Tomorrow morning I'm flying up to Washington state for two weeks to visit family and am going to the Victorian Festival in Port Townsend with my Mom. We went to it a few years ago and I'd brought my first Dickens outfit, a skirt and cape made from Simplicity's 8910 way back in 2003 for her to wear. She had so much fun and has always been asking when we could do it again.
Last August while at Costume College, I met a couple ladies from SITU (Somewhere in Time Unlimited) a costume guild in Seattle, who asked if I'd ever been to the Festival. Then they started asking me to come with them if I was ever in WA during the Festival again, and be in the fashion show. That got me thinking about planning a trip up there for my birthday and around the same time as the Festival, which is March 23-25.
Planning ensued for my travel and for costumes to mail up to wear in the fashion show. Since I didn't have my original "Dickens" costume anymore, I also had to make a new one for Mom. Butterick had come out with their own version of the "Dickens" costume #5265, so I made that one for her out of a hunter green wool blend plaid that she could pile warm thermals under it.
I had a hard time deciding what and how many of my costumes to bring for the fashion show. Since I'm not familiar with it, and they didn't seem to have a plan for anything specific or a timeline, I first decided on only two, but later added a third as long as they gave me time to change. So my fashion line up will be my 1850s Bloomer gown re-creation, my 1885 Best Black Bustle, and my 1898 Belle Epoque gown.
Since the high temperatures will only be about 45d F (brrrrrr), I needed to figure out which one could be worn about town during the Festival that could have my warm thermals on underneath. I don't have any outer coats or wraps to wear over them, since it "never rains/snows or is cold" in So. CA. Well, the last two days proved that wrong. So I will have to bulk up under my costume and wear my shawl. My Bloomer gown seems the easiest to do this with. So if you're up there, look for me in my avocado green gown, or at the fashion show.
I'm also going the next day of the Festival to an afternoon tea at the Blue Gull Inn, and decided I wanted to wear something fancier, so for that I will wear my Best Black Bustle and just let my neck freeze with its square neck opening.
I'm looking forward to seeing all my friends there, and taking lots of photos.
Last August while at Costume College, I met a couple ladies from SITU (Somewhere in Time Unlimited) a costume guild in Seattle, who asked if I'd ever been to the Festival. Then they started asking me to come with them if I was ever in WA during the Festival again, and be in the fashion show. That got me thinking about planning a trip up there for my birthday and around the same time as the Festival, which is March 23-25.
Planning ensued for my travel and for costumes to mail up to wear in the fashion show. Since I didn't have my original "Dickens" costume anymore, I also had to make a new one for Mom. Butterick had come out with their own version of the "Dickens" costume #5265, so I made that one for her out of a hunter green wool blend plaid that she could pile warm thermals under it.
I had a hard time deciding what and how many of my costumes to bring for the fashion show. Since I'm not familiar with it, and they didn't seem to have a plan for anything specific or a timeline, I first decided on only two, but later added a third as long as they gave me time to change. So my fashion line up will be my 1850s Bloomer gown re-creation, my 1885 Best Black Bustle, and my 1898 Belle Epoque gown.
Since the high temperatures will only be about 45d F (brrrrrr), I needed to figure out which one could be worn about town during the Festival that could have my warm thermals on underneath. I don't have any outer coats or wraps to wear over them, since it "never rains/snows or is cold" in So. CA. Well, the last two days proved that wrong. So I will have to bulk up under my costume and wear my shawl. My Bloomer gown seems the easiest to do this with. So if you're up there, look for me in my avocado green gown, or at the fashion show.
I'm also going the next day of the Festival to an afternoon tea at the Blue Gull Inn, and decided I wanted to wear something fancier, so for that I will wear my Best Black Bustle and just let my neck freeze with its square neck opening.
I'm looking forward to seeing all my friends there, and taking lots of photos.
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