Some more photos
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mlsdesignsFrom the historical bazaar this time, which was a bit of a waste of time, but it was held in the grounds of Rufford Abbey, which was well worth a visit, and we had a nice lunch too! Any way, to fit in with the multi time period bazaar we all dressed in different eras - 2 Anglo Saxons, 2 Georgians, a Regency lady and a WAAF girl :)
Since the only time we've done Georgian before has been for balls, or demos (where hats can be problematic!) I realised I had nothing for my head! SO I took apart a £1 straw hat and shaped it into a tricorn, covered it with biscuit coloured dupion silk from the stash. I decorated it with the very last of the pink silk taffeta from my frilly 1860s ballgown, along with an ostrich feather stolen from another bonnet, 2 arrow-head shaped ostrich tips and a diamante brooch, to make the prettiest bit of fluff! I love it!
Anyway, the photos are right this way.
I'm standing on a slope, and for some reason seem to be sticking my tummy out! not very flattering, but there you go!
I have a lace fichu round my shoulders that we bought in an antique textiles shop in Bath, and it's pinned in place with a painted china brooch from the 1850s ( I think, I can't remember, and it's packed away!) that my Great Aunt gave me. Perhaps a bit too much for UTR?!
My hair was still very curly from the ball the night before, so I didn't brush it, but stuck my rat on top of my head and back combed the front hair a very little to cover it, the back hair I just looped up and pinned to make a messy kind of curly mat. When I made the hat I tried it on over just a bun, and it worked well, but it worked even better with the poof, gave me the perfect Georgian tilt :)
I just had to get a photo of my new shoes ( still new? I did get them in April, but still new to me!!) but, um, something happened ... ;)
I still have some more photos to share, from this Sunday, we didn't have dance practice, so the organiser suggested we go on tour instead, we went to Hawkstone Park in Shropshire. It's 18thC owner created a path up and down the sides of the valley, through caves and under trees, over bridges made of logs and through arches blasted in the side of the hill, he filled it with follies and in the 19thC it was opened to the public, so we went in our Victorian kit for a picnic and, for those of us who's joints were up to it, a walk over the trail! So hopefully I'll get them posted tomorrow.
Since the only time we've done Georgian before has been for balls, or demos (where hats can be problematic!) I realised I had nothing for my head! SO I took apart a £1 straw hat and shaped it into a tricorn, covered it with biscuit coloured dupion silk from the stash. I decorated it with the very last of the pink silk taffeta from my frilly 1860s ballgown, along with an ostrich feather stolen from another bonnet, 2 arrow-head shaped ostrich tips and a diamante brooch, to make the prettiest bit of fluff! I love it!
Anyway, the photos are right this way.
I'm standing on a slope, and for some reason seem to be sticking my tummy out! not very flattering, but there you go!
I have a lace fichu round my shoulders that we bought in an antique textiles shop in Bath, and it's pinned in place with a painted china brooch from the 1850s ( I think, I can't remember, and it's packed away!) that my Great Aunt gave me. Perhaps a bit too much for UTR?!
My hair was still very curly from the ball the night before, so I didn't brush it, but stuck my rat on top of my head and back combed the front hair a very little to cover it, the back hair I just looped up and pinned to make a messy kind of curly mat. When I made the hat I tried it on over just a bun, and it worked well, but it worked even better with the poof, gave me the perfect Georgian tilt :)
I just had to get a photo of my new shoes ( still new? I did get them in April, but still new to me!!) but, um, something happened ... ;)
I still have some more photos to share, from this Sunday, we didn't have dance practice, so the organiser suggested we go on tour instead, we went to Hawkstone Park in Shropshire. It's 18thC owner created a path up and down the sides of the valley, through caves and under trees, over bridges made of logs and through arches blasted in the side of the hill, he filled it with follies and in the 19thC it was opened to the public, so we went in our Victorian kit for a picnic and, for those of us who's joints were up to it, a walk over the trail! So hopefully I'll get them posted tomorrow.
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Date: 2010-05-05 10:23 pm (UTC)Your thrown together hat looks better than my planned hats. You look very cute.
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Date: 2010-05-07 09:24 am (UTC)I think when it comes to millinery that if you plan it too much it looses something, looks too engineered in a way. Just going with the flow and letting them make themselves is much the best way!!
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