I am designing my costume and would like to hear from the vetrans.
I would like to think that i will be sleeping during the day and partying at night..... If so, should i have a warm costume (does it get that cold at night....) or should i have a light costume...(if it is muggy and warm at night.) I am not asking the weather predictions here.... Just previous experience (which is probably too broad a variation to really find out)
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Cotumes Vs cold/hot weather
Unless you have air conditioning you probably won't be able to sleep much past sunrise. It's too hot. That's when you wander around meeting your neighbors, looking at art, etc. It's good to have something interesting to wear while doing this, but overall costumes are less common during the day.
While it CAN get very cold at night, there's no guarantee. It could be 60+ and you could be dancing your ass off inside a club getting very hot. Best to make the costume fairly light and add layers over or underneath as needed.
It won't be muggy except while it's actually raining.
While it CAN get very cold at night, there's no guarantee. It could be 60+ and you could be dancing your ass off inside a club getting very hot. Best to make the costume fairly light and add layers over or underneath as needed.
It won't be muggy except while it's actually raining.
Run with that advice.Best to make the costume fairly light and add layers over or underneath as needed.
And, if you do go out and find yourself in a situation where you've been sweating in your costume you need to REMOVE it before you go to sleep. If you sleep in what's essentially damp clothing you can get real uncomfortable and if it turns cold things could get pretty ugly - especially if you're altered enough that you don't wake up in the night realizing that your core body temperature is dropping.
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Agreed. The weather in northern Nevada is inherently unpredictable at all hours of the day and night, so even seasoned veterans won't be able to tell you how many layers to bring on a given night. My advice is to layer up no matter what though. Usually it's pretty chilly around dawn, since we're at 4,000 ft after all. The great thing is that you can almost always find a good place to stash your outer layers at a club if you get hot dancing, and grab 'em later. The nooks and crannies of clubs like Xara are a good example. Generally people won't touch your stuff, and it's good to have warm clothes for the walk home. Just remember where you left it...Dork wrote:Unless you have air conditioning you probably won't be able to sleep much past sunrise. It's too hot. That's when you wander around meeting your neighbors, looking at art, etc. It's good to have something interesting to wear while doing this, but overall costumes are less common during the day.
While it CAN get very cold at night, there's no guarantee. It could be 60+ and you could be dancing your ass off inside a club getting very hot. Best to make the costume fairly light and add layers over or underneath as needed.
It won't be muggy except while it's actually raining.
One thing that may or may not work for you is to designate somebody to bring a backpack when you go out, just for warm clothing. My campmates and I have been doing this for a few years, and it works well. Like I said, the walk home is almost always chilly, and it's great to just say, "Hey WingNut! Hand me that sweater?" and you're set. Of course, you'll have to trade off being the llama, since it gets old pretty quick...
Seals are surprisingly good pack animals, but don't tell my campmates this...
As far as sleeping -- good luck, and please let me know if you figure that one out.
SealBoy out.
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Yes, but remember the year when everyone when out in the middle of the day and the clouds came. The Temperture dropped the 25 degrees and it began to snow and ice formed on all the art.
I would purchase the the airo 2000 model inner costume from Excel corporation. Light and thin and totally invisible from most playa people. It takes light makeup as well as heavy with out anyone noticeing it.
Go to www.excel.com/airo2000
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I would purchase the the airo 2000 model inner costume from Excel corporation. Light and thin and totally invisible from most playa people. It takes light makeup as well as heavy with out anyone noticeing it.
Go to www.excel.com/airo2000
for the spaceage Playa suites now.
A II Z
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"Muggy" is generally not a word that applies to a Western desert. That's why we get to evaporate off so much greywater, low humidity.
Layers, indeed. A multifaceted costume that peels on and off, like onion skins or petals of a lotus flower, each revealing the inner ... ah shit, a bag on your bike with cozy jammy bottoms and a warm jackety thingy, maybe even an all purpose wrap/scarf and hat. And socks.
One evening I had my jacket and scarf, but was wearing a long costume and had forgotten that on a bike, even our four wheeled bike, long costumes slide up and expose bare flesh. We were way out on the playa at sunset; I was an ice cube from the waist down by the time we made it back to camp, even wrapping my legs with the emergency blanket we had with us. Jammy bottoms: a permanent fixture in the bike bag now.
Layers, indeed. A multifaceted costume that peels on and off, like onion skins or petals of a lotus flower, each revealing the inner ... ah shit, a bag on your bike with cozy jammy bottoms and a warm jackety thingy, maybe even an all purpose wrap/scarf and hat. And socks.
One evening I had my jacket and scarf, but was wearing a long costume and had forgotten that on a bike, even our four wheeled bike, long costumes slide up and expose bare flesh. We were way out on the playa at sunset; I was an ice cube from the waist down by the time we made it back to camp, even wrapping my legs with the emergency blanket we had with us. Jammy bottoms: a permanent fixture in the bike bag now.
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Costuming in layers can definitley be a challenge. A couple of things I find useful are: flesh colored tights and black polar tech tight and turtleneck to wear UNDER your finery. Even when it's cold at night, if you're riding a bike you should generate enough heat to get you from one hoppin' spot to another, and you can wear your cute, spangly,sparkly, scary or bewinged items on the outside. Fishnets over tights are quite warm & still fetching.
Also long formal gloves are great! They keep your hands and arms warm while you're on the bike and store easily.
And don't forget a hat. That's where you lose most of your body heat.
Also long formal gloves are great! They keep your hands and arms warm while you're on the bike and store easily.
And don't forget a hat. That's where you lose most of your body heat.
You make a living by what you you get you make a life by what you give.
One of my little tricks for this year is a pair of fleece black leggings. Can be worn under all my costumes & removed easily if I get too toasty.
Another brainstorm I had was to line one of my capes with fleece (the top under the cape is a wee bit wee.
If I get cold I wrap the cape around me, if I'm warm just toss it over my shoulders!
Another brainstorm I had was to line one of my capes with fleece (the top under the cape is a wee bit wee.
If I get cold I wrap the cape around me, if I'm warm just toss it over my shoulders!"Those who danced were thought quite insane by those who did not hear the music"
