Into the firelight emerged two boys and a girl, carrying picnic baskets and wearing flight uniforms of indigo mohair brilliantine with scarlet pinstripes, and headgear which had failed to achieve the simpler geometry of the well-known Shriner fez, being far more ornate and, even for its era, arguably not in the best of taste. There was an oversized spike, for example, coming out the top, German style, and a number of plumes dyed a pale eclipse green.
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I bet those picnic baskets are full of valuables nicked from campsites without dogs where aeronauts have already collapsed into sleep around their campfires. I don't trust these new kids at all!
Here's what the Bindlestiffs of the Blue A.C. might look like according to the Non-Certified Spouse, Kendal:
And here's an early draft of Penelope Black before she decided the hats weren't the same material as the uniforms.
I hope I can get Kendal to imagine all the fashion descriptions throughout the book! The only issue is that drawing takes much longer than my crappy analysis and I'm already going to spend over ten years doing this project! So in the future, I'll just add her art later and re-share the link to the entry when it's ready.
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