday!:eusa_clap I bought two of their 40s dresses and one of their 40s suits. I've looked over the pieces and don't think I'll need to do any adjustments whatsoever (in the past I've had trouble messing with crotch rises), but is there anything y'all...

Last month I drafted a pattern off of a few photos I found on a google image search. I'm happy with the shape, but what's a period correct closure? I'm looking for a 40's style, and I saw that some of these photos have pants with button on the side. Was that the most popular style? I dunno...

Oh! Word of warning, they're awesome and very easy to make, but after a few uses the duct tape can stretch. I covered mine with paper-mache'd pieces of "The Lost World" lmao ;)

Top I made day before yesterday. My apologies that it's not in color! I wrote an action in photoshop to batch process a few photos I was going to send my fiance (he hadn't seen me with my middy yet) and I've lost the original this went to!:eusa_doh: I sew a little bit almost everyday, so most...