Category: 18th Century Hairdressing Book

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Catching Up

Oh god, I’ll never catch up with stuff if I wait to do posts about each individual thing, so here, minus The Book, my life the last few (many?) months!

I went to a 1920s Circus Picnic, for which I turned a shitty polyester prom dress from ebay plus a bit of a sari into a circus costume inspired by a picture of my great-grandmother. I forced myself to do the worst sewing job ever on it, since it was such a throw-away costume, and I looked pregnant in it (note to self: stand up straight!), but I had fun!

Gertrude Daniels Blumenfeld, circus performer, c. 1910s
With Laina & Karen
With Olive - (C) Laurie Tavan

I performed at Pirate Fest with Bella Donna (as the House of the Rising Sun — New Orleans tarts), for which I made a quick wig based on the Balloon style from The Book. Accessorized by a faaaabulous hat by Jenn.

And I prepped for, went to, and recovered from Costume College, but like everyone else, I’m waiting on professional photos for that post! I no longer bother to take good pics of myself, since I know the professionals can take such better ones. So yeah. More about that soon!

OH, and Frock Flicks is back. After years of my poking them, Trystan & Sarah have finally gotten excited about this again. We have a website. And a Facebook page. And a twitter. And will be recording a new podcast in the next week or two.

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BOOK! (World’s Worst Blogger edition)

I have turned into the World’s Worst Blogger(TM). So much costume-related stuff has happened that I have totally failed to blog about! If you follow me (or The Book) on Facebook, there will be a lot of repeats coming up.

But whether or not it’s been all over Facebook and Costume College, and whether or not you’ve received yours already, I still need to blog about:

THE BOOK IS HERE! And has been shipped! And it’s all shiny and pretty! And I have many boxes of them in my dining room!

There were many boxes that required lugging. Many, many boxes.
But it was worth it, because -- BOOK!

If you haven’t gotten one already, you can order it online on the book website!

And, in case you missed it on Facebook, I designed a T-Shirt to go with the book. You can order yours online through this coming Friday, Aug. 15 at 5pm PDT at the book website.

Does this make my butt look big?
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18th Century Hair Book: So Close!

The Book has been shipped from the printers to me, and delivery is expected to be THIS THURSDAY!  YAYYAYAYAYYAYA!!

If you order your copy in the next two days, you’ll get to be in the first round of shipments… which US people should get sometime next week! (Of course, if you’ve already ordered, you’re definitely in the first round of shipments!).

Also, a heads up to Costume College attendees:  I’ll be doing a book signing and selling on Friday night. I’m not positive about the timing yet, but you can also purchase your book that evening in person and save on shipping fees.

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Preview the 18th Century Hair & Wig Styling book!

I’ve posted a few scattered pages from the 18th Century Hair & Wig Styling: History & Step-by-Step Techniques book, as well as a final table of contents, on the book’s website.

Of course, I had to choose some of the less exciting pages to post, as I don’t want to be giving anything away for free!

If you’ve been waiting to order a copy, I expect to have ordering up and running by this coming Thursday, June 5, 2014. (Reminder: the book should ship in early July). I will, of course, post far and wide when ordering is available!