Hi there!
Hope you are well. I am back to school after half term. All a bit busy, all a bit frantic. I did start the term in a complete panic and gloom about it, didn't get everything/most things I needed to get done, done! Enough said about that, the better.
Unless you've been under a rock, you may have realised that we've had an important jubilee here in the UK- 70 years of Queen Elizabeth the II being queen. I didn't really get involved in anything going on but we've got a fortnight of school activities connected to it, starting from Monday this week. We had to go in in Red, White or Blue or a costume from the decades of the Queen's reign (I went in my 1970's kaftan.)
However, I realised I could actually theme my TARDIS Tuesday towards the Jubilee (and a good outfit for a school dressdown day!)
I last cosplayed this outfit back in September 2017 and was worn by Rose Tyler in Christopher Ecclestone's tenure as the Doctor in a World War II pair of episodes called The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances.
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| https://badwolfcosplay.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/rose-tyler-1-the-empty-childthe-doctor-dances/ |
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| Image borrowed from Fanpop.com but belongs to the BBC. |
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| Image borrowed from Badwolf cosplay but images belong to the BBC |
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| https://pocketmags.com/au/doctor-who-magazine/the-essential-doctor-who-adventures-in-history/articles/23239/the-empty-child-the-doctor-dances It comprises of:
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And here's my 2022 version:
I wore the same t-shirt I wore back in 2017- I bought it for £4 in a charity shop. It fits a bit more snuggly this time but it still works. This time, I remembered to wear a white vest top underneath it.
I wore my Indigo denim trousers (Charity shopped F&F Tescos) in lieu of the jeans I wore last time.
Another update was wearing this Barbour jacket from another Clara cosplay which worked better than the jacket I wore last night.
My final update was wearing blue leather boots which I bought in Florence in 2018.
I don't have hooped earrings so I donned a gold dangly pair.
My hair was a better length and texture this time to match Rose's and actually, this style was really easy to do plus I like the way it looks!
My two orchestra rehearsals are over for the week. Last night, I had a rehearsal in Leytonstone at an alternative church than the usual one and as usual, I got hopelessly lost trying to find it! The rehearsal was intense but really useful. The conductor is super precise over every little detail and he demands a lot and gets a lot out of players. There are a couple of prominent 2 flute moments and I was really nervous! BUT, we responded to 2 bits of feedback and he actually told us it sounded gorgeous and was really pleased with the flute team. It meant so much coming from someone who is so particular and I had such joy in my heart after the rehearsal (we are performing Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra).
Unfortunately, the evening took a bit of a snag as after I had cycled back to the station, I discovered there was NO central line trains back to Stratford. I ended up waiting half an hour for a bus to Manor Park to then get a train back to Stratford and then get the train home. I got home at about 12.15am!AHRGGHGH!
Tonight, I had a rehearsal in Essex for another orchestra. This time Glazunov and Tschaikovsky. It was fine but I was tired!
Luckily, no rehearsal tomorrow but I do have a lot of work to get done. Sigh...
Hope you are well.
xx
