Newbie question: When do you get into your "Costume&quo

lonelyplanetboy · Post by **lonelyplanetboy** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:34 pm

I know, a million people have probably asked this question. But when do you get into what you'll be wearing? Before you get in, after you've set up, when a giant foghorn goes off and everyone darts off in separate directions?
Thanks for any help you provide me with, Adam.

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:46 pm

Some people don't get into any costume or clothing at all.......

But yes, wait until you are there at the event. The small towns you pass driving in, prefer "default world" clothes..........

lonelyplanetboy · Post by **lonelyplanetboy** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:50 pm

thisisthatwhichis wrote:Some people don't get into any costume or clothing at all.......

But yes, wait until you are there at the event. The small towns you pass driving in, prefer "default world" clothes..........

Hahahahaha, thanks T.I.T.W.I..

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:50 pm

If you're doing hard work in the hot sun--putting up a tent, perhaps, you don't have to be in costume.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:49 pm

It's not Hallowe'en.

But you can wear what inspires you, when it inspires you.

I don't recommend wearing a costume on the road through the desert. Don't change until you get "home".

Everything else is up to you - that's the general rule, as you will discover.

MikeVDS · Post by **MikeVDS** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:41 am

To me a "costume" for the playa is wearable art, something you just feel like wearing, or something that is comfortable for the conditions. Many of those you'd feel comfortable wearing on the drive, others maybe not. Do whatever is easiest and feels right, that's part of what BM is about. And have no expectations or you'll be disappointed. Go expecting to learn a lot during the first few days, then it should just be about exploring looking for what you're not expecting to find.

lonelyplanetboy · Post by **lonelyplanetboy** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:53 am

MikeVDS wrote:To me a "costume" for the playa is wearable art, something you just feel like wearing, or something that is comfortable for the conditions. Many of those you'd feel comfortable wearing on the drive, others maybe not. Do whatever is easiest and feels right, that's part of what BM is about. And have no expectations or you'll be disappointed. Go expecting to learn a lot during the first few days, then it should just be about exploring looking for what you're not expecting to find.

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. I should use a more appropriate term (Costume was the only word I could think of

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Burning Man attire, and thank you for your help, Mike.

pizzamancer · Post by **pizzamancer** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:09 am

We rolled into a hot spring camp ground the night before Burning Man opened last year, and the second I saw naked women in the hot spring pool burning man started for me. Being in Japan, public baths and all, I didn't even bother with my swim suit, and just hopped in.

After the bath I started my first light necklace of the week, grabbed a bottle of Bacardi 8, and had fun at the camp fire.

I am very glad we had until midnight the next day to get to Burning Man though. That first hang over was killer, and I learned my first important lesson. Pace yourself. Followed closely by lesson #2: Hangovers suck 1000 times worse on the playa.... and lesson #3 was that hang overs go away when you drink enough PBR. It is a viscous cycle.

Not that you will be having much PBR. I was the first and last of the 2008 Dragon Krew to change into playa clothes though. That woman at the diner we stopped at sure stared at my Porn and Eggs tattoo for a long time though.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 9:19 am

It takes me a while to adjust to the playa, and my clothing reflects that. I am of the mind that doesn't think this is a costume required party, that comfort inside and out is the priority. If your art is what you wear, great. If your art is something else, a smile is appropriate attire.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:31 am

I've done a thundering herd of costume events over the millenia. What sucks worse is to be half-way there, lacking money for the tollbridge (or whatever) and have to stop for cash in the wrong part of town wearing your best "hey, I'm a freak" outfit.

Just sayin'.

lonelyplanetboy · Post by **lonelyplanetboy** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:33 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:I've done a thundering herd of costume events over the millenia. What sucks worse is to be half-way there, lacking money for the tollbridge (or whatever) and have to stop for cash in the wrong part of town wearing your best "hey, I'm a freak" outfit.

Just sayin'.

Hahahahaha, yeah that makes sense. Just had to find out what other people did.
Thanks, Adam

lonelyplanetboy · Post by **lonelyplanetboy** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:34 pm

pizzamancer wrote:We rolled into a hot spring camp ground the night before Burning Man opened last year, and the second I saw naked women in the hot spring pool burning man started for me. Being in Japan, public baths and all, I didn't even bother with my swim suit, and just hopped in.

After the bath I started my first light necklace of the week, grabbed a bottle of Bacardi 8, and had fun at the camp fire.

I am very glad we had until midnight the next day to get to Burning Man though. That first hang over was killer, and I learned my first important lesson. Pace yourself. Followed closely by lesson #2: Hangovers suck 1000 times worse on the playa.... and lesson #3 was that hang overs go away when you drink enough PBR. It is a viscous cycle.

Not that you will be having much PBR. I was the first and last of the 2008 Dragon Krew to change into playa clothes though. That woman at the diner we stopped at sure stared at my Porn and Eggs tattoo for a long time though.

Thanks, your story is fantastic by the way!