1) Find awesome boots with or without a heel and possibly with laces up the front. Ideally the top won’t be too tight.
2) Sew the loop side of some velcro into the inside of the top of the boot.
3) Make nifty brocade or lace or velvet or leather or vinyl or glitter boot cuffs with hook side of velcro on them.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4928994_make-pirate-boot-tops.html
4) Get dressed in sensible outfit of pants or long skirt. Add boots with ridiculous boot cuffs underneath.
5) Grin like a maniac.

Other parts of my costumery include scarves of all varieties, stripey socks, and jewelry with personal significance. Color is also a huge part of the “integration” thing I described. It’s a very happy-making thing when just the right colors come together with just the right sorts of clothing for the day. It makes me feel like a whole (and sometimes even holy) person.
.-= Tracy´s last post … On Mark-Making: Post-It Notes from the Universe =-.

It is a big gem-stoney butterfly and flutters beautifully on my finger as I type. I like the weight of it as I tap.

I reminds me of lightness, wonder, beauty, freedom and transformation – all qualities I love to have in my writing process.

But the really fun bit is that when I’m wearing it I kinda automatically imagine the rest of a flamboyant writer costume. Very Barbara Cartland. I can be as audacious and ar-teest as I like and have it all my way because ‘I’m a writer, darling’.

Makes me smile every time.
.-= Rebecca Leigh´s last post … Benefits, reality distortion fields, and talking so your right people can hear you =-.

When I first meet my partner-to-be at life-drawing classes he was always commenting on my “costumes”. “They’re not “costumes”, I would insist. “They’re clothes”. But once I refelcted on it, I realized that my dressing was always really about costume. At that particular time I was working as a teacher and really struggling with it. My creative costumes were about showing my students that I was so much more than just my role in the classroom. When I went to life-drawing classes, instead of dressing down because I was worried about charcoal or ink stains, I wore my same work costume to link my two lives as drawer and teacher, so that I could take some of that identity back into my work the next day. I guess my costumes were kind of like a bridge for me at that time.

PS. My vote is for 1940s writer girl (with striking red matte lippy!)

First of all, a tie. These are business meeting so a blouse or business suit wouldn’t be out of place. If you’d normally wear a suit the tie is serious and very adult. If you’d normally wear a sweater or plain blouse a blouse and tie can be whimsical while adult. Just remember, the tie cannot be stuff.

Second is socks, something whimsical (whimsy is huge for me), light stripity toe socks. You’re in the same town as Sock Dreams and can not only shop there unless you have ginormous feet can actually wear most of their socks (I hate most of them not fitting men at the size 10 range). These guys in black and purple or to add some sexy to it try this puppies (maybe I’ll be brave enough to wear them one day).

That said, for serious, adult business a whimsical tie is your best bet.
.-= Herb´s last post … The Path to Becoming =-.