How to Develop a Personal Style [Tuesday]

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"I thought," Irene said, greeting them in their normal classroom, though there were both stacks of magazines and racks of clothing distributed about the room, "that what with this being the last week of class before the exam, we might do something fun."

Because usually the fashion class was so hard, you guys.

"We've mostly talked about functionality in this class," she explained, crossing her legs as she perched on her desk. (And Irene was dressed normally today, despite the subject matter. "But fashion almost never starts at function. And thus we have haute couture -- the sometimes over-the-top presentations from the major fashion houses that sort of...start trends. Think of couture as a great big lake at the very top of a mountain -- as it trickles down into rivers and streams and makes its way to the ocean, it morphs and changes and splinters off, but never stays quite as impressive or grand as that initial lake. And thus, something like this amber outfit," she said, holding up a sweater and skirt, "trickles down to inspire these flowered skirts, which are perhaps a touch more wearable."

"What I'd like for you to do today is to peruse the couture, see how it could transition into something wearable, and maybe boggle a little at what goes through the average designer's mind," Irene smiled. "I've got magazines and lookbooks to peruse, if that's more your speed."

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Re: Play with couture! [4/14]

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That was enough to draw Kathy's attention. "...Are you cosplaying as a Dalek?" she was compelled to ask.

Re: Play with couture! [4/14]

[not_a_moonie]

Alana snickered. "See, I was thinking it looked more like I'd made this out of a shower curtain," she confessed. "What's a Dalek?"

Re: Play with couture! [4/14]

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This was one of those things that was easier shown than told. Kathy dug out her phone and did a quick search before offering it to Alana. "An old costume from this crazy science fiction show," she explained. "I'm tempted to give you a plunger and a whisk and send you to conventions for everyone to fawn over."

Re: Play with couture! [4/14]

[not_a_moonie]

Alana looked at it, looked at herself, and laughed. "Yep. I'm a Dalek. Think the designer was going for that effect, or am I just lucky?"

Re: Play with couture! [4/14]

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"I dunno...if there's one place to get your sci-fi nerd on without anyone really noticing, it seems to be haute couture," Kathy said, smiling a bit. "It's now my headcanon that whoever that designer is has a whole line of, like, 'deconstructed costume designs' or something with some fancy explanation that boils down to them being a giant nerd of 60s scifi aesthetics."

Re: Play with couture! [4/14]

[not_a_moonie]

"... and no one calls them on it 'cause it would mean admitting they liked old sci-fi too," Alana mused. "I don't know if it'strue, but I like where you're going with that."

Re: Play with couture! [4/14]

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"It's all very Emperor's New Clothes," Kathy said. "And if it isn't true, it should be."

Which was how things worked, absolutely.