Lethargy broken! read more about my 1910 wings of the dove dress project
Oompa Doompa!
(That’s the noise I’ve been making lately when I’m excited). FIDM has finally posted photos of their Hollywood 2005 exhibit. ooooooooooooooooooo: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Being Julia, De-Lovely, Merchant of Venice, Phantom of the Opera, Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow, Stage Beauty, Vanity Fair, Return of the King. My toes are twinkling! Road trip!
Best of all, some of the costumes are being exhibited right here at FIDM’s San Francisco campus!
Flims!
I may be too lazy to sew, but feeling lazy is perfect for watching costume movies! New reviews of He Knew He Was Right (Victorian page), Maurice (Edwardian page), and Island at War (20th c. page) have been posted. Oh, and “flim” = Kendraspeak for film. Makes it very hard to dial 777-FILM, I tell ya.
Procrastination
I cannot bring myself to do ANYTHING productive (read: for my wings of the dove dress, so instead I spent tonight trimming a cute little vintage bonnet that I found in an antique store a few months ago. It has machine stitching so it’s obviously 1940s-60s, but it yelled “I want to be a a cute little 1880s bonnet please!” to me so I took pity on it and took it home.
I’ve been collecting hat trims forever, but usually leave it until the last minute. So it will actually be nice to have something that’s actually thought out and not safety pinned together. Of course, now I need a dress to go with it… maybe a green sheer cotton early 1870s dress a la Buccaneers? (Note to self: FOCUS!!)
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In other (sometimes vaguely) costume-related news, I wore my stripey 1875 dress for my birthday Saturday night (and managed to make it NOT rain during the time period we walked to the restaurant and back); and I took Sarah and Kate to Discount Fabrics, where I managed to talk myself into 10 years of shot green/black silk taffeta for my (note to self: FOCUS!!) recreation of the green dress from Winterhalter’s portrait of Empress Eugenie and her ladies in waiting.
1910 Wings of the Dove Afternoon Dress
I have been filled with hate for the last week or so for pattern drafting and mockups… read more about my 1910 wings of the dove afternoon dress