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The peanut gallery approves.

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Any great work of art ... revives and readapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which it makes you an inhabitant of that world—

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Oh gorgeous. I love the intricacies of everything. Wonderful triangles in this composition. I especially love the way the candle holder mimics the table's leg. This is so rich and tasty...the green hues are delicious.

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Beautiful!

I love the outfit! I need to try to make one of those at some point...

My only nitpick is the hairdo. This dress looks like it's Italian Tudor/Elizabethan. Elizabethans typically wore their hair up to avoid getting tangled in the ruff. Tudors, however, did indeed wear their hair down or in a snood but typically with a headpiece of some sort. It looks like you tried to split the difference and did a "down" hairstyle but then pulled it all behind her back. Overall, I like, but that just made me tilt my head a little.

Sorry.
Historical!Nitpick over. ;;

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Well, if that isn't just about the most lovely thing I've seen in half an age, I don't know what is. "Exceptional" is about the thing that comes close to doing it justice, and even that doesn't really cut it.

As I am not qualified to make comments on the historical accuracy of hair styles (although I know someone who claims to have been there, so perhaps I'll ask ), I will say only that since I know you to be a lover of perfection, I must assume you chose the style to show off Jennifer's matchless neck. And to that design decision I say, "Brava!"



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I literally gasped when I saw this. It is such a treat to see your work. It really is the stuff of dreams!!

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you are so very creative!
when i see your work it becomes clear that you realize my dreams
wonderful stuff!

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scéal lámh

Hehe--historical rant understood perfectly--as I can get quite het up over things having to do with the Victorians and Edwardians!

In general, however, I make no real attempt to be historically accurate--I'm far more interested in suggesting a mood, and creating something that has artistic values I can live with, than anything else...and the truth was, the plan had actually been to have her hair down, with just the thin side braids pulling her hair away from her face, like so: [link] It wasn't a hairstyle I was crazy about, but it showed off her pretty blond hair, and was pretty... But the meter ran out on her car, and she needed to run out to feed the meter--and I loosely clipped her hair up in back, to keep the loose curls from falling out--and when she got back, I decided I liked the way the it looked--it created more of a period feel--and thus, we split the difference, and did half the shoot with her hair like that, and the other half with it down.

The dress itself is a mish-mash. A Moresca Max 2 bodice (I have to say--the design on those is INSANELY simple--even to someone who doesn't sew!--and I've plans to make several, in various color combinations--as it's an easy way to make a client feel "costumed"), a Gypsy Moon silk chiffon blouse I bought years ago, and a skirt that is 5 yards of remnants, gathered onto a cord. Not even a hem on it. (I just fold it under, to whatever length I need it.) I picked it up on eBay for around $40--which had to have been close to what the fabric cost--and my only modification was putting a cord stop thingie on the cords--so that they didn't disappear inside the skirt everytime someone puts it on. . You can see the full thing, here: [link]

The set was actually my biggest worry in this piece--as I'm a Victorian, through and through--and my props tend to be light and airy, and not anything even remotely suggesting anything along this line. I really wanted a large keyring/chatelaine...and a pomander...or possibly a fan on a stick...but nope, I had none of those things--and had to rely on the homemade scroll and embroidery for verisimilitude!

So feel free to rant about historical details anytime you like--you won't be hurting my feelings, as I'm under no illusions as to the accuracy of my work (even in the Victortian era, I'm perfectly willing to take any liberties I feel will make my final product look better!)...and you never know what sorts of ideas it might give me, for future projects!

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Any great work of art ... revives and readapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which it makes you an inhabitant of that world—

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Oh--and I forgot to mention...then necklace is from one of those cheesy "mall" type cheapo jewelry stores. Amazing what you can get for under $20 at one of those places! I went in search of something like this--and there it was--in all sorts of colors!

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Any great work of art ... revives and readapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which it makes you an inhabitant of that world—

--Leonard Bernstein

What a lovely thing to say! Thank you so much!

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Any great work of art ... revives and readapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the extent to which it makes you an inhabitant of that world—

--Leonard Bernstein