Lady in the Spenser Family image

[sstormwatch]

Sometime back, I got a free book by the courtesy of an eBay seller who sent me the wrong book. In that book, there was a lovely large image of a late Elizabethan woman (c.1600) in finely embroidered finery. Well, I finally got my desk cleared, and the scanner running. So here's the image, and feel free to enjoy it. I have a much larger file that

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[isabelladangelo]

I know this sounds really really horrible, but that has inspired me to make an AWESOME day of wrong gown for next year. Make a perfectly fine Elizabethan...and then cover it with bubble wrap. :-D And not the small bubble wrap either, the really big bubbles.....

[decembertyger]

day of wrong gown ?

[isabelladangelo]

The last Saturday at most Renaissance Festivals is known as the "Day of Wrong". People wear or do something out of character for them. It's become an excuse to get well...interesting with your costuming. I've seen everything from the Curtain rod backed Henrician gown to the tie dyed 1540's couple. Some people wear silly hats or mix and match eras. It can be really dumb or be really funny. My current Day of Wrong gown is my 1550's English Star Trek gown....

[decembertyger]

lol we do stuff like that at the Beltaine event for our Barony

[tattycat]

That gown is IN. SANE. Look at the sheer ruffles!!

[sstormwatch]

Yeah, it really is insane in all the details.

[joysdaughter]

Wonderful fun - thanks for sharing. Do you know where it is? My first thought was "bubble wrap" too - talk about a lot of hard work and conspicuous (sp?) consumption!!

[sstormwatch]

According to the Acknowledgement in back, "Lane Fine Art".
http://www.lanefineart.com/ , I think.