Pahz

After the first few moments, I don't care about the theme anymore. I just really like seeing the cool and interesting fashions that the designers come up with because it's like walking art.

That's what I always say- if you can't breathe, your corset is too tight. I don't wear a proper "corset" at the renaissance faire, I wear a steel-bonded bodice- which is a little more forgiving, but I can move and bend and sit and definitely breathe while wearing it.

I have friends who do leatherwork for cosplay/renaissance faires and they can make leather look almost like anything. If you do a Google image search for "The Blonde Swan wooden bowler hat", you can see some. So this could very well be a very well-done piece of leather. I love it… Read More

Zendaya could wear a Cousin Itt costume and she'd still rock the hell out of it.

My daughter and her husband bought a house to fix up and rent out. In the kitchen, there was a door that led to the basement. When you open the door, there was a toilet on the landing. Sitting on it faces you down the stairs. To get down the stairs, you have to squeeze by it. Here… Read More

His name is Muerte.

I was born deaf in one ear and hard-of-hearing in the other. I’m in my 50s and the amount of people who respond to me saying that I’m genuinely deaf and HoH with: “HUH!? WHAT?!” followed by loud laughter is honestly shocking. All ages, too! So I informed you of my issue and your first… Read More

Industrial Noir This is a kind of engineer-y, mechanical aesthetic in black and white. The main characteristics that define Industrial Noir are that it often includes imagery of clocks, metalwork, and gears. So... sort of an emo steampunk goth? Okay, I guess. I'm already halfway… Read More

I only wear eye makeup and if you saw today's eyes, you would not label me a minimalist. I kept trying to fix a line, then I'd have to fix it on the other eye, then the other, then the other. Let's just say that I'm reliving my millennial daughters' goth phase with my eyes today.… Read More