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ca. 1860 evening dress. This dress has had a few incarnations. It started life as a periwinkle blue dress with cream lace
trim, my very first vintage ball gown in 1989. Then I made a grey bodice and overskirt worn over the blue skirt. The trim
is royal blue pleated silk satin in a design taken from Harper's Bazar.
This photograph of Katy was taken at a Nahant Victorian Day Ball in the early-1990's. |
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ca. 1856 ball dress, silk blend plaid, silk pongee, mop fringe. This dress was inspired by a dress from the Cincinnati Art Museum
Costume Collection.
The flounces are made of upholstery silk, in a woven plaid. It dances wonderfully. Please note the importance of having your
horse match your gown.
This photograph of Katy was taken at the Newport Vintage Dance Week in 2003. |
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ca. 1867 evening dress, silk organza over silk habotai, embroidered organza trim. This dress was created for the PBS American
Experience show Grant for my portrayal of Mrs. Grant. Unfortunately all my scenes ended up on the cutting room floor--
except for a few bits with just my hands. But they can be seen on the PBS web site http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/grant/
Ulysses S. Grant Page broadband page
Broadband Grant in the behind the scenes
section (select visual lab, and the dress).
This photograph of Katy was taken at a Newport Vintage Dance Week. |
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ca. 1856 ball dress of silk organza over silk habotai, custom dyed. This dress was made for
Hannalore Unfried, a dance historian from Vienna Austria.
Hannelore chose the color and I was inspired by a small watercolor painting of Queen Victoria by Winterhalter.
This picture of Hannalore was taken at the Vienna Vintage Dance Week in 2005. |
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ca. 1863 evening dress, pale green bengaline with dark green silk velvet trim and white lace.
The trim design was inspired by a fashion plate in Godey's Ladies' Book from 1863.
This photograph was taken at The Rotunda Ballroom, Newport, RI during the 2004 Newport Vintage Dance Week; the dancer is Idy. |
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ca. 1860 evening dress, peach silk organza over cream silk taffeta, striped silk berthe.
This photograph was taken at The Rotunda Ballroom, Newport, RI during the 2006 Newport Vintage Dance Week; the dancer is Gail. |
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ca. 1860 day dress, printed calico, blue and brown windowpane print, reproduction fabric from South Seas Imports Historical
Line, collar of cotton with bobbin lace trim, undersleeves of cotton voile with broderie anglais cuffs.
This photo of Katy was taken at a vintage base-ball game in Massachusetts in September 2004, the E pennant is for the Essex Base-Ball club. |
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