Battle of Abu Klea (Sudan)

[nevermore]

I once tried a uniform on for my wife,never again i looked like something out of shameless or benefit street 

[Anna Elizabeth]

I once tried a uniform on for my wife,never again i looked like something out of shameless or benefit street 

Depending on the uniform, many people would.

I'd like to do a costume, a kind of Steampunk Queen's officer, for myself. Pith helmet, tunic, and some kind of skirt, to try to capture the style of Victorian uniforms and Steampunk fashion.

[gustav]

Off topic Warning: 

Well I am in the process of angling for a hussar outfit.
My good lady and daughter have got their Regency dresses sorted out and I of course need something to match.
Not sure I have the figure for it though being more 6ft square than tall and lean.
May have to be more of a regimental farrier or somesuch

[Anna Elizabeth]

Off topic Warning: 

Well I am in the process of angling for a hussar outfit.
My good lady and daughter have got their Regency dresses sorted out and I of course need something to match.
Not sure I have the figure for it though being more 6ft square than tall and lean.
May have to be more of a regimental farrier or somesuch

Oh, you must share photos when you all have your outfits!

Are you doing pelise, busby, and everything?

[nevermore]

Think mine was a superman outfit, kind of looked like a idiot wearing underpants on the outside, love to dress up as a 1864 Brunswick cavalry officer with them skull and crossbones, yea love to see those pics gustav of your family in outfits.

[Anna Elizabeth]

Think mine was a superman outfit, kind of looked like a idiot wearing underpants on the outside, love to dress up as a 1864 Brunswick cavalry officer with them skull and crossbones, yea love to see those pics gustav of your family in outfits.

A Brunswick Cavalry officer will be awesome! Photos from you, as well!

And - Halloween this year I'll either be Jem or Applejack, and I'm not afraid of looking silly as either. XD

[gustav]

Well have not got the costume yet - still persuading the powers that be.  But, if I do it would be the full rig or nothing.

Mind you I have to say they do not come cheap and my wife is not as keen to make one for me as she was to make the dresses
So I may have to be a civilian in the end.

[Anna Elizabeth]

Gustav, I'd guess they are quite expensive. What if you did Victorian-era Mess Dress as an alternative?

[gustav]

Although I am sure the mess dress would be very spiffing (role play there  ), I think that it would be too late for what we had in mind - which is more Napoleonic / Regency period.
AFAIK there was no specific mess dress back then.  Happy to stand corrected though ....

 

[dhtandco]

Full rig or nothing? Suggest you don't go with the nothing option as you may get arrested!!!

[Arundel]

If all else fails you could always dress as a Ja' liyin tribesman--refreshingly breezy as well as kind on the pocket book!

[gustav]