My Annual St. Patrick's Day show

I'm doing my annual St. Patrick's Day thing this Sunday at 10:40pm (all times approximate) at the Middle East--hope to see some of you there!  You might even get a flower, if I can find any white carnations to dye between now and then :-)

vintage/faded silk chiffon?

Sort of a long shot, but I thought it might be worth asking here:

I'm looking for pieces of vintage/faded black chiffon, preferably silk, to use in costuming to match an overskirt that I recycled out of a 1940s silk nightgown/lingerie piece that was completely unraveling at the seams (I'm wearing the overskirt in my profile pic, but I doubt you can really see it with the black background).  Size and shape of the fabric pieces/garment are not that important as I'm likely to be chopping them up anyway, though some pieces that are at least 36" long would be nice.  Doesn't have to be actually vintage, either--that dress that sat in the sun for too long or went in the washing machine a few too many times would be just fine too, as are tattered edges and seams.

I'm scouring ebay/the internet, but the thing is that while I am certainly willing to pay for my old fabric, I don't want to pay a lot of money to chop up a perfectly fine vintage garment (I can see some of you shuddering now! :-) and people don't seem to sell their junk.  If it comes down to it, I may end up buying new chiffon and leaving it outside for a couple of months...

wow!

Mahmoud Fadl asked me to be his friend on MySpace!  And as far as I can tell, it's really him!  I am starstruck!

BPAL of the day is Old Kathmandu:  "The scent of sacred incense swirling up the steep slopes to Swayambhunath Stupa.  Saffron, blessed sandalwood, Himalayan cedar and the miraculous lotus of the Buddha with chiuri bark and Nepalese spices."  I don't know if it's the saffron or the Nepalese spices, but this one really reminds me of food.  Not any food in particular, but it smells like it should be something to eat.  The cedar also makes me think of closets.  So essentially, I find this one intriguing but confusing.  Might make a sachet or something with it.

Yesterday's BPAL was Mata Hari, which I think I might have reviewed here before so I'm not going to copy over the whole description, just the basics:  "Her scent is striking and bold with a delicate yet dark undertone, five roses with soft jasmine, warmed by vanilla, fig, tonka bean and mahogany, spiced with a drop of coffee bean."  I would like this one a lot more with fewer roses, but it did smell good.  My main complaint about it would be that the scent vanished completely a few hours after putting it on, which is a bit odd with these BPAL scents.