Just in case you missed it there is a nice run down of the fashions from season 3 here.

Or other studio space?  If you've got a big enough yard maybe you can get one of these: http://www.archipod.co.uk/about.htm

I know it's gotten mixed reviews but I really, really enjoyed it.  It was so lyrical and dreamy, so lovely and sad.  Such a true picture of the trembling joy of young love.  And there were some real moments showing the creative process - both of Keat's poetry and of Fanny's sewing - which is a rareity.  Definitely my favorite of Jane Campion's films.  Be forwarned though, if you don't know Keat's history, that this is a tear-jerker.  I'm still sniffling.

And for a costumer there are many wonderful creations from Fanny's needle.  You're right demode - I want a lot of these!  I adore this red striped jacket:


This was just one of the many fabulous hats she wears:


A peek at another killer hat:



I love the Renaissance revival look of this gown:


And this ball gown was really lovely:

All doll related posts have been moved to my doll journal dollhausfrau .  Feel free to friend me there if you're into ball-jointed dolls - all are welcome!  :)

Propworx has yet another "final auction" of BSG stuff up for grabs.  Check it out here!

But Stormtroopers too?  And Jabba the Hutt??!!   LMAO!!!

I hope you had one as fabulous as yourself!  Cheers!

I got sent this from Jeff Jerome:

Sorry you won't be able to be there. Please inform your group that whoever wants to attend to please send in the ticket order form and put "Costumed Group" somewhere in plain view on the form. Indicate which show, Saturday or Sunday. Also, the ticket cost for your group (in costume only) is $22.00 NOT $35.00.

I will seat them in the front row as usual.

My email is eapoe@baltimorecity.gov if anyone wants to contact me.

Your group was on many national and international reports on the funeral. You were also seen in many images taken by the media. Thank you for adding color and charm to the event!


So send in your forms and he'll seat you in the same place as usual!

Hey all, it's that time again and it sounds like they've got a great program planned.  But this year I won't be able to make it - my airline tickets are booked to go out and help my sister with her new baby and I won''t be back until the end of Jan.  So if you want to get a group together to go I recommend someone else take over from me.  All the info is here:http://www.poebicentennial.com/events.html

Jeff Jerome is the curator, feel free to use my name with him to let him know it's the same group, but again: I can't go and won't be organizing it this year, sorry!  Have fun and take pictures!

 May it be filled with love, joy and everyday magic!

I found this really cute perchy little hat at H&M the other day for only $7.99! I'm not a big fan of the glittery bow on it but it's a nice felt and could be easily trimmed to look even better than it currently does and the price is unbeatable!

There's a how-to here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1345

Maybe this should be at the top of the list?

You know you want it!

This just in from the Make Magazine blog feed:

This may be one of those situations where my love of a good story gets me in trouble with the more hard-minded scientific types among you, so please understand first that this is all intended in fun. Nonetheless, there are some intriguing facts here.

During the summer of 1997, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) repeatedly detected an extremely powerful underwater sound on an array of Cold War era hydrophones originally installed to listen for soviet submarines. "While it bears the varying frequency hallmark of marine animals, it is far more powerful than the calls made by any creature known on Earth." Phil Lobel, a marine biologist at Boston University, purportedly "agrees that the sound is most likely to be biological in origin," although his opinion appears to be in the minority. (Both quotes from this article at CNN.com.) The approximate origin of the sound has been identified as 50 S x 100 W, which is almost exactly the same latitude as Lovecraft's fictitious sunken city of R'lyeh, at 48 S x 123 W, although it is 1000 miles distant in terms of longitude. [Thanks, Maredith!]

You can listen to a sped-up version of "The Bloop" on the NOAA website here:
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/sounds/bloop.wav

I realized I first posted that SCA holiday faire notice on my own LJ, not the mid-atlantic costuming community one as I meant to but then thought this might be a good time to put the word out about the MACC on LJ once again.

I was somewhat frustrated that I kept missing events in the mid-atlantic region because I simply didn't hear about them in time to I create the Mid-Altantic Costumeing Community on LJ as a place to post information on events, shopping opportunities, conventions, reenactments, classes and sewing circles in the Mid-Atlantic region. The concentration is mostly on DC/MD/VA/PA/DE/NJ/WV/NY but high profile events further a field are also welcome. Please feel free to post info on any events you hear about - the point is to get the word out to all costumers in the area so we know about fun events to go to!

Join the fun here, we hope to see you at the next event!

All the info is here

http://stierbach.org/events/holidayfair/holiday.php/

And just an aside - we're counting on you, the members of mid-atlantic costume, to fill us in on events in the mid-atlantic region. There is a lot of stuff going on - SCA, Anime and SciFi conventions, reenactments etc but we won't know to go if YOU don't tell us about it! So please, fill us in on the events you know about, the more of us who go the merrier! :)

This just may be one of the coolest Star Wars costumes EVAH! Check it out:

I don't know how many others of you have discovered the joys of Tokyo Milk but as my bottle of "Waltz" is getting low I thought I'd check up on their latest and initiate you in the joys of perfumes of the sort Marie Antoinette might wear. In fact, Tokyo Milk's whole vibe is right up this particular costumer's alley - how can you not love scents with names like "I want candy" and "Let Them Eat Cake?"

Waltz is my favorite. I've long been a fan of Linden, I love the smell and it's a fragrance that was a la mode in the 18th C, but it can be very hard to find. Waltz is a lovely light combination of linden, honeyed rose, wisteria and white musk.

I Want Candy is another one I own. While still very floral is has some fruity notes - it's a yummy mix of apples, peaches, violets and roses.

But I must admit I like Honey and the Moon better than I Want Candy. It's a blissful blend of honey, violet, jasmine and sandalwood. And I swoon for a good jasmine scent.

I'm dying to try a few I hadn't seen in Anthroplolgie, where I got my last bottles. In particular Dead Sexy and Poe's Tobacco have caught my eye. Next time I'm in Reston I'll see if Antho has them so I can do a sniff test.

They also have wonderful bubble baths (you just KNOW you want to take a bubble bath in a scent called "Marie Antoinette" - I do!), solid perfumes (Mmmm, sugarplum!)  and lip balms (Petit Fours and Honey Blossom are sooo yummy!)

I was listening to the Antonia Frasier Marie Antoinette book today and heard something that got me thinking.  She mentioned that Queen Marie Leczinska, the wife of  Louis XV, was derisively known as "La Polonaise" in much the same way that MA was known as "l'Autrichienne."  I'd always heard that the robe a la polonaise had come into being in the 1770s or 1780s, and had also heard of a variety of reasons for the name including the old "Poland was divided into three parts" one.  But I began to wonder, could it really have been another gown named for a queen like the Chemise a la Reine?  I did some poking around online and found that she was indeed credited as having invented the "robe a la polonaise" in a few sources.  Given the questionable nature of website veracity I poked around a bit more and found this enigmatic tidbit from L'Histoire a la Mode en France

"Sep 5, 1725 - Marie Leczinska,mariée à Louis XV, le 5 septembre 1725, mit en vogue les hongrelinesles robes à la polonaise, à la hongroise, garnies de brandebourgs." 

Anyone fluent in French willing to translate?  Were they really around in 1725?  Or was this some other robe a la polonaise?  Is it really named by or for Queen Marie Leczinska or were they just saying it was a Polish style dress?  Or are the Victorian era authors of L'Histoire full of crap?

Discuss.