Loved the beginning of Downton Abbey season six. A few minor threads started and resolved and even more began! And the party–splendid! My husband was told he looked like like Mr. Mason…but who was I? I’m claiming I’m Violet in her younger, Victorian years. LOL. I love Maggie Smith’s Dowager character! We had a show […]
Ta-da! I think my outfit came together pretty well. The most fun I had was watching my fellow writers do double-takes upon realizing who I was. Replacing my regular glasses, with their square purple frames, sure made a difference, not to mention just dressing up for a change. I could not keep my short hair […]
Let’s face it, we are a society that totes things. To attend the Baltimore Book Festival dressed like a Victorian lady, and still have all my ‘necessities,’ I needed a reticule. In other words, an era-appropriate purse. My research led me to a timeline of purses titled Please Don’t Ridicule my Reticule! by Joan Kiplinger […]
Now we arrive at the minor accessories for trying to present a historical look. Isn’t it the details that make an image? I feel one of the most noticeable details some of us need to grapple with is eye wear. Unfortunately, it’s also an expensive one. I cannot see without glasses, and my current ones […]
Dressing properly isn’t just the clothes; the accessories must be right to make a correct historical presence. I have a few more things to prepare for my Victorian costume to be ready for the Baltimore Book Festival. Anyone and everyone going out of the house in Victorian times wore a hat. During the time The […]
When I first decided to attend the Baltimore Book Festival, I also decided to dress Victorian, the era my series The Luminated Threads is set. I already knew it’d be fun because I put together a steampunk costume for a RWA conference a few years ago. But that was fantasy and easy–I could collect up […]