Here are some of my photos from the awesome Pretty pretty princess party. Thank you to all of you who hosted the event. I had a fabulous time and enjoyed it thoroughly!

The final stitching on a Gala gown during the party:

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The silk kirtle seen here is made by this lovely young Kentwell participant. She asked to pair her 16th century kirtle with my 18th century pocket hoops and matching bow. I think she might be the only person alive able to pull off this look – isn’t it too adorable. So much pink around I”m tempted to do more pink. My next Italian gown is rose pink I think.

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The first hour we looked at fashion plates and a study piece:

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I wore my jacket closed through class on Saturday and then decided to fold it back and wear with my peach quilted stomacher. It was fun to get two looks out of one garment.

In the hotel room:

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These outfits were never used for the intended purpose and are now on display in the lobby of Western costume. The sketched one is really neat. The gold-work was lovely to see. It is amazing we can still get this level of work done when needed. I wish I had gotten into the gold work embroidery class. I’m still buying books and bought some supplies to try it out anyhow.

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Continuing to look around we were shown into the collections and could view the items available. For example:

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Western Costume continued….

We were given a tour around the facility. Starting with the shop where you can find anything you might need for a project. I wouldn’t mind having one of these rooms in my house instead of running off to the store of having to order something online. But I believe the room was larger than my entire house.

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The limited tour was well worth the trip. We all hopped on a bus to go to Western costume.

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I am so tried and it was only the first official day of Costume college. I’m going to split the day up and try to get the photos up this weekend. But I fear it won’t happen as planned because of all the fun & work involved in enjoying and learning during my time here.

Anyway, to start the event off right I went to the morning orientation. I’ll just share some photos below:

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