Being worn for hours on end during the Wave Gotik Treffen, there is quite a lot of hardship my outfits have to be able to withstand apart from general weather conditions.
As there is really no estimating what a full day of standing, posing, walking, dancing, industrial dancing, moving through construction sites (new), eating, headbanging, using various forms of public transport, and occasionally sitting, will do to them, every year brings a bit of a surprise. So, the first thing to do back at home from this ultimate field-test shall always be ascertaining the damage and seeing through repairs and improvements.
Please note the damage is actually not as bad as the pictures make out to be.
I managed to wash half of the cloth I had warn at WGT
My white skirt from Friday suffered at lot (it was nearly pitch black at the part wich tuched always the ground)
I throw usually all my things in the washingmachine. Normally they survive it XD. Even my PVC corsage with attached metal parts was ok after washing it.
Hardest tast is always to get rid of the make-up stains x_X”