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I really wasn't planning on abandoning this thing, but a lot of rather stressful real life got in the way of this and most other internet activities. Shit happens, as the platitude goes.
The corset dress hasn't happened yet. I did make a tentative pattern for it, but not much more. I've finished another outfit that's been brewing for a good while, though. It all came about because I love the subtle irony of the fact that the uniforms of the Waffen-SS Panzer divisions were black with pink piping and silver details - and it's a bright pink, too. That's the kind of colour scheme that, in this context, just begs for being parodied, tarted up and made thoroughly camp, I thought; so I did.
Not in the best taste, perhaps, but this is pastiche and parody, not an homage, just to clarify. Think of it as being in the same vein as Herr Flick and Helga of 'Allo 'Allo!
The cut of the Panzer wraps is gorgeous - here the collar and lapels are inexpertly ripped off and transformed into a tight, knee-length wiggle dress, based on the pattern I made for that Rachel-inspired dress about a year and a half ago - the dress in this post is also after the same pattern. I made the pink even pinker, and added a lot of extra piping everywhere. The cap is roughly the same shape as (one of) the originals, but the similarities pretty much end there. It would have been fun to have some bastardized version of the totenkopf and eagle on it, but I had neither the time nor the means for that when I was making it, and I'm not at all sure how I would go about that anyway, so it's not happening at the moment. I did make a failed attempt at embroidered collar insignia - maybe I'll do it later, if I can work it out.
Besides, I'm pretty happy with the badges I ended up wearing with it, which brings me to item number two for this post. That pin in my cap is often, in my scene, mistaken for an elaborate Laibach pin. It's actually a vintage silver nurse badge, but it is very true to the spirit of Laibach and NSK in the sense that it looks even more the part than the real thing does - just compare it to the actual Laibach pin on my collar. I'm always on the lookout for more accessories like that, and I got lucky browsing bakelite for a friend's birthday...
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Lovely, and quite Irwinesque, isn't it? It was described as a religious pewter brooch, maybe a nurse's badge of some sort. Now that I have it I rather think it's silver plate, not pewter, and after a bit of research I'm pretty sure that the cross signifies Switzerland, not medicine or religion (although the madonna-and-child symbolism does, I assume). The tiny text on the front says "Huguenin H.J.", and Huguenin is a Swiss company that has been specializing in art medals since the late 19th century. I found pictures of similar-looking Swiss shooting medals made by the same company in the same era that have the same cross on them.
I don't think this is a shooting medal, though - it's definitely a medal for something or other, but I don't know what. I would love to know, if anyone out there recognizes this thing.
And one with the nurse badge that's on my cap in the first photo, for size comparison:
So now you know at least something of what I've been up to since the last post.
The corset dress hasn't happened yet. I did make a tentative pattern for it, but not much more. I've finished another outfit that's been brewing for a good while, though. It all came about because I love the subtle irony of the fact that the uniforms of the Waffen-SS Panzer divisions were black with pink piping and silver details - and it's a bright pink, too. That's the kind of colour scheme that, in this context, just begs for being parodied, tarted up and made thoroughly camp, I thought; so I did.
Not in the best taste, perhaps, but this is pastiche and parody, not an homage, just to clarify. Think of it as being in the same vein as Herr Flick and Helga of 'Allo 'Allo!
The cut of the Panzer wraps is gorgeous - here the collar and lapels are inexpertly ripped off and transformed into a tight, knee-length wiggle dress, based on the pattern I made for that Rachel-inspired dress about a year and a half ago - the dress in this post is also after the same pattern. I made the pink even pinker, and added a lot of extra piping everywhere. The cap is roughly the same shape as (one of) the originals, but the similarities pretty much end there. It would have been fun to have some bastardized version of the totenkopf and eagle on it, but I had neither the time nor the means for that when I was making it, and I'm not at all sure how I would go about that anyway, so it's not happening at the moment. I did make a failed attempt at embroidered collar insignia - maybe I'll do it later, if I can work it out.
Besides, I'm pretty happy with the badges I ended up wearing with it, which brings me to item number two for this post. That pin in my cap is often, in my scene, mistaken for an elaborate Laibach pin. It's actually a vintage silver nurse badge, but it is very true to the spirit of Laibach and NSK in the sense that it looks even more the part than the real thing does - just compare it to the actual Laibach pin on my collar. I'm always on the lookout for more accessories like that, and I got lucky browsing bakelite for a friend's birthday...
Cut for more pictures.
Lovely, and quite Irwinesque, isn't it? It was described as a religious pewter brooch, maybe a nurse's badge of some sort. Now that I have it I rather think it's silver plate, not pewter, and after a bit of research I'm pretty sure that the cross signifies Switzerland, not medicine or religion (although the madonna-and-child symbolism does, I assume). The tiny text on the front says "Huguenin H.J.", and Huguenin is a Swiss company that has been specializing in art medals since the late 19th century. I found pictures of similar-looking Swiss shooting medals made by the same company in the same era that have the same cross on them.
I don't think this is a shooting medal, though - it's definitely a medal for something or other, but I don't know what. I would love to know, if anyone out there recognizes this thing.
And one with the nurse badge that's on my cap in the first photo, for size comparison:
So now you know at least something of what I've been up to since the last post.
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Also a sidenote, I think I am in love with your eyebrows.
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Thanks, I like my eyebrows too! Eyebrows should have some substance to them, I think.
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I'm always floored by your talent.
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