Jemma Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 Lily i LOVE that jacket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilyLovesEdwardCullen Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayna Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Oooh loving the jacket Lils! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reneeadamson09 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 very nice!! i have found my hooped skirt and my black velvet drawstring bag!! yay, im good at hunting! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjthedq Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Anyone looking for a creative way to go Civil War without really dressing up...have a think about this (finally...12 years of being forced to study nothing but US History will be of use!): * Civil War doesn't have to be really limiting to JUST military uniforms and enormous hoop skirts. Whilst the Civil War was taking place between the Union and the Confederates (1861-1865), there was a lot going on elsewhere in America. * Think of the Wild West. That's a pretty iconic thing to be inspired by, and so easy to dress for. * Railroads and cotton were hugely important at the time. I have no idea what on earth good that does, but who knows. People are creative. * Looking more closely at the civil war and going beyond the normal military identity, the Civil War was about slavery. The South wanted secession from the Union to become their own country. This was the time of the Underground Railroad that brought slaves from the deep South to freedom in Canada. There's rich culture there of freedom songs and folklore. They used secret codes and songs to spread messages, and it was just really interesting. * Even more basic about the Civil war is the identifying colours. You can't get much simpler than just wearing the colours of the Union (North) or the Confederates (South). The Union colour for uniform was blue and the Confederate colour was grey. * Ironically some Native American tribes kept slaves and chose to support the Confederacy. Tribes of Native Americans had their own civil war whilst the American Civil War was being fought over allegiances to the Union v. the Confederacy. * If somebody dresses up as Abraham Lincoln, you will be my hero for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfsfreakaof Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 my outfit is going to be kinda lame lol.... im just wearing a white pesant skirt and a blue and white gingham gypsy top sorta thing that sort of has a tight bit at the waist, im going to curl my hair and top it all off with a pair of multi coloured converse lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayray_x Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 * If somebody dresses up as Abraham Lincoln, you will be my hero for life. I am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayna Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 That was really useful information! Thank you! When the theme first came up I WAS going to do cowgirl Alice but then I decided to do Victorian Alice instead lol! Well, in theory. Depends whether I wear my grey skirt or grey skinnies. Ha ha Rach I had a feeling you'd reply to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reneeadamson09 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 my outfit is going to be kinda lame lol.... im just wearing a white pesant skirt and a blue and white gingham gypsy top sorta thing that sort of has a tight bit at the waist, im going to curl my hair and top it all off with a pair of multi coloured converse lol that sounds pretty good to me That was alot of cool info!! If I'd thought about it I could have gone as a native American. I wonder what our American guests will think of a bunch of Brits dressed up like Americans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayray_x Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 If someone else dresses as him I might cry :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjthedq Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 * If somebody dresses up as Abraham Lincoln, you will be my hero for life. I am Really? Don't string me along here! That's BRILLIANT! I request a photo with you here and now. LEGEND! I wonder what our American guests will think of a bunch of Brits dressed up like Americans Well, as an American, I can say it's quite funny. Especially if you put on an accent. Brits doing American accents...it's highly entertaining. And usually sounds REALLY Southern or REALLY Valley Girl. Either way, brilliant! At least they don't get the "You Americans are just bastardised Brits" comments. It's very difficult to come up with a reply to that except "You're just upset that we kicked your asses.", haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayray_x Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 * If somebody dresses up as Abraham Lincoln, you will be my hero for life. I am Really? Don't string me along here! That's BRILLIANT! I request a photo with you here and now. LEGEND! Really really :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lola__ Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Is everyone either dressing up as soldiers , ladies or peasants??? I tried to convince my friends to go as a tribe on native american cherokee indians but they won't!!! They were involved in the civil was along with 4 other tribes!!! Anyone going as something different??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjthedq Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Is everyone either dressing up as soldiers , ladies or peasants??? I tried to convince my friends to go as a tribe on native american cherokee indians but they won't!!! They were involved in the civil was along with 4 other tribes!!! Anyone going as something different??? Ooo, getting political there! There were more than four other tribes, but the Cherokee were probably the most interesting. Loads of division there. Really sad stuff. I don't think I'm going to dress up, to be honest. I didn't at ET, sort of did at ET2, and I'm just not that into dressing up. So I think I'll either meet halfway or just do my own thing all together. Ray_Ray, YES! Where are you getting your costume? Are you going to have the beard too? Agh, so exciting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanggirl Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 hehe - when I was watching Wild Wild West on Saturday I joked to my mum that I could go as Abraham Lincoln. I will actually be sporting blue military outfit. Only cos I got outbid on the grey jacket on ebay! Just need to order a cap now and I'm done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjthedq Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Uh oh, a confederate girl! I guess you'll just have to be a Yank, haha! I actually used to have a grey civil war military cap that I got in 6th grade when we studied the Civil War. 6th grade, we had this teacher who literally spent half the year talking about the Civil War and the other half entirely on the life of Andrew Carnegie. How learning every aspect of the life of Andrew Carnegie has helped any of us is completely beyond me. At least the Civil War is generally relevant. Anyway, we did this simulation Civil War in our class and set up this enormous board with hills and trees and stuff, and the class was separated into Confederates and Yankees. Then somebody was assigned the role of Robert E. Lee and another the role of Ulysses S. the rest of us were assigned roles and given titles of real soldiers/commanders/whatever and we spent two weeks doing this mock Civil War. For some reason, this involved wearing the hats. Even though we were on separate sides of the classroom, apparently we still needed distinguishing? I have no idea why this anecdote was necessary to post, haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lola__ Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Is everyone either dressing up as soldiers , ladies or peasants??? I tried to convince my friends to go as a tribe on native american cherokee indians but they won't!!! They were involved in the civil was along with 4 other tribes!!! Anyone going as something different??? Ooo, getting political there! There were more than four other tribes, but the Cherokee were probably the most interesting. Loads of division there. Really sad stuff. I don't think I'm going to dress up, to be honest. I didn't at ET, sort of did at ET2, and I'm just not that into dressing up. So I think I'll either meet halfway or just do my own thing all together. Ray_Ray, YES! Where are you getting your costume? Are you going to have the beard too? Agh, so exciting! Yeah agreed but five tribes fought with the southern side thats what I ment!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Cullen Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Im really struggling with this party, I hae absolutely no idea what I'll be wearing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayray_x Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Yes, I'm going to have a beard :) I've found bits of it online, already had some pants and shoes. I swear if someone else goes as him I'm gonna cry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayna Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 I am actually tempted to speak in a southern accent for the entire party. Only thing is my accents are crap ha ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjthedq Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Yes, I'm going to have a beard :) I've found bits of it online, already had some pants and shoes. I swear if someone else goes as him I'm gonna cry Post a thread calling dibs, haha! I am actually tempted to speak in a southern accent for the entire party. Only thing is my accents are crap ha ha! DO IT! Just go watch loads of True Blood and you'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayna Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Ha ha funnily enough I have been. Loooove True Blood and I loooove the accent! So sexy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reneeadamson09 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 I can sometimes do a ny accent but that doesn't really count. How old is 6 th grade?? I never know. I have an American 'friend' that always always goes on about how crap Brits are etc etc n how our asses were whipped. Thing is it doesn't matter wot I say, even things like 'how ya doing' get that response I'd have liked to have gone Cherokee and I'm sure someone else will have the same dress as me on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjthedq Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 6th grade is 11-12 years old. Your "friend" sounds horrible! Although to be fair, I got SO much crap my first year here. It really upset me because about a week after my parents had left, someone took a stab at me and my American-ness. It wasn't like it was a really horrible thing they said, but it's the kind of thing where it's like, consider the situation? I'm living in a country I've never been to before now, I don't have any plans to see my family for at least the next year, and as excited as I was to move to England, it's still an enormous change in life. So for someone to be so thoughtless has stuck with me, even to this day. I'm sorry this person says that to you. They're seriously out of line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayna Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 (edited) So sixth grade is the same as our Year 6 then! I can't believe someone took a stab at you for your american-ness! That's awful! I love the american accent(s)! So much nicer than ours lol. When I was really little I used to pretend I was american ha ha ha! Yeah I was a weird child I know. What made you come to the UK? Edited January 18, 2010 by twilight obsessive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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