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I'd go super Edward Gorey just for the fun of it. All black....long
dramatic
veil....maybe a black fur boa-like stole. Black gloves and a large black
umbrella. Be sure to paint some circles under your moist eyes that you
keep
dabbing with that huge black lace hanky. And walk around in a
daze...completely
devastated.
Yep, that's pretty much my vision too melodramatic mourning, as the grieving
widow. Except the hanky is white bordered with black ribbon (authentic
Victorian practice for a mourning hanky) with an A embroidered on it for my
poor lost Albert (it's actually A for Anne, my sister but she says she
doesn't want it as she uses tissues so all I need to do is add a black
ribbon border) alternatively as the theme is an Irish wake I might ask my
Grandma if she has any hankys embroidered with a P (for Pam) so I can bewail
the fate of my poor dead Patrick ;-) I'm also keeping an eye out for a plain
gold 'wedding' ring when I go shopping, but I don't think the prospects are
that good (most of that cheap plastic stuff is designed for little girls and
I don't have small enough hands to get away with them).
I went through my cupboard and I was quite surprised at the number of black
accessories I have, just not a hat or a dress. I've got leather gloves (my
regular winter gloves) a faux fur stole, a real fur muff (though I'm not
sure if I'll take that it's my only real fur item and it's too precious to
me and hard to clean to risk stuff getting spilt on it) a black chiffon
scarf, a drawstring velveteen pouch (one of the first accessories I made for
SCA), plus a 5m roll of gros grain ribbon (that I didn't end up using on
another project because I found something better) and a couple of black
fabrics I can use as trim.
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Walpole
Canberra Australia
ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au
http://au.geocities.com/amiperiodornot/
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