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Planning for the Vampire Masquerade Ball
Originally published at Trystan's Costume Closet. Please leave any comments there.
I had dreamed of returning to Venice’s Carnevale for my 50th birthday - I’d gone for my 40th birthday and wanted to bookend the decade in an even more spectacular style. Alas, I’m spending this birthday in the middle of a divorce and having just moved to a new house, ( Read more... ) -
How to Plan a Costumed Event Yourself
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Everyone sees the pictures online - a francaise dinner, a steampunk picnic, Costume College, a cosplay meetup, the Fête Galante, Venetian Carnevale. The idea is the same, it’s a bunch of friends in fabulous costumes having loads of fun! How can you get yourself some ( Read more... ) -
Mary Queen of Scots Pink 1550s Gown
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I’ve only been wanting to make this gown for a decade. No lie - my first blog post about it was in 2009, and I’ve loved the portrait for longer. So for my birthday this year, I planned a fancy dress party where I would be the queen, wearing this dress, surrounded by ( Read more... ) -
bits & pieces
Working on a ton of Snark Week content for Frock Flicks. Consider yourself warned ( Read more... ) -
My Favorite (and Least Favorite) Books on Film
In case you haven’t noticed, I kinda like to combine books and costumes a bit. Also, books and costumes and movies. So over on Frock Flicks for National Book Month, I rounded up my top five and bottom five movies adapted from books, with an emphasis on costume.
There’s some Jane Austen, natch, and a Merchant-Ivory adaption of an E.M. Forester novel ( Read more... ) -
Bring on the 18th Century
Originally published at Trystan's Costume Closet. Please leave any comments there.
While I have a few wee SCA projects to work on at the start of this year, my main sewing goals between January and May are going to be all 18th century, all the time. Why? Because we’re going to France, baby! My husband & I are renting a chateau in the south of France
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An Introduction to Copyright for Bloggers, Especially Costume Bloggers
By Trystan L. Bass
Notes and Caveats: This is written based on my nearly 20 years of professional experience writing and editing on the Web. For the last decade, I’ve been an editor in the central editorial department of Yahoo!, and before that, I worked in similar capacities at a digital music startup and an alternative newspaper. Dealing with ( Read more... ) -
So close…
Kendra came over yesterday, & we sewed, sewed, sewed. We worked on skirts for our gowns & got to the point where we could sit on the couch, watching “Elizabeth R,” hand-sewing vast piles of black silk whilst drinking cocktails. Good times!
Well, I cartridge-pleated the skirt & attached it to the bodice, so the gown is essentially done. It just ( Read more... ) -
Leonard Autie, Hairdresser to Marie Antoinette
Voila, here is the finished outfit & photos from the event - the Greater Bay Area Costumer’s Guild’s Evening at the Petit Trianon, which took place at the Bellvue Club in Oakland, California on July 9, 2011.
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