also i need to figure out where the hell to buy non-enzymatic shampoo. for normal reasons

anyone aside from leo have an opinion,

(not that i dont value your opinion leo 😅 but wanna hear from Other people as well)

hewwo,

(this is my first ever real glove if that helps determine this .)

SHOCKED MY ROOMMATE SAID NO WORD OF THIS TO ME WHATSOEVER WHEN HE GOT HOME 5 MINUTES AGO.

NEVER MIND . I SEE

sewing machine + her fucked up ball of lint that fell out of the bottom (initially in a few pieces but that is JUST from the bottom.)

okay thankfully aside from that + the bobbin case there wasn't a ton of lint but uh. that sure needed to be cleaned lmfao

god did i really only say this 6 days ago. anyway ive like full scale pivoted to lltbp outfit to the extent that i've already bought most of the supplies. i need to make a mockup for myself for this but like. its relatively normal pants and a jacket. not a difficult task

-fact that they used These Specific Buttons really means anything in the context of the show beyond just. crown = bandleader. bc they definitely did pick shit out at a thrift store and given just how much of a pain in the ass it was to find these specific repros with hyperspecific keywords.....)

there are definitely other crown buttons available that aren't That specific crown but then we of course get into the fact that those repros are still for germany in ww1 which. well. even if they're not Specificially this one that obviously has its own problems 😅

(that said I'm not sure if the-

[also these are schutztruppe buttons which is i guess why it took me so long to find them bc a) really fucking niche even in history fan world b)..........very complicated history that people don't want to talk about

what can i say. i make guesses about things until i get lucky and also owe every single photographer who took extreme closeup detail shots my life 😅 i found the correct trim this way

...but at least that was etsy, this was just me guessing off of a fucking swedish coin -> german ? -> yes !

annnndd i found a repro shop. expensive as fuck but i at least have the option ig LOL

maybe not impossible but i really do not want to make custom buttons 😅

HI COMING BACK TO THIS BECAUSE I THINK I FOUND THEM AND THEY **ARE** GERMAN MILITARY. unfortunately they are also incredibly hard to find repros of bc they're ww1 era

LMFAO thank u....the power of an amazon wig + random ass red tie + black shirt + the rest of a suit from my falco cosplay