The ball

[green_martha]

... was short but really nice - we were interrupted by the rain, making the whole thing about one hour shorter. The location, orchestra and dance were fabulous, as was the company of friends. The heat in a closed paved court was not so enjoyable, but bearable in costume (the ladies in full Tudoer garb might have disagreed, though). The costuming was somewhere between ugly "OMG a leopard print and lurex fake française" (yes, it was a *Renaissance* ball) and beautiful periodesque, with a really gorgeous elve in the middle. Lady Darkstone's dress ended up nothing like a florentine gown, but beautiful nonetheless. We ended the evening with a yummy yummy YUMMY restaurant and crashed in bed around 1AM. Back home today around noon, where I noticed I got myself a kind of cold. I'm trying very hard not to get really sick *crosses fingers* - I don't have TIME to be sick, scrogneugneu !
I found out the costume is incredibly comfy and I LOVED it - but I HATE most pictures of myself in it. The hairstyle I improvised just doesn't work, maybe I was also just a little too tired or too hot, dunno... I just don't like myself in them.


Yes, the back is too low... But I appreciated the extra aeration yesterday ;)


The dress looks waaaaay better in person, the low lighting just killed the shine of the taffetas...

Comments

[operafantomet.livejournal.com]

You look gorgeous!! I am crazy about wine red combined with green, and you have so many nice details. Yummy.

As for the back, the sides might be a bit lower than usual, but the center back doesn't differ too much from Tuscan and Venetian fashion of the era:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/renaissanceportraits/venezia1/gbellini1496proseccion.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/renaissanceportraits/firenze1/sarto1509-10.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/renaissanceportraits/firenze1/bartolomeolucca1515.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v31/operafantomet/renaissanceportraits/venezia1/bliciniofamily.jpg

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you !
I though it should have been higher... but then I have a very long torso, so it might be a scale problem as well. Thanks again !