A Lion in Groom's Clothing 12-15-04 Akili asks, "So, uh... what's a groomsman do?" Pearl says, "Stand next to the groom and look cute." Calin says, "The groomsmen stand next to me." Akili doesn't do cute. He can occasionally manage handsome, though. ;) Calin chuckles. Pearl smiles. Sessa says, "I think you will like what we are gonna stuff you into." Pearl says, "Even better." Akili eyes Sessa warily. Sessa smiles. Akili imagines Russell being stuffed into a lion suit. That's wearing a tux. Cal chuckles. (Costume link here) Sessa says, "That is the pattern we are going from. Sessa says, "We have some slight changes for Calin, but I think the groomsmen we will keep simple." Pearl wonders how Akili will get fitted. Akili rumbles lightly, "Ah. Princesuits." Sessa says, "He will have to tell us his measurements sometime." Akili asks, "Uh. And how do I get those?" Sessa says, "With a tape measure usually." Calin says, "You have somebody measure you." Calin measures Akili. "Let's see. Total length, about a half inch. Height, from the top of the A... 1/4 inch." Calin says, "k width... 1/8." Sessa giggles. Akili has been measured for a tux once, but that was quite a while ago. Akili rumbles lightly, "We went to an actual shop for that." Sessa says, "We need your chest size, back length, and shoulder width mostly." Akili doesn't have that kind of measuring stuff at his house, but maybe he'll remember to ask for that when he's visiting his parents. Calin says, "You have some choice of exact jacket style, as you can see from the picture Sessa linked." Pearl says, "Sessa, maybe you can email Akili with exact directions. You know, shoulder bone to elbow, or whatever." Akili asks, "The groomsmen won't be clones?" Calin says, "If you have no opinion, we'll pick one for you." Calin says, "Nah." Akili chuckles. Akili rumbles lightly, "But then they could attack, and you could have a video camera recording, and... anyway. Hm." Sessa says, "Neither will the bridesmaids. Too many different shapes." Akili asks, "Squares, circles, triangles?" Calin nods. "The groomsmen are all pretty much the same shape, but since the women aren't clones, we aren't either." Sessa says, "More like Circle, Stick, Hourglass." Calin laughs. Akili laughs, too. Akili looks over the shirts. "Hm." Akili will have to think about it. Calin says, "Feel free to make up some slight changes, too." Akili exclaims, "Tie-dye!" Calin says, "I don't think that's very slight." Sessa says, "Right, it's the seventies. I will just change my colors to rainbow." Calin says, "Mine is dark, almost black-green. I hadn't thought about what colors the groomsmen would wear, but something dark if not black." Calin says, "The women's dresses are all cut from the same cloth." Akili grins, and was joking, of course. "It just seemed too appropriate a comment." Sessa says, "A kind of deep green, but nothing close to black for the bridesmaids." Calin smiles. "Of course." Calin says, "I figured. I think Paw and I will choose the cloth for the groomsmen." Akili looks over the image again. "Maybe a saber attached to my hip... ;)" Calin says, "Save money by cutting them all from the same cloth, like we did with the women." Pearl goes to lunch. Calin smiles. Calin says, "Not for the wedding, but you can keep the jacket. So feel free to use it later." Akili rumbles lightly, "Neat." Calin says, "Another benefit of having them made rather than renting." Paw thinks Akili needs a tie-dyed handkerchief. Calin chuckles. Sessa says, "No one gets a handkerchief, if you sneeze TOO DAMN BAD. :)" Akili rumbles lightly, "Well, you know... as much as I like the color combination, tie-dye can often send the wrong signals to people." Calin says, "Yeah, you'll note that there are no breast pockets on those jackets." Sessa nods. Akili duly notes it. Paw says, "Ah, right."