A Dedicated Follower of Fashion

I did take a lot of pictures, but 95% of them are rubbish, so I'll wait to do a real recap til others have posted theirs and I can steal them! Also, the only pictures I got of me were a very few taken across the reflecting pool, and I'm making a truly idiotic face in all of them. So I'm thinking you may not in fact get any good pictures of my outfit this time! If none turn up I'll have to get trussed up and do a photoshoot in a park, grumble grumble, since I don't know when I'll have another chance to wear it.

The exhibit was really enjoyable, and well put-together I thought. I may as well post a couple of exhibit photos now, since I do have those! Although they're not very good either...

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Well, yes, my sewing plans for the weekend were overambitious - of course. Not by too much, as I finished the chemise (which is kind of ugly and boring, so I'm not taking a picture of it on its own). The Foy corset has all the boning sewn in, and half of it has the edges bound. I can probably sew the binding on the other half tonight as well, since I woke up ridiculously late today, and so have a good deal more time before I go to sleep.

I didn't end up getting any sewing done yesterday, as I went to see the Fashion in Film exhibit in Allentown with heidilea ; she picked me up around 10.30, and we didn't get back until about 8, then I went over a friend's house, and we drank beer and toasted marshmallows in the rain. Good times.

The exhibit was very enjoyable, though they didn't allow photography. Rather irritating because none of the costumes were behind glass, they were just on platforms, so we could have gotten some really nice close-ups. I consoled myself by getting about two inches from some of the beading and detail. There were actually quite a few costumes from movies I've never seen, but which I've decided now that I need to watch them because, hello pretty costumes!

Some of the highlights, for me, were:
- Ever After "Breathe" dress, which was just gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous
- Sense &Sensibility Marianne's wedding dress; I didn't realize that thing had such a huge train, as it's only seen for a short time in the film
- Red ball gown from Onegin; I've never seen this movie, and I'm usually not overly fond of 1830s styles, but this gown is just yummy. Think I need to see this movie, as they also had an outfit of Ralph Fiennes, and the coat had a beautiful quilted lining
- Titanic dress - it was just an extra's evening dress, but it was actually from the 1910s, and was beautiful. Red chiffon, gold beads...waaant.

They also had the little Maharajah's costume from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which besides being covered in sparklies, caught my attention because it was so freaking tiny. Also there was a butterfly dress from some 80s movie that I know wasn't really supposed to be "period" but which I still thought was kind of ugly...it had be-sequined pink butterflies on the shoulders, and a large pink be-sequined butterfly-butt-bow.

But anyway, it was a very nice exhibit, and a very nice rest of the day, evn though I almost was fed to death by heidilea 's friend, who we went to see after the exhibit and stayed waaay longer than we meant to. The feeding was much appreciated though, as we hadn't had lunch before we went to the museum. Hee.

And my Willow-cat has found a new favorite thing to sleep on, apparently: my green bustle, which I put on my bed a few hours ago, and which he's been curled up on since then!