Dear Lacemakers, as there has been occasional discussion about Queen Victoria's wedding dress, I thought it might be worth mentioning something I've just noticed.
Having finished reading my novel, I fell to reading the leaflet which I'd been using as a bookmark. (It must have fallen out of a magazine or newspaper, but at this date I've no idea what.) The leaflet advertises some sort of craft event, which includes an exhibition called "Hollywood Brides", being a display of wedding dresses created for films. These include "the intricate period replica of Queen Victoria's wedding dress made for 'Victoria and Albert'". (There are also Andie MacDowell's dress from "Four Weddings and a Funeral", and Maid Marion's dress from "Robin Hood- Prince of Thieves".) Anyway, if anyone's interested, it's for an event at Harrogate in October. Details are at this website: http://www.ichf.co.uk/fashion/index.htm Now, I've no idea about the quality of the lace on this replica dress, and I hold no brief for the company that's promoting the show. In fact, I'm so 'not interested' that I'm unlikely to even be a customer at all - satisfied or otherwise. (Although there are some other items that do look attractive . . . a 'Restoration Studio' on care and restoration of textiles; an exhibition of traditional work from New Zealand; and it does seem to include lace-making. Hmm . . . I wonder if the date coincides with an occasion when I could go to stay with my sister?) Yours sincerely, Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K. where it's a perfect Summer Sunday morning, and I'm feeling too lazy to do anything but read leaflets: I've just found another one to speculate about, offering a postgraduate course at Bath Spa University College on "Cultural Astronomy and Astrology"!) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
