Gonna rock and roll all night..

So, I've had a very kindly drummer extend an invitation to me to come see him play in his band. If this were any other person than who he is, I wouldn't be thinking so hard about what to wear to his gig, but he is who he is, so my mind has been whirling faster and faster since the invite.

What does a girl who adores corsets wear to a rock show in a bar? Really? This is causing a great disturbance in the maze my brain becomes when a new project presents itself. Do I dress sweet, or sexy? Being who he is, sexy was my first choice. First I was thinking a basic vest, to gain the corset-look, and a pair of lace-up pants, like the ones pictured below. It took me a good long while to find these, google-searching just "lace-up pants" was an...interesting journey. Thankfully afashion.net kicked up something like what I'd thought of.

http://www.afashion.net/sexy-lace-pants-p-376.html

But no, I really kinda want to go with a corset. So, I hunted through my patterns and came up with one that I think is meant to be a bridal corset, not meant for much reduction, that has shoulder straps. Straps would sort of soften the fact that it's a corset, right? I've got a deep plum-colored charmeuse that will be beautiful for this pattern(along with being one of Mr. Drummer's favorite colors on me, shh!), so corset it shall be, but with those pants? Probably a bit too much. I want to be sexy, after all, not trashy. Not that I think the pants are trashy, mind you. I might have to make a pair for the next show.

Now the question became what to wear with said corset to tone down the corset-ness. I think I've decided on a black circle skirt, knee-length, with a yoke around the hips and a "belt" attached at said yoke's side seams, probably fixed in place at center front with a pair of D-rings to wrap around. I'll have to play with that yet. That will be in black jersey, definitely. But what to wear under the corset? This is, after all, Chicago in October. It can hit 70 as easily as it can hit 35. Something with sleeves is a must. So, why not a black renaissance blouse? I can easily make a black cotton chemise, which will help keep me warm if need be, but if the bar gets warm it won't kill me by being overly hot. Sounds like a winner, yeah?

Concept sketch. I love that fashion figure.. Think its from Lovely-Whimsy. Pretty sure.

Yeah.. We'll see how many more times my mind changes before the show. I have until the 16th, after all. Could end up wearing absolutely none of this, but making it all.