Jane Austen Festival

[atherleisure]

Saturday I went to the Jane Austen festival in Louisville. It was a lot of fun and would definitely be worth a return trip. With my usual photographic habits, I managed to take exactly two pictures at the festival at Locust Grove, both of them after 4:00, even though I had been there since a few minutes after 10:00. So you don't get pictures. The people I spent most of the day with didn't do much in the way of picture-taking either so I don't have much to share there.

I did manage to get someone to take some pictures of me at the ball in the evening so I do have those. And I sat out one dance so that I could take pictures of the dancers for a friend.

So here are the official pictures of my little evening bodice. Doesn't it look better on a body than spread on a bed?







I think the neckline and waistline ended up working very well between the bodice and the dress. This was the first time I took the long sleeves out of my dress and wore it as a short-sleeved dress.

The wrapped turban was done following jenthompson's tutorial. It was so easy that I was able to take the fabric with me and do it in the bathroom before the ball. I was prepared to go straight from the festival to the ball but fortunately didn't have to. I took the long sleeves, neck handkerchief, hat, and pinball off and put the sleeveless bodice and turban on, and I was ready to go.

My hair behaved itself quite nicely, I think. I did small pin curls with setting lotion, and they lasted pretty well despite the humidity. Here's what they looked like after the ball was over and I was back in the hotel room.



Better than all the costuming stuff was getting to meet some people in person - I spent most of the day with koshka_the_cat, girliegirl32786, and gilded_garb. I also saw grace_lee_19c for the first time since DressU, though I have to admit I didn't recognize her right off, and I met tayloropolis and Natalie Ferguson of A Frolic through Time. It was fun talking twins with the latter since hers are roughly the same age as mine. I also met a couple of lovely ladies from St. Louis who were quite friendly at the ball.

I'll get around to discussing other aspects of my trip after I figure out what happened to the pictures.

Comments

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

You look gorgeous! I'm glad you had a good time, and I look forward to hearing more about your adventures!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was a great time.

[theladyrebecca.livejournal.com]

So pretty!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[tayloropolis.livejournal.com]

It was so nice to meet you! I wish we'd gotten a chance to chat a bit more, but alas I was tied to my booth :)

The pictures of you are lovely. Would you mind if I shared one of them on my facebook page? I'm happy to credit you if you'd like me to link to your blog!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed meeting you too! You can share the pictures, but please do link back here.

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you were going! How exciting! You look lovely, and I want to hear more about your adventures. Did you buy anything fun?

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

I hadn't said much about going, though it turns out maybe I should have since my Virginian friend who met up with us in Williamsburg would have preferred meeting up in Louisville for the festival had she known I was going to it.

I didn't buy much, though I was tempted by a number of nice things I saw for sale. I did buy a necklace and earrings from Taylor that my husband has been informed he's giving me for Christmas and a length of fabric for a print Regency gown. You can see the jewelry in the pictures from the ball.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

You look beautiful! Your curls held up really well. And its nice seeing the things you made on you; shows your talent at fitting.

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the lovely compliment!