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Grandma’s blue dress: a photoshoot
This dress belonged to my grandmother. It’s made of an interesting early synthetic fabric, and has a matching bolero jacket that I rarely wear. I love the dress though. It fits me perfectly, and it’s...
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A little bit of loveliness
I did a talk for a conference on Saturday and it was AMAZING. Afterwards, the models and I went out into the park next to the venue and had a photoshoot, which was soooo much fun. And then I went home,...
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Rachael rocks the Vionnet
Seriously, how gorgeous is she? I can’t decide if I like her better in black and white, or colour, but I know that I want to try her in 1910s and 1940s fashions. She’ll look amazing! I only wish she...
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Juno: a goddess in the garden
This is the individual photoshoot I did of Vanessa looking simply stunning in the Juno dress after last Saturday’s talk. She looked fabulous, it was so fun to have the time to hang out with her, and,...
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A different kind of robe a la francaise
In addition to all the recreation dresses that were in last Saturday’s talk, I used some real vintage garments as well. I own this beautiful early 1930s rayon robe, made in Japan for the Western...
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Queen of the garden
Chiara was, as always, absolutely gorgeous and fabulous in the 1780s robe a la francaise (Lady Anne Darcy’s wedding dress) two Saturdays ago. I’m so excited to show off her pictures, because I feel...
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Claire in the Laurel dress
This is the fabulous Claire of ‘Well, I used to be a lady’ in the Laurel Dress. I didn’t manage to get that many pictures of her because she had to leave earlier than most of the other models. The...
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Mme Poiret II
My model for the most recent talk reminds me so much of images of Denise Poiret that I have to stop myself calling her Mme Poiret when I talk about her. Denise Poiret, wife and muse of Paul Poiret Mme...
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Rebecca in Regency
Rebecca was actually supposed to wear the Laurel dress for the talk on the 2oth of Nov, but I was so scatterbrained that day I tried to duplicate her and put her in two dresses, so she ended up in the...
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Madame Ornata as Aline
For our last photoshoot Madame Ornata borrowed my ‘By the Seashore’ ensemble and went as Aline. It’s fun to see the ensemble on someone else, and it fits Madame O better than I because the skirt is a...
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