LA Anime Expo 2011

[Santa Kona]

Richard my question is where did you get your shoe buckles?

[LitTrog]

Richard my question is where did you get your shoe buckles?

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And shoes?

[OC Richard]

Master Chief from Halo, eh? Well I learned something today!

His (her?) costume was fantastic. Looking close, you could see that it was hand fabricated out of sheet plastic etc. Hours and hours of work, and much cleverness, went into it.

About the shoe buckles, they're just ordinary Scottish shoe buckles, the sort which have always been available from Highland Dress shops. They've always come in "#355 pattern", Celtic, and plain. The #355 is a thistle design long available in plaid brooch, crossbelt hardware, waistbelt buckle, dirk, sgian, and horsehair sporran top: en suite as our friend Iain Sherwood would say. I got them cheap off Ebay.

I have two pairs of shoes like that, ordinary modern "tassel loafers" which have had their tassels removed and buckles added. I wear them in imitation of the shoes long worn with Highland Dress, loafers with nonfunctional buckles, called "Cromwell style brogues" in Highland Dress catalogues from the 1930s.

Here's the other pair:

[kc8ufv]

Looks like a good time. I'm contemplating going to the GlassCityCon next weekend. Some costumes for cosplay are much simpler and/or less time consuming. I anticipate a total time on mine will be about an hour and a half, most of that doing things to my hair that I've never done before.

[Watson42]

I have got to show that picture of you with Master Chief to my little brother! He's a Halo nut and it will only make him want to wear his kilt even more once he sees just how dandied up one can get in a kilt.