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Rec'd the NYT Fall  '08 Men's Fashion Supplement today, and here are a few pictures for the gentlemen to ponder:
(Apologies for the pics and no cut; I'm still working the bugs out on IE and LJ and etc....)

 On the left, a Ralph Lauren sweater jacket;  the copy says brown, I say khaki!  Perfect for the military man who wants to have something more casual for relaxing...

On the right, a Gucci studded leather jacket -- this conjures up the vision of steam motorcycles, although I'd add a helmet and lose the gypsy coin belt.  Check out the military tailoring on the jackets in the foreground and background.  Very sharp!

On the left, a nipped waist frock coat from Paul Smith; the gent is wearing a locket with a key dangling from it -- and isn't that a lovely bowler hat!

And finally, on the right, the novelty piece of the set:  goggles gone mainstream from Hickey Freeman.  I scanned this mostly for the scarf and mitts, but the whole thing is just so, um, odd, that I had to throw it into the mix. 

These are ad scans from my flickr account -- if you want to see them fullsize go to HERE; the supplement itself with the articles and fashion shoots can be seen at:

http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/09/07/style/t/index.html

Enjoy!  The Prof, in the much less humid Hudson Valley

Wooooooohoooo FINAL FANTASY, BILLY & MANDY ACTRESS INTEVIEWED
In all seriousness, she was great I was so surprised she gave us so much time ( it was a co-interview with Otakunews.com who did the hard work writing it u this time)I kept thinking the interview would end but she kept coming up with great stuff and was happy to chat. For the aspiring pros reading this be sure to give it a read, I think a lot you will know but it's always good to have some perspective.

http://voiceacting.co.uk/site/2008/09/07/kari-wahlgren-interview/

GO!

My to-do list is frankly epic! It's my fault a lot of it is stuff I've said " yeah I'll do" and has turned out a bigger job than I thought, or else my imagination with this work paying of caught up with me.
Oh well march on!

So today (or rather yesterday since it's past midnight) I headed over to the New York Transit Museum with a couple of friends. For those that don't know it, it is located in downtown Brooklyn and the website that has all that information regarding times and directions is www.mta.info/mta/museum/. It was a rainy day which made it quite perfect for wandering about old train cars.

I would highly recommend that anyone in the area visit this place. It was my first time there although I had been meaning to go for quite some time. It is located in an actual train station that had been converted to the museum and in addition to various displays and information regarding the history of the transportation services there are several very interesting things such as old subway cars from the different decades. My only complaint would be that there is no air conditioning and as such it was incredibly hot and stuffy there in August (dressed in a blouse, stockings and a corset). To tie this into fashion, of course, we took numerous photographs.

At one point me and my friends were also approached by an employee and asked if we were doing a photoshoot, but when I replied that we were just taking photographs for personal use (I said for myspace/facebook) he didn't give us any trouble. There were only 4 of us however so perhaps a larger group may have a problem.

The theme we did was more vintage then steampunk and my outfit was honestly something I threw together this morning about an hour before leaving the house, so I apologize if this is off topic. At least perhaps it will inspire anyone else who was thinking of doing a shoot there. Flash photography is not allowed however, so make sure your camera can take photographs in dim lighting. Many of mine blurred and did not come out well for that very reason.

( Enough rambling! Onto the photographs! Buses and trains oh my~ )

By the way, yes, I actually changed my icon for the first time in years. It is me, swinging and pointing an umbrella, if anyone can tell. And with that I go sleep! Goodnight.

• 23:56 My cat just ripped out her own tooth and flung it halfway across the room. ;_;

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So I went to sleep at 12:30AM, thinking I would get a good night's sleep before my "get up to prepare to go to work" time of 10:30AM. Cut to 7AM and I'm wide awake, with all manner of morning sounds and my stressed out need to sleep keeping me said wide awake (ironic!).

Then when I am finally able to drift off into that fuzzy half-asleep, half-awake state - the alarm rings. At that precise moment, my left leg decides to cramp up and cause me the worst pain possible without using rusty, blunt instruments.

On the bright side, it's a Sunday - hurray for going into work on the weekend!

.... I hate you, life. I hate you. I hope you DIE. D:

First of all, do a little search online for anything by almost-unknown shoe-maker (apparently, I wouldn't know, I only found them tonight) Clevistyle. They have some amazing gents shoes at a sensible price in a good range of sizes.

As posted in my own journal:

Finally found some pennies to buy a pair of shoes. I've got two pairs that are dead, pretty much, one pair that's on its way out and all three are really beyond repair.

So, I bought these:

Reputable seller on eBay, should arrive within a fortnight. Got them for a sensible reduction of the retail price. I wanted a new pair of shoes that could work for formal and informal attire, be a bit different and less than £40.00

I've acheived that.

Of course, the benefit of purchasing through eBay with Paypal is that if I get a duff product, I can get my money back. Let us hope I don't have to though.

Cruising around Etsy, I came across the shop of Catherinette Rings

Here's a gorgeous example:

( And a few more for good measure )

Hey everyone,

Someone had posted about rosaries and it inspired me to take a creative approach to this symbol. Now I will preface this to say that I am not Catholic but I enjoy crafting things with my own two hands regardless of religion. This is a standard 5 decade rosary made from brass finish nuts from the hardware store. 2 different sizes were used, #6-32 for the Ave Marias and 1/4" for the Paters. The gear used to bring the loop together is from an old clock and the cross was made with a #10-32 nut with two pieces of wire woven through and twisted. The rosary weighs about 2.75 oz.

( Pictures Ahoy! )

Full size available at: http://sefina.furtopia.org/costume/Steampunk/

Had a very small photoshoot a couple of days ago with a very nice photographer from my area..

Want to have a look? ^^

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May I present for your viewing pleasure, two, never before seen by the eye of man...or woman, Faery Guns. These were designed by the esteamable Eulalie Graceman of Piper's Pool fame. Eulalie developed these after a series of unfortunate incidents in which a number of things went quite wrong and which could have been prevented if someone had only gotten rid of the local Faery population. Thus were born The Nuetralizer and The Capture.

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I've just purchased 6 yards of black/royal blue shark skin fabric (looks black when you see it from straight on, blue from the side, etc) for this pattern http://www.butterick.com/web/shop.cgi?s.item.B4954. I'm removing the lace at the neck and sleeves. The buttons are silver squares with a slight rib accents with a half-sphere shaped blue stone. Before I get started on this time and money intensive project, is it steamy enough? In the fabric store it seemed so perfect but as always the minute I get home I'm not sure....

There is someone out in the Steampunk community that is known for his steampunky dreadlocks. I know he (I think this is a he I'm thinking of) has got an LJ, but I can't find it. I think he possibly also makes extensions and sells them? Does anyone know who I'm describing?

Edit: Thank you!

This is from one of my friends that were arrested at the RNC, to my knowledge only 3 of my friends got arrested. One of them was held on felony charges and was just recently released while the others had misdemeanors and where released within or around the 24 hour mark. All this happened BEFORE the rioting (which was in reaction to this nonsense of the cops soliciting riots) and makes me disgusted. I worry about my friend’s health in every sense, because being in a deeply rooted Republican location and arrested for rioting (even if they were there to help and not there for political reasons, and NOT rioting) as transperson, is so very scary. I worry for so many reasons about the treatment of them, and know that nothing decent happened to them, and this sucks because they were there TO HELP!

( Firsthand account by a Portland Street Medic assisting folks at the RNC )