Post by Val on Feb 9, 2009 11:31:52 GMT -5
Once again I tried to try posting a photo here but it doesn't work, so I've included a link to my Flickr album
My gown was made using a Truly Victorian pattern #455. The fabric is a purple and gold floral cotton, a reproduction design. This is a Romantic gown, a couple years later than Regency, and the style can be seen in the BBC series, Wives & Daughters.
I was in the fashion show at the fair, and I was told mine was the nicest one there. I wore a braid halo around my head with a chignon attached to the lower back. I had two clips of tiny sausage curls on either side of my temples. I purchased the straw hat form and sewed a changeble purple taffeta ribbon to it. I can't find the website where I bought the hat tho. (If anyone recognizes it, please tell me. Many people want to know.)
My accessories were a gold silk taffeta reticule (attached to my waist but now I don't like it) and a pearl encircled vintage cameo on my neckline.
I was wearing my contacts so I squinted a lot, and had a hard time seeing. When I got home I tried taking them out but only got one. Later I discovered I never had the left one in, and found it on the bedroom floor, all crispy. No wonder I couldn't see!
There are 3 photos in my album here www.flickr.com/photos/26036741@N00/3266237399/
Next on my list to finish are the bustle portion of a Victorian skirt, a cape, and my 1770s gown to wear to Williamsburg in April.
My gown was made using a Truly Victorian pattern #455. The fabric is a purple and gold floral cotton, a reproduction design. This is a Romantic gown, a couple years later than Regency, and the style can be seen in the BBC series, Wives & Daughters.
I was in the fashion show at the fair, and I was told mine was the nicest one there. I wore a braid halo around my head with a chignon attached to the lower back. I had two clips of tiny sausage curls on either side of my temples. I purchased the straw hat form and sewed a changeble purple taffeta ribbon to it. I can't find the website where I bought the hat tho. (If anyone recognizes it, please tell me. Many people want to know.)
My accessories were a gold silk taffeta reticule (attached to my waist but now I don't like it) and a pearl encircled vintage cameo on my neckline.
I was wearing my contacts so I squinted a lot, and had a hard time seeing. When I got home I tried taking them out but only got one. Later I discovered I never had the left one in, and found it on the bedroom floor, all crispy. No wonder I couldn't see!
There are 3 photos in my album here www.flickr.com/photos/26036741@N00/3266237399/
Next on my list to finish are the bustle portion of a Victorian skirt, a cape, and my 1770s gown to wear to Williamsburg in April.
