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[identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] holmes_minor
This month’s activity is strictly-speaking a non-writing one. We’ve had a prompt involving clothing and so we’re going to continue that theme here.

We’d like you to search for images of an outfit or an item of clothing, or hairstyles or moustaches and beards. Images of items that you think would suit various canon characters (or indeed various regular original characters) in different situations and at various times of their life.

When you’ve found something that interests you, give us the link and a short comment about who it’s for and why you think it’s appropriate. And then everyone will be free to write something based on the image if they are so inspired.

A couple of examples to get the ball rolling:


Holmes’ favourite outfit as a toddler. It’s a lovely bright colour to reflect his dynamic personality, and allows great ease of movement for an active, inquisitive child. It’s really quite splendid and Holmes remains puzzled as to why people are so taken aback whenever he wears anything similar in his adult life.

Mrs. Hudson’s cape. A cape is of course far more practical than a coat—so much easier to get on when you’re hurriedly having to evacuate 221 Baker Street yet again. It truly is just perfect for those chilly nights standing on the pavement weeping as the fire brigade play their hoses over the upper windows.



As always, you needn’t take part in this activity if you don’t wish to. Once you’re a member, you can post what and when you want—as long as you keep to the 500 words or less wordcount and the ACD Holmes ‘verse. AUs, crossovers and fusions are all permitted, as long as the characters remain essentially recognisable as the original ACD versions.

Please see the profile for the full posting guidelines!

Date: 2018-05-10 02:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
For sartorial elegance, it would be hard to beat the Ferret's latest waistcoat: https://www.tomsawyerwaistcoats.co.uk/store/showitemTS520.aspx

Date: 2018-05-10 04:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
But of course!

Date: 2018-05-10 04:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mafief.livejournal.com
Hmmm.... The trick will be not to go shopping for myself. I am quite taken with that cape.

Date: 2018-05-10 04:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
Do let us know what you buy ;)

Date: 2018-05-10 04:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mafief.livejournal.com
If I somehow end up with yards of fabric because I HAD TO MAKE IT, I'm partially blaming you all. ;)

Date: 2018-05-10 04:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
Fair enough :)

Date: 2018-05-10 06:08 pm (UTC)
debriswoman: (cat and mouse)
From: [personal profile] debriswoman
Subtle, and entirely him

Date: 2018-05-10 06:10 pm (UTC)

Date: 2018-05-10 06:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
Watson believed Holmes was engrossed in the police reports in the newspaper, until he caught a glimpse of the page the detective was studying closely: http://www.costumesofnashua.com/CNWebSite105/Active905/Pages/Hat/Victorian/HatVic.htm

Date: 2018-05-10 07:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
You can see why Holmes was engrossed.

Date: 2018-05-11 05:09 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com
He can literally trip the light fantastic in that! Splendid!

Date: 2018-05-11 05:12 pm (UTC)
ext_1789368: okapi (Default)
From: [identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com
Wow! Can you just imagine the stories if the clients had always worn hats like those? There would be another page of Watson waxing poetic about them.

Date: 2018-05-11 07:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
The Ocelot wishes to confirm that he does.

Date: 2018-05-11 07:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
At least one more page.

Date: 2018-05-12 09:40 am (UTC)

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