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gaskell ball

I went to the August Gaskell Ball on Saturday night in my green 1880s(ish) bustle gown. There were more people dressed up in period costume than some of the previous balls I’ve been too, including two other bustle gowns (including my friend Bridget). We all got excited about doing a Buccaneers (BBC miniseries, based on the Edith Wharton novel) event for GBACG — I’m going to be the social-climbing Lizzie Elmsworth! (Not that I look a thing like her.)

I was really inspired to get cracking my 1875 red & white striped bustle extravaganza, but I have to wait until Gatsby is over (speaking of which, KNOCK ME OVER WITH A FEATHER — my “I don’t play dress up” husband wants to wear a golf outfit, including PLUS FOURS, to Gatsby).

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