Lady Bean,
Cape May NJ is relatively close to you. It is a wonderful source for
Victorian Items. It is a long trip from northern NJ, but a few of my
friends go to Cape May at various times during the year for fabulous
Weekend dances and activities-dressed in Victorian Attire, of course.
Susan
"Slow down. The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel
too fast and you miss all you are traveling for". - "Ride the Dark
Trail" by Louis L'Amour
On Feb 14, 2008, at 1:46 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In regards to where I am located, unfortunately for the sake of
historical costuming/dancing, I was born in the wrong place it seems.
I am in the oldest region of the US, Philadelphia area, and it is
absolutely dry in terms of places not only to take classes on any sort
of Victorian or period costuming, but there aren't any events that
happen in this immediate area to wear them to. Nothing good is less
than 3 hours from here in any direction so it is hard to get to places
that hold ongoing classes. In fact, it seems only the west coast
offers the best variety, I was considering going to the costume
college this spring but it was sold out, maybe next year.
About the hats, there are a couple in my possession that are opened
underneath and you can see the innerds, they usually tend to be made
up much in the same way, with a wire frame and buckram or some sort of
hay stuffing. Were there specific rules to those things in those days
or did the milliners just make them the best they could using their
own skills to replicate the latest fashions I wonder? The tricky part
seems to be creating hats or bonnets with asymetrical frames, moreso
to cover them with fabrics such as velvet where the material seemed to
perfectly fitted. The trimmings were so unusual at times, I have a
tiny little bonnet that is overflowing with an assortment of trims,
many of which I don't think I could even identify! It's hard to find
such trimmings in the modern market. There are little tiny metal balls
in the size of peas dangling all over, stiff curly thin gold stems
sticking out all over, the usual vibrant coloured silk foliage, lace,
velvet tabs, etc. Thank you for the suggestion on the book by Denise
Dreher, that will be the next Amazon search. Goodnight:)
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