I find that I seem to interpret the theme differently to a lot of people.  I get tired of the pretty dresses and so go down a different road.

This week, for example, I took the King's Court theme more to a Lord of the Rings/Song of Ice and Fire destination and made a ranger-type entry on an alt doll of mine.  I love looking through all the stores and will happily spend a good couple of hours getting my doll looking as close to the picture in my head as I can.  The problem with this, I find, is that my entries are very often 'against the grain'.  I had a similar problem with the 'stars' contenst.  I spent a good while dressing my doll as Princess Leia in the infamous slave costume, only to find that others had taken the theme differently and added stars to their gorgeous outfits.

Still, the theme gives me a challenge and the opportunity to be a little different but leaves me with the problem that few dolls meet MY interpretation of the brief.

*shrugs*  It's all fun and games, at the end of the day.

I'm definitely in agreement regards the dress length, though.  Anyone showing even an ankle at the King's Court would be cast out and disciplined.  Presuming, of course, that they even managed to get through the doors before they were dragged away by the guards.

On a slightly related note, I used to work at Lumley Castle in England as a banquet server.  Our uniforms were traditional, Victorian blacks and they left absolutely EVERYTHING to the imagination.  Throat-height collars, wrist-length sleeves, ankle-length skirts.  All black, with spotless (and I do mean spotless) white gloves, full-length white apron, starched white collar and cuffs and a white mop cap.  Very, very conservative.  I don't miss getting dressed for that job!