Costumes! Explanations! (of a sort)

Well, I'm going to still be all mysterious about costumes this year. Mine is finished, and Joel's is nearly so, although Maggie still has to buy accesories for hers. So, rather then tell you what we are going as, I thought I'd tell you all the components of our costumes (from which you can probably easily guess).

Joel's costume:
- green and gray military style shirt (two rows of buttons, a breastplate of dark grey fabric over the lighter green fabric edged with black piping, epaulets, and chevrons)
- black pants and shoes (although I wish he owned black boots)
- black fingerless gloves
- a watch medal
- skeleton pocket watch (skeleton meaning the sort you can see through to the workings)
- belt with dagger / sword

My costume:
- brown, long sleeve shirt with covered buttons, lacework, and slightly gathered sleeves
- purple corset (of the sort that goes over things)
- black petticoat, red skirt (ruched up in the front), purple overskirt (ruched up all 'round)
- black lace up boots
- black and white striped socks
- top hat with red lace trim (possible with pictures of a dirigible over London on it)
- black lace fingerless gloves
- watch necklace (it is sort of a sphere, and winds up)
- watch earrings (sadly, they are just fake faces and don't actually tick)
- ring from Jenn
- black nail polish
- belt with dagger (Sting), fan, Ten's sonic screwdriver (not really in keeping with the costume, but I'm wearing it anyway), purse/reticule
- black umbrella
- cobalt blue welding glasses (hopefully I fix them in time)

For this Halloween, I've helped Maggie make a plain white dress from scratch (I'm rather proud of it, as we didn't even have a pattern, and I made up the pattern from a t-shirt), I've made a red skirt with purple overskirt for my costume (both started out life as formal dresses), and I've made Joel's shirt (it began as a square of fabric and a shirt from a thrift store). Pictures and (brief) explanations to follow . . .