A SORT OF MEME: 2008 and 2009
PROJECTS FINISHED IN 2008
My Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art History!
The "Unicorn" dress ( http://www.geocities.com/pisslei/unicorn )
The Regency project ( http://www.geocities.com/pisslei/empire.html )
The golden Venetian dress ( http://www.geocities.com/pisslei/venetian )
The Renaissance saccocchia ( http://www.geocities.com/pisslei/saccocchia.html )
PROJECTS ADVANCING IN 2008
The embroidered Bordone dress ( http://www.geocities.com/pisslei/bordone )
The Phantom wedding dress ( http://www.geocities.com/pisslei/weddingdress )
The Aminta costume ( http://www.geocities.com/pisslei/aminta )
Costume research for my site
COSTUME EVENTS ATTENDED IN 2008
Kjæmpestaden ( http://kjempestaden.no/ )
Oslo Middelalderfestival ( http://www.middelalderfestivalen.no/ )
This years best Pirate party! (HOW could I forget.... Aaaagh...)
COSTUME RELATED BOOKS BOUGHT IN 2008
Velvet (Fabrizio de' Marinis)
The Corset (Valerie Steele)
Femme Fashion (Patricia Brattig)
Patterns of Fashion 4 (Janet Arnold ++)
Moda a Firenze (Roberta Orsi Landini and Bruna Niccoli)
The Seductive Shoe (Jonathan Walford)
Medici Women (Gabrielle Langdon)
Palazzo Chiericati (Musei Civici di Vicenza)
Church vestments (Norris)
Private Lives in Renaissance Venice (Patricia Fortini Brown)
Pitti Palace (Marco Chiarini)
Hats and Bonnets (Althea Mackenzie)
Villa Caldogno (Albino Munaretto)
FOREIGN PLACES VISITED IN 2008
Helsingborg, Sweden
Chios, Greece
Samos, Greece
Lesvos, Greece
Rome, Italy
Florence, Italy
Bergamo, Italy
Siena, Italy
Pompeii and Napoli, Italy
Vicenza, Italy
Venice, Italy
PLANS FOR 2009
Starting on my Master degree in Art History
Re-visit Greece
Learning Greek and Italian
Getting the Driver's licence
Finishing my new zoopa zekret Renaissance project...