Come on, baby, light my fire
“When someone asks you if you’re a god, you say, YES!” – Winston Zeddmore (Ernie Hudson), “Ghostbusters”
Apollo may be one of the luckiest figures in Greek and Roman mythology. Physically ideal, eternally young, and worshipped by many as god of sun and light, music and poetry, truth and prophecy–what’s not to like? Nice work if you can get it! Lets’ face it: you could do worse.
June Dion’s “Apollo” ensemble may not make you into a god, but if you can’t be a god, at least you can be a god-like being. The set includes the clothing and accessory items you see here: prim robe as shoulder (upper) and “skirt” (lower) attachments; robe-textured “shorts” on the pants layer, for modesty’s sake; sculpted gold necklace and harp. The upper and lower robe pieces are a combination of sculpted and flexi components, which strikes me as the best of both worlds for a garment like this. You get both the graceful, realistic curves of the sculpted sections and the life-like movement of the flexi pieces. Accessory items include a sculpted gold necklace and traditional kithara harp, here decoratively stylized to suggest the sun.
“Apollo” comes in standard-issue all-white robes, plus versions with delicate tinting in three different colors, including the gold version shown here. I’m having trouble thinking of this as a “costume,” but it isn’t a full avatar either; think of it as the ultimate toga. Skin, shape, hair and shoe details are included below if you’re interested in recreating this look more thoroughly.
L$140 at BareRose Tokyo (Bare Rose 146, 12, 30).
“Shards of the Sun II” sculpture by Apollo Reinard.
He must have had bad BO or something, considering all the nymphs that fled from him.
Remember, boys, soap is your friend.
They only fled from him because of his powerful being and they knew that he would only except the most perfect woman to be considered for his affections. They knew that they Were not good enough for him to even consider.