…over England for 64 years. Crowned at age 18, she also ruled over fashion from 1837 until her son Edward’s flippant styles crossed over hers into the Edwardian Fashion Era around 1900. 1837 to (about) 1891 are called the “Victorian Years” in fashion. This applied to clothing, furniture, and anything …
We’ve studied the French queens like Marie Antoinette in the second half of the 18th century (1700’s). We’ve VERY thoroughly gone over the Regency era and Napoleon with his empresses Josephine, Marie Louise and sisters and siblings. We touched on modern French fashion influences through Eugenie and Russia’s in Alexandria. …
… in their first public appearance! Carol (1765), Shelly (1790), Jacinta (1805), Fiona (1866), Kristi (1868-72), Suzi (1883), Melissa (1885), Kateri (1895), and Doty (1909)!!! We have more joining us this summer as we work interpretive events. We are building custom ensembles for each to suit 1870-1905 depictions for street …
… is solid and dependable and so much fun. She’s also very big and bright in her 1868 hoop and 26 yard ruffle petticoats. She brings with her two talented young girls who ran our tech crew (no they don’t go under the skirt). You’ve got to see the outtakes …
.. throughout the day and in the performance. She had her schottische and polkas down – even without a partner (which is pretty hard to do). Studying her history and character for quite some time, we’re proud of this youngest member of our group who is solid as a rock …
.. of the 1790 Round Robe, were happily reunited after repairs. She’d had some problems with her petticoat wrapping around her twice – oops! The designer messed up at the build, but we got it fixed. Let it be said mathematics and particularly trigonometry and algebra are vital to historic …
… depicting an American born artist who trained in Paris during the Exposition Royale as Art Nouveau was displayed. She has a high fashion artistic “twist” on Edwardian fashion of the day – shaped by a restricting and very padded “S Monobosum” corset typical of the era. Doty wears many …
For this show, Kat depicted a traveling reporter from the “Big Apple”, a single woman who travels (scandelously) alone on the train to the Wild West to help solve a crime. 1895 is a the end of the Victorian era, and the start of the Edwardian, so Kat has key …
9 “Buffalo Gals” performed at the Historic Irma Hotel in downtown Cody, Wyoming. Melissa, an actual Wyoming floral farmer is thrilled to depict a German immigrant of 1885 in rural working ensemble.
… Rearranging the website and the business structure, we’ll have LOTS of photos of finished projects and “The Buffalo Gals” coming soon! Check the links to their individual pages later this week. We are going back to our fashion history meanderings here for the blog tomorrow, because we were arriving …
