Firefly Fan goes for costume fitting

POSTED BY: Wren
UPDATED: Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:16
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WREN

Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:16 PM

Heres DamnitGirlies experiences from her costume fitting:

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Ok here is the Costume report...
So we drive to the wrong place first, figure it out quickly, and then head around the corner. (He knew we were wrong. I insisted we weren’t) When we get to the right place, there are signs that say “Serenity” with an arrow. So we follow the arrows. I walk into a warehouse and a nice lady helps me...I forgot to ask her name (how rude) She immediately walks me through some racks of clothes, has me try on a Komono and then takes me to a little dressing area. I passed Kaylee’s coveralls along the way. (New and sooo cute!) There is a gorgeous beaded dress with a note which reads "needs shawl" But I saw no name. When I get in the little dressing room it is all mirrored and has a clothing rack. As I hang up my outfit and the costumer is speaking to me I notice a belt hanging on the rack tagged “Jayne’s Line”
Fe Wah! (shut up!)
She leaves me alone and as I am dressing it occurs to me...I am in the presences of greatness (or at least one of it’s accessories!) I realize if I don’t touch it, well it would just be wrong. What could I share with the fandom? I did it for YOU! I quickly and stealthily reached out and touched. I felt so silly and so lucky all at the same time. I am an ADULT for gosh sakes, not a 14 year old. Then I decide, well there was nothing so bad about being 14 and I am just going to enjoy the silliness of the whole thing.
I lightly snoop while I wait for the costumer to return but there is nothing else of apparent interest and I don’t want to get caught snooping. (I’m not the picture of stealth. I usually rely on distraction) She comes back with some terrific, gawdy, gold slippers. And puts on my collar (It looks like the one Rance’s wife wears in HoG. Maybe not. I’ll have to rewatch) She decides I need a belt to try and give me a waist. I tell her I have been trying to give me a waist for a long time and hope she has better luck. She laughs and says “You’re going to be trouble” (How could she tell!?) We chit-chat for a few minutes while she straps me in and I explain I am one of the “crazy fans” and not a professional. I think she may have figured that out on her own. (could have been the irrepressable goofy grin and feet not touching the floor.) I put on the shoes and ask what kind of stockings I should wear. “Not these right?” I say as I flash her my ankle socks. She starts to laugh again. Apparently I was funny. I think I may have more Wash in me than I realized! (Shut up STEVEP!)
Anyway we head out in search of a hat. The first one is “too small” The second is “too big” (believe me the similarities of this story don’t escape me) While I am still encased in the second hat , which I can not see out from under, I explain that “I once wore a lampshade just like this at a party!” She laughs again...I’m on a roll!( I gotta tell ya...It had to have been a lampshade in a former existance. I am not kidding.) Finally the third and last hat was...say it with me “Just right” It is one of those round hats that comes to a point. Like a little head parisol. I don’t know what they are called, but they are in tons of episodes.
We now go to the main costume lady ...Terri, I think, I am of course limping because one of these shoes is really painfully uncomfortable, but I’ll do anything to be in the movie! She removes my belt (thank God, because it was not helping me look thinner!) and drapes it around my neck under my Egyptian collar. She pronounces me assembled!
So now I follow her in full garb to the front of the warehouse where I realize there is a whole wall covered in cast photos and character information (name, rank, seriel #, you know) I am definately trying to study that. I learned alot of spoiler stuff....I think, (Or I made up a lot of way off, wrong, non spoilery stuff...who can tell?)
Next it was photo time. We step out into the sunlight. My shiny gold shoes glitter and pinch. I am squinting in the sun and holding a card with my name on it up in front of me, trying to decide if I

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