This will include everything from replicas of wardrobe items from the above mentioned show, to my own historical recreations of what Viking women wore. Perhaps even a few items of fantasy with historical Norse details?
On 'Vikings', the real historical character, Lagertha (portrayed by actress, Katheryn Winnick) has an amazing wardrobe throughout the two seasons we have seen so far. It ranges from rustic to noble, and thanks to the wardrobe fitting and on-set sneak peeks Katheryn has given us via Twitter and Instagram, the costuming for season #3 is already proving to be equally detailed and stunning.
After building a successful reproduction of Lagertha's battledress, I want to keep going; creating more replicas and my own original garments. This blog will now be my chosen venue to showcase those projects.
I already have The Austrian Woman sewing blog, Yet I've wanted to keep it dedicated to 18th century, Victorian and other sewing from the last four to five centuries since that is its overall represented theme.
Between that, the Sci-Fi, Disney's 'Frozen' cosplay, and now the Viking sewing & armor building, I have a lot of mixed themes on one blog.
Despite some opinions about having multiple blogs, it's often difficult to keep readers interested when the subject matter keeps making huge leaps between genres. This is especially so when a reader might have decided to follow my blog in the first place because they have an interest in Victorian fashion, yet could care less about Sci-Fi costuming or Vikings, and vice versa.
Elsa's Coronation gown From Frozen might stay on the AW blog. Not only does that costume have a definite late Victorian style to it (?), I'd like to do an historically accurate version using the color pallet from the film gown. In this case, that "cosplay" could work on the AW blog due to it's historical-redesign theme.
I know cosplay is a term most often used for any costume worn to resemble or reenact a character from books, TV, film, comics, anime etc.
For me personally, the term tends to spark the image of a bunch of 15 year olds dressed as their favorite anime characters. To be honest though, when I dress as Elsa I consider that cosplay. The recreation and wearing of a gown Marie Antoinette wore is something I'd personally call a reproduction or better yet; a "tribute".
Still, the act of dressing to completely resemble a character or person other than ourselves, historical or otherwise, technically places all of the above in the realm of cosplay. It's some interesting food for thought either way ;-
Additionally, since the Sci-Fi costuming will be rather intense for Dragon Con next year and take up a lot of my costuming time, I may even start a separate blog for that genre, too. This will also encompass what many see as typical cosplay, in the realm of Disney, modern fantasy etc.
On that note I leave you with this; many Blogger users have multiple blogs dedicated to various subjects, so I see nothing wrong with being able to compartmentalize them a little. I currently have just three, compared to some users that have a long list of multiple blogs. I'm keeping mine short (probably no more than 4 when all is said and done). The links to each will show on my Blogger profile, so they'll be easy to find.
And now, onward to the North...
