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Forties Movies
While I have been patiently sewing my mockup together by hand I've been watching some movies from and about the forties. I have a couple of favourites I'd like to talk about. I generally don't write reviews about things so I hope you'll be able to bear my unpracticed prose!
The first is The Way to the Stars(1945). This film is about an English ( Read more... ) -
Dreaming of the Forties
I totally fell in love with this Japanese-style silk as soon as I saw it. I can't wait to see it turned into a dress! You can also see the partially constructed pattern as well. I had a lot of issues with this pattern. The instructions state that it is sized to print out properly on A4 size paper but I'm not sure that's the case. I'm unable to ( Read more... ) -
Fabric Shopping in Paris
There are a concentration of fabric shops at the foot of Sacré Coeur in Monmatre. I went there today.
Oh My....
Coming from a town with only two fabric shops, neither of which have a great selection, this was an experience! There are several 4 and 5 floor fabric shops (Tissues Reine, Marché St Pierre most notably) as well as smaller shops ( Read more... ) -
La Musee de la Mode
Things that are chouette about my summer internship:- I am conserving several of Paul Poiret's headdresses and dresses
- I helped with condition reports of some really scrumptious 18th century clothes and got to poke at them
- I will get to take patterns of more scruptious 18th century clothes and be able to fully engage in costuming glee
- and it's only ( Read more... )
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Pictures of Edinburgh Castle
Just some pictures because I'm late putting this up and can't remember many details except that it was super windy. I mean gale-force people!
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Still here!
Sorry for the lack of posting. The past three weeks have been pretty crazy between the end of classes, packing up/stressing about getting my French visa in time, and finally arriving in Paris and getting my bearings. Of course I got my visa at the very last minute. It definitely brought back memories of last August trying to get my UK visa in a ( Read more... ) -
Life Update
So I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed by my workload right now. School wouldn't be so bad if I didn't also have all the arrangements for Paris to be made. I went to the French consulate in Edinburgh today and submitted my application. Still waiting on a confirmation from Paris and until the consulate gets that I can't get my visa. I'm at the mercy of ( Read more... ) -
More Regency Stays
Apparently I am fixated on making myself a functional pair of short regency stays.
I'm in the middle of a third (handsewn!) attempt right now (see attempt one, attempt two). For most costumers this process would be fairly simple but it just hasn't been for me. My first pair gave me a nice enough shape but the centre front bones were pretty ( Read more... ) -
Trip to Stirling Castle
On the afternoon of the 16th we all loaded into a minibus and headed off to Stirling to check out the tapestry project there. I had a really great time! I think I might have gotten a bit annoying with my exclamations about how castle-y the whole place was! It was foggy and damp and romantically Scottish, plus there were tapestries being woven right ( Read more... )
