COMMENTARY

costume college (Kate in England, don’t look!) Whew! I just sewed hooks and eyes on a bazillion things, fixed buttons that were coming loose, made cuffs for my 1830s day dress, and packed the following: 3 chemises, 3 corsets, 1 crinoline, 1 petticoat, 1 bumpad, 3 pairs of shoes, 3 dresses, 1 pelerine, 1 sash, 1 bonnet, 1 kimono, 3 sets of jewelry, 2 fake hairpieces, 1 set of hot rollers, and about a bazillion safety and bobby pins. And that doesn’t include the normal clothes!

I’m off early tomorrow to LA for a weeklong training workshop, then to Costume College.

I’ll be wearing: Friday – Edwardian day dress; Saturday – vintage kimono (day), 1780s robe a l’anglaise (evening); Sunday – 1830s day dress.

AND, here’s the classes I’ll be taking:

1890s textiles OR What is a Costume Con
Costume Con 23 (maybe)
Overview of the 1890s OR Extending a parasol handle
Italian Renaissance 1450-1600
Makeup styles of the 1920s-40s
Overview of Edwardian-WWI fashion (maybe)
Pret a Porter: American Sportswear, 1890-1940 (maybe)
Is that Rib or Baleen? Deciphering What is Worn Beneath Ladies’ Gowns
Overview of 1830s (teaching)
18th C. Trimmings for Gowns (with Sally Queen!)

Okay, back to packing land.