fandomhigh | Functional Fashion, Thursday, June 19

Class was, again, in the Danger Shop, although this time it was set up almost like a laboratory -- sleek, pale grey walls, a long counter on which stood bottles and vials and jars. Along the back was a display case, in which sat...

Superhero costumes?

"... Good morning, class," Lulu said, eyeing the set-up of the room a little suspiciously. "Today, we have a special guest lecturer joining us. She has come highly recommended to me for today's topic: disguise. Specifically, she focuses on how to hide one's identity when using one's... skills in public, most especially skills that could cause one to come under... investigation from sources by which one does not wish to be investigated.

"There are some of us here, in Fandom, who have abilities beyond the 'norm' for many versions of Earth. Some of us are not even from Earth, originally, and yet we find ourselves here, now. When travelling, there might be times we wish to use our abilities, to get ourselves involved in something while wishing to keep our identity unknown. That is when we look to disguise as a function of our clothing -- something to shield our identity while we work.

"Today," Lulu continued, "each of you is going to work with Ms. Edna Mode, who will guide you through the process of designing a costume that reflects your abilities and your personality. If you don't possess the kind of abilities about which I'm speaking, be creative: think about the skills you possess, and how they might suit the kind of role we're thinking of today.

"After all, today everyone gets to be a superhero." Lulu paused. "Or a supervillain. You will find no judgment here."

[... I have been looking forward to this class since the beginning. :D OCD ~~will be up in a moment~~ is up!]

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"Excellent darling, excellent, put yourself out there! Now, hmm, you do not need other weapons, so the belt it is out!" She threw one preliminary sketch over her shoulder, returned to scribbling in a nanosecond. "Bold lines! Tell me darling, how tall *are* you, dear?"

"Ummm..." Chad tried to remember what he put down on his last portfolios. "Six six last I checked, but I think I might have grown," still, "since then, so maybe six seven?"

Which had him worried about how that extra inch might be thought of at his callback...

"Ah! Perfect. More emphasis on the leg lines here, hmm, cut away at the shoulders to play up muscles there, mmmm, darling, collar, or no collar? If you can decide on that, and you like Crimson Glory and Midnight Black, I believe we have Our Design!"

That question was an easy one. "No collar. Unless it's really nice and loose." The woman worked in spandex, though, so Chad figured that was unlikely.

"Then we are Done!" Edna bounced forward and held up the sketch, red and black, sleeveless with diagonal cuts at the neckline and shoulders, smoke-and-black designs on the legs, with little arrows pointing to 'resistant fabric', 'stretching points' and 'boots!'

"Oooh. Boots."

Because, yes, those were the important part.

Functional Fashion, Thursday, June 19

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