last saturday's ball

[mlsdesigns]

only a week late, i'm getting better!
i thought you might like to see what mummy's dress looked like all finished (well mostly!) so,
first some photos of our hair.
mummy said she didn't want to wear a turban, so i gave in, and just ended up 'burning off all her hair and filling her head with about a hundred pins, viciously'!! i've told her she's having a turban on saturday!

this photo shows a problem i had with her bodice, it closes with drawstrings, but when she leans forward they gape, and her petticoat shows. i think i'll put in some hooks and eyes, do you think one at each drawstring will do the trick?

now, you have to excuse the naked-ness of me under my stays, i didn't wear a shift because i'd be too hot, so i have a camisole on instead!

kendra's class was invaluable! but would you believe that ALL of the hair on my head is my own! i don't even have any rats in, cause i lost them :) and, i did it all by my self!! i'm so proud :) i thought when clare went away to uni i would never have good hair ever again, but i can manage after all!

the side rolls are my hair on my head too! (i did have to use lots and lots of very un-period correct hair gel to make it work though!)

then there is a video of mummy,

and a little bit of me, i wore my blue anglaise with the cream taffeta skirt from my pet en l'air, it was very good to dance in, the perfect skirt length.

tomorrow i hope i'll be able to post pics of MY regency stuff, my stays are nearly done! i have questions about my dress too, so get your brain meats ready!!

Comments

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

You did an amazing job with your hair! In fact, everything looks good :)

And one hook should be plenty. That's what I used on my blue and white dress. And my theory is that their dresses gapped to because there's no way the dress wouldn't slide open!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you!! needless to say, my ringlets were, you know, ringlets when i started out :p
i comforted myself that they must have gapped too, but i think maybe they didn't gap quite as much as mummy's dress! i shall add a hook and eye to each drawstring then, thanks for the vote! (i knew you'd know what to do!)

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

Great job! Your hair looks fabulous!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you!

[demode.livejournal.com]

Yay hair success!!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thanks to you :)

[myladyswardrobe.livejournal.com]

You both look great! I love the hair and the dress. Beautiful.

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you! i hope my dress turns out as good :)

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

Oh your hair turned out fabulous! Your mum's too!

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you! i really need to get a nicer hair piece for mummy.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Wow! You both have beautiful hair. And your mum's dress looks lovely. Can't wait to see yours. The dark blue looks really good with the cream of the petticoat.

[mlsdesigns.livejournal.com]

thank you! i'm about to load pics of a mockup of my dress.
the blue is normally worn with a white muslin petticoat, but it's too long and floaty to dance well in.