Colonial Fashion Days
Feb. 17th, 2020 04:08 pmlets see how did fashion days go....
Friday: It was hella windy on our drive down. We got up decently early and were on the road by 9:30, we drove through a tornado warning and pouring rain and got there around 3:00. by the time we got tickets, got on the bus, and made it to the museum it was time for the 4:00 shoe lecture. We met![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
penwiper right off the bus and I have to say meeting her in person was a definite highlight of a low-key weekend. The shoe lecture was rather general but it was fun to put a face with the famous Neil Hurst (who looked nothing like what I pictured). Then we headed and checked into the swanky time share. They tried valiantly to sell me shit. Amanda threatened a hunger strike if we didn't dress so we did. I wore my linen anglaise as Amanda said she was wearing her least-fancy. (and she nicely let me steal an apron. she has nicer things than me)...We ate at the tavern which was really fun the ambiance was great (the 25% off didn't hurt). There was a guy playing a replica guitar and they seated all the costume groups in the same room so that was fun. Mostly we laughed at the sugar shaker....
after dinner we headed back (with a quick stop at the grocery store where no on blinked or asked if we were amish) and Jenny-Rose showed up and we changed into pjs and stayed up waaaaay too late catching up.
Saturday: We took a VERY leisurely time dressing so it was after noon by the time we were really on the road. I wore my orange Pet with the old green quilted petticoat.I was whining about not finishing my new cloak and my purple one being ugly and Jenny-Rose decided not to dress up and lent me her beautiful FLUFFY PINK ONE.
We went to the mini-market for exactly long enough to tell Taylor "Hi TAYLOR BYE TAYLOR" because it was WALL TO WALL PEOPLE. And can't do that many people. I'd rather pay shipping. We were wandering the streets of Williamsburg by two and looking for lunch. We went to the famous Cheese Shop and Amanda met the famous Mr. Pinset while I peed. if that's not a euphemism for my life ;-)
Finished inhaling lunch in time to make it to the promenade. The most remarkable part of that was that I knew...six whole people...which was very weird for me. But many pretty pictures were taken and fun was had. Then we wandered to the art museum to kill time until the 8pm concert Amanda wanted to go to..but when we showed up it was cancelled 'due to death" so we wandered to Gloria's open house which was nice..if highlighted our outsider status. Jenny-Rose beat us back to the hotel and once again we stayed up talking too late.
Sunday: Got moving at a more expedient pace and dressed before brunch with the celebrity people (Jenny-Rose, Taylor, Cindy, Angela of B&T, Cindy's assistant Alyssa, Lauren) which was quite delicious and we were again exploring Colonial Williamsburg by oneish. We hit up a good chunk of the trades, not all of them but we did manage most of the ones I wanted to see. Except the mantua maker's WHICH WAS CLOSED. I wore my lavender anglaise but this time with the quilted petticoat again and I have to say I was feeling rather unenthused by it but the green really pepped it up for me.
We met up with Gen and had a lot of fun just poking around town. I regret not getting an earlier start on Saturday so we had more time for poking as really everything closes at 4:30 so...early starts would be better.
We caught Neil's second lecture on dressing in the 18th century and it was more cursory than any of us really required but we wanted to be supportive. After that my stomach was done with stays and I could tell I was 30-40 min from vomiting (yes I'm weird i really can tell that) so we went back and changed into comfy clothes and metpenwiper for dinner at Panera. It was fun to do a traditional post mortem about what we though.
In summation it was fun, low key, and just what I needed.
Friday: It was hella windy on our drive down. We got up decently early and were on the road by 9:30, we drove through a tornado warning and pouring rain and got there around 3:00. by the time we got tickets, got on the bus, and made it to the museum it was time for the 4:00 shoe lecture. We met
penwiper right off the bus and I have to say meeting her in person was a definite highlight of a low-key weekend. The shoe lecture was rather general but it was fun to put a face with the famous Neil Hurst (who looked nothing like what I pictured). Then we headed and checked into the swanky time share. They tried valiantly to sell me shit. Amanda threatened a hunger strike if we didn't dress so we did. I wore my linen anglaise as Amanda said she was wearing her least-fancy. (and she nicely let me steal an apron. she has nicer things than me)...We ate at the tavern which was really fun the ambiance was great (the 25% off didn't hurt). There was a guy playing a replica guitar and they seated all the costume groups in the same room so that was fun. Mostly we laughed at the sugar shaker....after dinner we headed back (with a quick stop at the grocery store where no on blinked or asked if we were amish) and Jenny-Rose showed up and we changed into pjs and stayed up waaaaay too late catching up.
Saturday: We took a VERY leisurely time dressing so it was after noon by the time we were really on the road. I wore my orange Pet with the old green quilted petticoat.I was whining about not finishing my new cloak and my purple one being ugly and Jenny-Rose decided not to dress up and lent me her beautiful FLUFFY PINK ONE.
We went to the mini-market for exactly long enough to tell Taylor "Hi TAYLOR BYE TAYLOR" because it was WALL TO WALL PEOPLE. And can't do that many people. I'd rather pay shipping. We were wandering the streets of Williamsburg by two and looking for lunch. We went to the famous Cheese Shop and Amanda met the famous Mr. Pinset while I peed. if that's not a euphemism for my life ;-)
Finished inhaling lunch in time to make it to the promenade. The most remarkable part of that was that I knew...six whole people...which was very weird for me. But many pretty pictures were taken and fun was had. Then we wandered to the art museum to kill time until the 8pm concert Amanda wanted to go to..but when we showed up it was cancelled 'due to death" so we wandered to Gloria's open house which was nice..if highlighted our outsider status. Jenny-Rose beat us back to the hotel and once again we stayed up talking too late.
Sunday: Got moving at a more expedient pace and dressed before brunch with the celebrity people (Jenny-Rose, Taylor, Cindy, Angela of B&T, Cindy's assistant Alyssa, Lauren) which was quite delicious and we were again exploring Colonial Williamsburg by oneish. We hit up a good chunk of the trades, not all of them but we did manage most of the ones I wanted to see. Except the mantua maker's WHICH WAS CLOSED. I wore my lavender anglaise but this time with the quilted petticoat again and I have to say I was feeling rather unenthused by it but the green really pepped it up for me.
We met up with Gen and had a lot of fun just poking around town. I regret not getting an earlier start on Saturday so we had more time for poking as really everything closes at 4:30 so...early starts would be better.
We caught Neil's second lecture on dressing in the 18th century and it was more cursory than any of us really required but we wanted to be supportive. After that my stomach was done with stays and I could tell I was 30-40 min from vomiting (yes I'm weird i really can tell that) so we went back and changed into comfy clothes and met
penwiper for dinner at Panera. It was fun to do a traditional post mortem about what we though.In summation it was fun, low key, and just what I needed.
