very cool dress. i like the detail and the design. it's definately very quorra. the effort shows.
BTW, don't get your EL tape from All Electronics! I tried some of their stock, and it's crap. They sell used EL tape, which must be at the end of its lifespan, because it is very dim.
+1 to what jinyo said, or at least be very cautious if you use them as a last resort for el.
i have a bit of notoriety there now. for the curious, here's what happened [long story]:
after looking at the light tape demo, they sold me the wrong colour -aqua instead of white. the sales guy first warned me that el tape white isn't truly white. but also he grabbed the wrong spool, which looked white when off and told me it was also white on. this was the 1-inch width version. it took him quite a very long while to get it from the back too after seeing the demo.
the salmon/pink-off is the
only white 1-inch wide version they have.
it was confusing at the time since el tape also has a white-off/white-on version aka wowo (which the sales guy thought they also carried) -in addition to there being a white-off/aqua-on. subtle, but there is a difference in the blue-ish colour as you can refer to the tron legacy hero white costumes versus the game grid aqua blue. [i know they didn't use tape per se, but the colour analogy is primarily what i'm referring to.]
i went back two days later & the guy who sold it to me double-talked, saying i asked for the aqua colour. i denied this and said i wanted white-on and mentioned the white light tape, as seen on the demo table.
the boss got a bit angry and said to the sales guy they're no longer doing such & such...[i didn't get the details]
i asked if can test it before buying or see a sample so i can confirm what i'm purchasing. the sales guy said he would like to do that but they no longer can according to his boss.
from that point in time, all sales are final with all the el stuff. buy now, test it later. in my case they would only offer store credit this one time only, in which i bought i couple 1 foot samples.
also, they can no longer show the light tape demos to customers since it's 'not exactly what they carry'. this isn't entirely correct but i think in their eyes it's a way to avoid future problems altogether.
i personally would've gone another route with this, showing samples of their stock.
however, after that mix up, you would have to buy samples in 1 foot increments to see what you're getting. the other, unnatural/gel colours are easier to tell. but the aqua/cyan/white tapes need to be double checked by the customer.
be prepared if you do go this route:
1. bring your own battery-powered inverter w/alligator clips & small pliers,
2. get a 1 foot sample w/crimp-on connectors
3. crimp the connectors & test it,
then once you know what you want
4. get the length you need/want
& remember all el sales are final.
side note:
the el tape they carry is split-electrode, so they would have that small line going down the middle. parallel electrode doesn't have this line.
only one guy handles the el stuff. obishawn mentioned the el guy hates me now after that, but i still continue to shop there for other things. lol. it's business. the other sales guys are cool but, again, just be careful if you go there and know what you're getting to avoid any mix ups.
