Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Riversdale Fancy Dress Ball

The lovely Riversdale House had a fancy dress regency ball in October, the weekend our friend Conley was in town, so we got tickets.

I didn’t have time to sew anything new, but since I did have a 1790s gown that was based on a fashion plate, I called it good enough!

Here’s the house:

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This is the fashion plate:

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My gown:

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Poor Doug needs another waistcoat and another coat, but I just haven’t had time to do anything about it. :-( At least he has different colored socks that we picked up at Fort Fred.

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They had a picture frame so you could get your portrait. That was kind of fun!

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Jess:

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Jane Austen Ball

Ah, the August ball at Gadsbys. It was perhaps the hottest day of the year and despite AC, it was so so so hot. And after the ball, when going outside for air… no relief. 10pm and it was just as hot outside as in. Brutal day. We did our best to enjoy, but it was a tough one. As a result, there are only a few photos and we look terribly sweaty in all of them.

Before the ball!

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My new wheat tiara. I couldn’t find an ebay link since they don’t keep much of a history. Sorry. :-(

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Georgian rings from CJ Antiques Ltd:

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And so it begins.

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The traditional hedgehog:

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