Red & Gold trained gown: added to gallery & featured at Realm of Venus
I finally got the Florentine gown up on the webpage. I sent it in to Bella from Realm of Venus. She did a great job putting together the content featurning it in her Italian...
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Italian gown: skirt construction
Piecing the skirt: The lining was pieced together from portions of linen left over from other projects. To get the length for the train I had to piece together 4 sections to make up...
Italian gown: patterning decisions
In an interesting turn of events, my roommate was in search of a fabric for a Venetian gown and she now has the other 8 yards of this fabric from my stash. I’m looking...
Palazzo Vecchio: Elenora di Toledo
*Nov. 9 2008 visit I promised photos of our audience with an enactment actor playing the Duchess Elenora di Toledo back in December so here are a few from that event:
Palazzo Vecchio: costume reproductions
Nov. 9- After wandering around and snapping tons of photos of the map room we were escorted into territory not open to the other visitors into a hallway of costume reproductions laid our for...
Costume Colloquium: reception at Pitti palace courtyard café
Nov. 8 One more batch of “social” pictures. I promise I’ll come back to all the days and events in due time. In the Pitti palace camera’s were not allowed so I got to...
Firenze, Italy: Stibbert museum cont…
A few more photos of the museum to give a feeling for walking around along with some people shots. Laying on the floor to get the right shot was not an infrequent event.
Firenze, Itay: the Stibbert museum
I photographed not only the costumes displayed at this museum but some of the armoury, portraits, etc… The Stibbert museum “is especially note-worthy because of its famous armoury, which includes European, Middle Eastert and...
Costume Colloquium: day one – reception vendors
I’m skipping back to upload some of the vendor information I’ve compiled from the flyers and photographs I picked up at the opening reception. The “coffee room” remained full of textiles, books, and costumes...
Costume Colloquium: day three – Stibbert reception
After each visit there was a lovely reception. I spend much of those times photographing. It was amazing to watch and enjoy others enjoying themselves:
Costume Colloquium: day three – Stibbert Museum
Nov. 7 We were able to take non-flash photographs at the Sibbert which I very much enjoyed. I’m going to put up a preview of a couple garments from the museum. I took up...
Costume Colloquium: day two
The internet was down in my hotel and until today it was difficult to get online with my laptop (which meant NO access to my photographs to share). Nov. 5 We were allowed to...
Costume Colloquium: day one – registration & reception
Nov. 4th We arrived safely in Florence, Italy and surprisingly less jet lagged than expected. We were warned about rain but it was bright and sunny. A beautiful day to see the Duomo. So...
