Do you wear them outside of conventions? If not, why not? If so, do you wear them to work? Or out and about? Dinner parties?
Yup, I do wear mine outside of conventions. I've worn a couple of them to work --the less bright ones-- and to parties now that it's Clarion West season, and because of stopping to shop before parties, I've worn them shopping, as well. minnehaha K put a bee in my bonnet about the possibility that South Asians might take me to be engaging in unattractive cultural imperialism (or whatever it is when you're borrowing from another culture, rather than inflicting yours on them) but I haven't noticed anyone looking offended, even at Trader Joe's, which has lots of South Asian customers. (Which seems only fair, since they have several Russian Jews working the checkouts.)
When I was in San Francisco I certainly didn't pause to change before going out on street expeditions from the conventions, and I must say the rust-colored wool blend attracted quite a lot of admiration at Britex fabric when I went shopping with kate_schaefer.
I might hesitate about wearing one to a dinner party, but only because I tend to wear my food so frequently that I might be worrying about ruining the pink Thai Silk suit. That one, as with the two wool blends, is a candidate for dry cleaning. Happily, both the embroidered cotton and the paper silk suits seem to handle going through the washer on a gentle cycle.
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Date: 2005-07-18 03:47 pm (UTC)Yup, I do wear mine outside of conventions. I've worn a couple of them to work --the less bright ones-- and to parties now that it's Clarion West season, and because of stopping to shop before parties, I've worn them shopping, as well.
When I was in San Francisco I certainly didn't pause to change before going out on street expeditions from the conventions, and I must say the rust-colored wool blend attracted quite a lot of admiration at Britex fabric when I went shopping with
I might hesitate about wearing one to a dinner party, but only because I tend to wear my food so frequently that I might be worrying about ruining the pink Thai Silk suit. That one, as with the two wool blends, is a candidate for dry cleaning. Happily, both the embroidered cotton and the paper silk suits seem to handle going through the washer on a gentle cycle.