I got love for you if you were born in the 1880's, the 80's

[tahariel]

So today I went to Camden with zoeiona, krazykipper and audrey1nd, ostensibly to buy corsets but also for a general wandering around and sploshing ineffectually through puddles.

It was the first time I've been to Camden and we went to several weird and wonderful shops selling all sorts of beautiful things. I'll definitely have to go back there for an even longer ramble sometime (though preferably when it's not raining!)

Anyway, we went to this lovely little shop called Burleska in the Stables Market, where I, zoeiona and audrey1nd all bought some lovely corsets.

My favourite corset-related comment came from zoeiona, who told me "I know you're pale, but with all that pale skin, you look sort of vampiric." It is true, I am very pale. I am a pale English Rose! With thorns for fangs

Mine is a very simple black underbust corset that looks awesome with my long white shirt and a black chiffon skirt I inherited from my mother. And what kind of fashion-geek would I be without photographs?






(I would like it done tighter, but it is hard to lace up your own corset, yo.)

One of these days I will work out how to set up a proper camera to take outfit pictures with instead of using my mirror. That day is not today.

Comments

[leviathans-moon.livejournal.com]

Camden is awesome*-* I love it.

and that corset is gorgeous*-* looks really good.

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[lemniciate.livejournal.com]

That looks super on you!

and that's really true...how long did it take for you to get that all laced up by yourself! :O

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And maybe five or ten minutes? It's mostly just about taking up the slack from the top and bottom and pulling it in towards the middle where the loops are. But you just don't get the same leverage trying to do it frm behind your own back.

[audrey1nd.livejournal.com]

It definitely looks really nice with that skirt. I like the second photo. It's very artistic looking. Especially the way the light falls on the strings.

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

Just stuck my iPhone behind me and prayed!

[zoeiona.livejournal.com]

You still look great in that. *squishes the vampiric one*

[anevivi.livejournal.com]

Your corset is indeed awesome! I love it! :)

[pobbit.livejournal.com]

Wow! You look fantastic and the details on the corset are wonderful. Would you wear it with trousers or is it better with skirts?

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) I think it could look good with trousers or skirts, but personally I tend to associate smart black trousers too strongly with work to want to wear them casually. And I don't think I'd wear it with jeans.

[colacube.livejournal.com]

Did you bend forward and yank to get it tight? Looks really good with the skirt.

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

Mostly I just fumbled around trying to pull the strings tighter bit by bit, but it seemed to work :)

Maybe I'll wear it to the next meet :D