Me in my Victorian outdoor outfit
On Saturday, members of the Stafford Society promoted TeslaCon at the Bristol Renaissance Faire during the Steampunk Invasion this past weekend.
Wearing late 1800s/early1900s Victorian outdoor outfit, I walked around talking to other Steampunk enthusiasts about steampunk and TeslaCon. People took pictures of me and complimented me left and right. Some of the comments were so flattering that I stayed in a constant state of blushing.... or was that from the beating heat of the sun? My favorite thing about the weekend was explaining curious people who had no knowledge of Steampunk what it was and why we were all there.
The Stafford Society also escorted Eric Larson/Lord Bobbins (creator and head of TeslaCon) throughout the Faire to show him different acts and talent he could recruit for the convention in December. Afterwards, I asked him if his experience that day had been one of work or play, and he admitted that it was a little bit of both.
As a result of our efforts we sold 20 more badges and estimate to sell out by the end of August. Selling out three whole months before the convention? Pretty impressive. I'm very excited for the actual event!
I had a few costume problems from the day though... well I guess just one. I left the Faire to drop something off at the car and they stamp you so you can get back in, well that blue stamp on my wrist rubbed off on my white dress and got blue right on the front! That's why I'm wearing that navy blue wrap around the middle to hide it. No one knew unless I told them that the wrap wasn't supposed to be there, but it was a bit frustrating. the ink was water-based so I believe it will come out of the skirt.
My only real regret from the weekend is that I did not get any good photos of my clothing from the day. The one above does not do it justice in the slightest. I'm going to schedule a shoot with Keith to better capture my work. Below is a group photo of all the steampunk characters at the Faire. I'm on the bottom left with my skirt all fanned out on the ground.
Wearing late 1800s/early1900s Victorian outdoor outfit, I walked around talking to other Steampunk enthusiasts about steampunk and TeslaCon. People took pictures of me and complimented me left and right. Some of the comments were so flattering that I stayed in a constant state of blushing.... or was that from the beating heat of the sun? My favorite thing about the weekend was explaining curious people who had no knowledge of Steampunk what it was and why we were all there.
The Stafford Society also escorted Eric Larson/Lord Bobbins (creator and head of TeslaCon) throughout the Faire to show him different acts and talent he could recruit for the convention in December. Afterwards, I asked him if his experience that day had been one of work or play, and he admitted that it was a little bit of both.
As a result of our efforts we sold 20 more badges and estimate to sell out by the end of August. Selling out three whole months before the convention? Pretty impressive. I'm very excited for the actual event!
I had a few costume problems from the day though... well I guess just one. I left the Faire to drop something off at the car and they stamp you so you can get back in, well that blue stamp on my wrist rubbed off on my white dress and got blue right on the front! That's why I'm wearing that navy blue wrap around the middle to hide it. No one knew unless I told them that the wrap wasn't supposed to be there, but it was a bit frustrating. the ink was water-based so I believe it will come out of the skirt.
My only real regret from the weekend is that I did not get any good photos of my clothing from the day. The one above does not do it justice in the slightest. I'm going to schedule a shoot with Keith to better capture my work. Below is a group photo of all the steampunk characters at the Faire. I'm on the bottom left with my skirt all fanned out on the ground.
Photograph by Francis C. Szarban
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