Francaise dinner

I was so happy to be able to make the Francaise Dinner this year! Thank you to Judy for organizing it! Having a raffle, and stuff you could buy were nice extra touches. The food was amazing, and everyone looked so good!

I rewore my striped francaise that I'd only worn once before at the Costume Con where we mostly sat in that room on the 9th floor. I changed it up a little with vintage millinary dahlias on the stomacher and in my hair. And I used the wig I had styled in rolls and combed the front of my hair over the top. I think wigs work really well that way. I also used one of my fat sausage curls. I also wore my pale pink collet necklace and earrings from Taylor, and the pearl/flower bracelets I got in LA from that FIDM student store when I visited Loren a few years ago. I also had my first outing of my American Duchess embroidered mules. And Julia dyed some AD stockings pale green, so I wore those too.

Here are a few pics of my outfit:






I also brought along my Mary Russell muff, but it really wasn't practical to use indoors.

Francaise Dinner - art

I am also hopelessly behind the curve in posting photos from the fabulous Francaise dinner I recently attended  - but my Mom posted  this little painting she did of my friend Gloria and I. So fun!  Also my friend Gloria just recently opened an etsy store with historical costume jewelry - check that out here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/inthelongrun?ref=ss_profile

Yellow Striped Sacque

Here are a few pics of my yellow sacque.  I'm not really happy with the hair, but I was kind of in a rush. :-)

Costume Con 2011

I had a great time hanging out with friends at Costume Con this weekend!

Stripey 18th century robe a la francaise done!

I bought the striped silk taffeta from fabricguru.com. I believe I got nearly 10 yds for a total of 82.57 including shipping.  I actually even have some left!

I draped the back and then used the same pattern I used on the last sacque I made, an altered Simplicity pattern for the bodice side pieces.  The petticoat was draped too.

I used trim bought at Renaissance Fabrics and some on the sleeves that I bought at an antique show. I didn't have enough for the whole thing, but I liked the Renaissance Fabrics trim.  I also used some rosettes bought at the same antique show.

The roses were made by Katie Jacobs (katiejacobs.com) - they're actually made of coffee filters, but I think they look real! I was inspired by a costume from Marie Antoinette for the flowers on the stomacher. And there's one for the hair.

I hope to have some decent pics of me in this at Costume Con!