Miss Fisher's Campfire Notes - Day 2

Question 2: Why are you dressed the way you are currently dressed now?

One: Look, what I am wearing right now is women’s clothes. I made these clothes specifically in my own women’s sewing room to be worn specifically by me, a woman. My late sister, may she rest in peace, said this did not count as violating the Biblical prohibition of cross-dressing and she would have been a nun if she wasn’t meant to be a mother. Or rather, meant to be martyred by the godless Soviets. Anyway, I am still a good Catholic woman.
Eight: The tailoring on the trousers is excellent.
One: Thank you.
Seven: I dress this way when I go to gambling den. It is breaking canon law, but I feel more comfortable dressing this way.
One: It is disgraceful the way you are dressed like a gangster. My outfit is restrained. aAnd also, again, I specifically tailored these clothes for myself.
Seven: I agree. Though I also did tailor these clothes myself.
One: Oh.
Seven: This is a sin I will repent for with Father Ostiguy. May God preserve me long enough to repent of it.
One: I will let him know how vulgar this outfit was. That shirt is shiny enough to see my face in it.
Two: I am dressed like this because Adrian was supposed to give me a whole line of gorgeous gowns made of taffeta and silk for this camping trip. bBut his car broke down in Albuquerque, so I am stuck wearing short pants and a Hawaiian shirt again.
Twelve: You know Adrian? I asked Betty if she met Adrian and she hadn’t.
One: She doesn’t know Adrian. It’s a joke, like they have in movies. She’s a clown, remember?
Five: I am not wearing pants. That’s vulgar. I am wearing slacks. I never wear skirts when I am in the woods, or in the jungle, or the desert. It just isn’t a practical way to travel.
Six: I am dressed in pants because Kath is right on this, you just don’t wear skirts on a camping trip.
Five: See? We can all find common ground.
Six: Oh, don’t start this now.
Three: I am dressed like this since I can concentrate better on nature and words if I am not bogged down in a skirt.
Twelve: Yeah, women’s clothes are so gorgeous but they make me feel exhausted. When I am at home, I just go around wearing a bathrobe.
One: Probably the rattiest bathrobe there is.
Eight: I am dressed this way because I feel like wearing this today. Simple as that.
Nine: I am not wearing pants, I am wearing cut-off jeans. No pants legs here!
Eight: Your bootie —- your bum looks very good in that.
Ten: I am wearing the clothes that are most efficient for this situation.
Four: Unlike the rest of you, I am not wearing pants, slacks, trousers, or shorts. I am wearing a hakama.
Eleven: I did not think there was anything strange in how I am dressed, though it is funny we are all dressed this way.
Two: It was funnier when we all came to the Mardi Gras party dressed as Groucho Marx.
One: Not all of us. I was dressed as Captain Hook.
Two: Yeah, anyway I should have won that contest.
Five: Wow, Miss Fisher, that's a great costume idea! I wish you had attended the party. Maybe we should have a costume party here?
One: Not when I haven't packed my Captain Hook costume.
Twelve: Can we go eat now?