I have a fashion print showing historical outfits for a fancy dress
(costume) ball in the 1880s. It's hilarious from a costumer's
viewpoint. Imagine Mary Queen of Scots with an 1880s shape. :-D Very funny.
I love that stuff. I have several of these cross-period historical prints,
plus a
At 02:48 AM 2/15/2006, you wrote:
Thats interresting. Its funny they want to keep the edwardian shape
even for renaissance.
Bjarne
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Bulb!! Her Diamond headdress provided
the twinkling lights.
Kathleen
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At 18:14 15/02/2006, you wrote:
I have in my collection just such a gown of the '70s that got reshaped and
trotted out as QE1! It is indeed a hoot.
My very favorite of these can be seen at The Museum of the City of NY: A
purple velvet number of the late '70/ early '80s and worn by Mrs.
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childs renaissance dress
At 18:14 15/02/2006, you wrote:
I have in my collection just such a gown of the '70s that got reshaped
and
trotted out as QE1! It is indeed a hoot.
My
For a fun time, those interested in Victorian historical fancy dress
will enjoy:
http://lafayette.150m.com/dhblist.html
Photos of the Devonshire House ball of 1897.
The site often exceeds its bandwidth, but it is worth it to bookmark and
come back later. The thumbnails start a couple of
ideas of Renaissance clothing, was Re:[h-cost]italian
childs renaissance dress
At 18:14 15/02/2006, you wrote:
I have in my collection just such a gown of the '70s that got reshaped
and
trotted out as QE1! It is indeed a hoot.
My very favorite of these can be seen at The Museum
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
I'd like to see That one...(And who said that Victorians were lacking
in a sense of humor... when it came to Dress?
Some of the examples I use during my talk on the Victorian view of
historic costume come from a book called Fancy Dresses Described,
