I got some feed for the longing

The robe, which is fantastically flowy and also works extremely well to fight in, is an abaya which I deconstructed. I did round and cut the bottom hem a little, so it wouldn't drag on the floor. Off with the zipper, ripped up all seams and belt holes! Remake, reuse, repurpose; it's the goth way since the 80's!

The holes are covered with jawless skulls cut from a lace ribbon, that also hold the sleeves slightly together. But having them slightly open/apart like the photo shows looked much better than putting the front and back together. Also the sleeves of my silk Ninth robe fits through them because layers, and I can never stop adding juuust one thing more on costumes (Gideon's in this case). I hope Saturday on NärCon Summer 2026 won't be too hot >.>

I'm planning to add more skulls to the former abaya... I like how it turned out, and might use it in everyday life. I know, after all, I will never play Casimir again (which is sad but all stories must end).

The hood is one my mother made and I wore during winters in my late teens. Fine black wool, lined with the same fabric for warmth and structure. I took off the "tail", rounded it off in the back, opened the front and made the veil (sewed onto the lining inside) from some random fabric. The hood is fastened to the robe/cloak with three snap buttons, and those two large metal skull pins. They're heavy enough to keep the robe from slipping back when I wear the hood down, an unexpected bonus! The white dots are some sort of dental prosthetics I drilled holes through and sewed on. Finally I had a use for another of those "this might work for something sometime" things! Also two lace skulls. Should've added more but I plain forgot!

Eighteen bone beads separated by a bone skull made a good clasp/cloak fastened thing when hung on the pins, too.

Oh, and there's the book! Don't worry. That will get its own post, because it contains poetry~.