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Another sale! Costume books, fabric, patterns, accessories, trim, jewelry…

Not only did I massively clean out my costume-related things stash for the GBACG Costumers Bazaar, and not only do I need the money, and not only have I recently made an attempt to focus on making costumes for things I actually do regularly, but my husband has been watching “Hoarders” every few weeks.  So, MUST GET RID OF ALL THE THINGS!

With that, I give you yet another online costume garage sale!

Things that could excite you:

  • My red 1780s stays
  • Various cool patterns for cheap, including all 3 Margo Anderson Elizabethan women’s and JP Ryan’s late 18th c. stays
  • Costume books for far cheaper than you can get anywhere else (I checked!), including Dress at the Court of King Henry VIII, two vintage hairstyling books (one OOP and rare!), 2 of the Sally Queen swatch books (1850-80 and 1880-1920)
  • Jewelry, including a vintage 1910s ladies pocket watch and a Lenox cameo
  • Lots of fabric, including a reproduction Colonial Williamsburg 18th c. print and some antique purple brocade
  • And much much more!
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We’re Famous!

Part of our evening at Vaux-le-Vicomte involved being extras for the filming of a French television show, “Secrets d’Histoire.”  The episode, little did we know, was about Nicolas Fouquet (the original owner of Vaux-le-Vicomte).  Unfortunately I can’t link you to the video, because it appears to only play in France (of course if you’re IN France, here you go!).  Luckily my husband was able to track down the video, and there we are in all our glory!  Okay, there we are for 3 seconds (Lisa) and 1 second (me).

Next stop, the Academy Awards (or the Cesars, I should say)!

Lisa is on the right
Moi on the left
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GBACG Costumers’ Bazaar – this Sunday 8/28 in Albany!

This Sunday is the GBACG Costumers’ Bazaar.  I have been doing a massive clean out of my costume-related paraphernalia… money is tight, and if I’m going to keep affording this costuming habit, it’s out with the old so I can be in with the new!  Lots of people have been posting on the GBACG list about the fabulous stuff they’ll be selling; my list includes:

  • 1860s day dress
  • handsewn silk lampas 1740s jacket
  • stripey Regency evening gown
  • 1830s day dress
  • Regency spencer
  • vintage patterns
  • costume patterns, including various Simplicity mid-Victorian and some Truly Victorian
  • vintage clothes (men’s & women’s)
  • books, including:  Fashions of a Decade: The 1940s; Ackermann’s Costume Plates: Women’s Fashions in England, 1818-1828; Eighteenth-Century French Fashion Plates in Full Color: 64 Engravings from the “Galerie des Modes,” 1778-1787; Fashions and Costumes from Godey’s Lady’s Book; Paris Fashions of the 1890s; Women Who Ruled: Queens, Goddesses, Amazons in Renaissance and Baroque Art; Fashion Plates in the Collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum; Fashion in Colors; Victorian Fashion in America: 264 Vintage Photographs; French Fashion Plates of the Romantic Era in Full Color: 120 Plates from the “Petit Courrier des Dames,” 1830-34; Masterpiece Theatre: A Celebration of 25 Years of Outstanding Television; 80 Godey’s Full-Color Fashion Plates, 1838-1880; The Gallery of Fashion; My Likeness Taken: Daguerreian Portraits in America; Dress & Cloak Cutter: Women’s Costume 1877-1882; 1940s Hairstyles; X, a Decade of Collecting, 1965-1975, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 8-June 29, 1975; Textiles for Early Victorian / Late Victorian Clothing (Sally Queen swatch books); and more!
  • Fabric – lots of wools, some silk and cotton
  • Trims
  • costume DVDs/Blu-Ray
  • and more!

So, if you’re interested in poking around and getting some great deals, come on by and check us out!

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Les Adieux à la Reine – oh goody, another travesty!

Thanks to Heileen, who posted a photo from the upcoming French film “Les Adieux à la Reine” (Farewell My Queen) on Facebook, starring Diane Kruger as Marie-Antoinette in a story about her relationship with her reader in her final days.  I had to track down more to confirm suspicions — what I found was a making-of video in French, and I screencapped some of the costumes… and I am disappointed!  Apparently MA is a drag queen, aniline dyes are period, necklines come up to the throat, and Ye Olde Back Lacing Bodice rears its ugly head.

I also found this video, also in French but with tons of costume shots (mostly of extras), if you want to poke the wound a bit more.

Please to discuss!