I had a great time at Costume College this year. I'm super late at getting this post up (uh, hello, it's now January 1st, lol). Although honestly even having a great time at CoCo this year, it was a bit of a rough year - I had something going on at home that kept me very occupied throughout the few days, and I was also really jet-lagged more than usual this year. All the stress of lots of focused sewing and jewelry making leading up to Costume College, plus the life stuff, meant that while I had a really great time, I also spent much of the weekend a bit stressed and tired (look closely at my eyes in the photos - you can see the tired). It's always a blast to be around so many wonderful and inspiring people though, and see so many friends as well as meet new ones!
Here's my outfits for Costume College 2018!
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The Lady Detalle ensembles for Costume College 2018 (Photos by InTheLongRun) |
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Thursday evening: Black evening dress, FIRE Jewelry, and vintage silk "fire" dupatta (Photo by InTheLongRun) |
For me, Thursday night was all about my FIRE jewelry from LadyDetalle. I found a small stash of (pricey!) discontinued fire opals from Swarovski, which I used to create a parure of necklace, earrings, two bracelets and a ring. Basically I planned an entire outfit around the fire stones I found, lol!
I also scouted down a vintage silk dupatta from India in a lovely dark yellow and red with a bit of orange tones that looked like fire.
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LadyDetalle FIRE Jewelry |
Basically Thursday night was a blur of getting to meet some lovely customers, see some old friends and just enjoy the start of the long weekend! It's always a bit hard to mingle with such large crowds as I'm an introvert (an extroverted introvert, but an introvert nonetheless). That said, I really had a lovely time and enjoyed seeing so many lovely and creative outfits!
Friday was all about Victorian bustle!
LadyDetalle Ruby Red vintage glass grapes |
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Friday day: White dotted swiss cotton early 1870's summer bustle, glass grape jewelry and white "floofy" hat (Photo by InTheLongRun) |
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Friday evening: teal silk 1880's bustle from two silk sari's with madiera demi parure (photo by InTheLongRun) |
Friday evening I re-wore my Teal and gold 1880's bustle from two silk sari's which I started in late December 2017 and finished in January 2018 - and wore to Carolyn's Holiday tea.
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LadyDetalle Madiera demi parure |
I wore this to the Friday night social, and I just love this dress, how it flows, the fun sari fringe trim that I used to create a bit of a train: I really enjoying wearing this dress and feel like a bit like a teal peacock in it, lol.
I had a great time chatting with all sorts of folks, checking out all the lovely outfits and meeting a few folks I know from IG or who know me from IG - it was great to meet so many of you in person!
Here's a link to my Friday photos from Costume College.
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Mustard design striped cotton Regency bib-front gown, silk brocade bee sleeveless spencer, vintage silk dupatta, vintage tiara, and "Josephine" bee demi parure (photo by InTheLongRun) |
Saturday was all about Regency!
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LadyDetalle "Josephine" BEES |
I really enjoyed wearing this for the first time! It was very comfortable and the ensemble was everything I was imagining it to be when designing and creating it, so yay. I look forward to wearing it again sometime.
Saturday evening for the Gala was all about BEES & GRAPES!
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1807 Josephine Regency court ensemble with "Empress" garnet grapes & gold demi parure & antique bee buckle (photo by InTheLongRun) |
I re-wore my BEE silk brocade in burgundy with gold bees COURT train, and made a a new dress to wear underneath, along with court sash, new tiara and demi parure.
My gown was mustard silk taffeta layered with vintage gold metallic embroidered net, which was a vintage embroidered net sari from India. I made a mustard yellow silk sash, royal orders, paired with an antique BEE buckle, a gold and cubic zirconia tiara and my "EMPRESS" garnet grapes and gold demi-parure by LadyDetalle. I also wore my American Duchess mustard painted pemberlies which I add glass grape shoe clips with embroidered net, for the evening. ;)
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LadyDetalle "EMPRESS" garnet, grapes & gold |
I was going for Empress Josephine just after being crowned, and was really happy with this re-wear and re-vamp of my Regency BEE Court ensemble!
The Gala was really fun - the food was fine, the company was great, I enjoyed the entertainment, and then once it was time for the dancing, I opted to head out to the front room and chat with folks: I chatted with friends and met so many great folks and was excited to meet folks wearing tiaras and jewelry from LadyDetalle! (oh, how exciting and fun!). It was a wonderful evening!
Here's a link to my Saturday photos from Costume College. and Maid Brigade photo album.
Sunday was my "Dress of Wrong" group - I was SO excited to finally do this! The premise: any era, appropriate silhouette, clearly wrong fabric.
Strawberry shortcake late 18th century, a Steelers royal bustle, the Queen in a dressing gown, Beauty & the Beast late 18th century and more: I had SUCH a fun time with this group and with making and wearing my DoW outfit.
I found a lovely fashion plate ladies fabric on Etsy that was mid to late 18th century women: it was listed as "Victorian women", so I figured it would be MOST appropriate to make an 1870's trained bustle out of this fashion plate fabric, paired with a vintage silk sari!
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LadyDetalle Marie Antoinette silk ribbon choker & earrings |
Sunday was a lot of fun - I really enjoyed the freedom and fun of doing Dress of Wrong, and I spent some time chilling with old and new friends, and really enjoyed!
Here's a link to my Sunday photos from Costume College.
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Costume College badges ribbons I made & gave out in 2018! |
YOU DO YOU - Historical Costuming = FUN, all are welcome!
Dress of Wrong - for our group and anyone who supports the idea!
Got Grapes - anyone who has or wants LadyDetalle grape jewelry or who loves grapes or wine! ;)
Royal YOU - royal you collection of LadyDetalle jewelry and also anyone who feels royal!
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TheLady Detalle ensembles from Costume College 2018 |
And that's a wrap!
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