Hair!

Ive been trying to grow out my hair from a bob to nice and long for the wedding. One big reason for doing this is because my hair is fine and i have trouble pinning down my Victorian top hat when my hair is this short. Now I have less than a year to grow out my "crowning glory" . I went to the beauty supply store to look for some clip in extensions and i found the perfect piece marked down $50 off retail.
I clipped it in to test it out and i think it will be very doable, especially if i get a stylist on it. The only problem is that my hair is currently straight and the piece is wavy, but i plan on perming my hair for the wedding so everything should jive just fine.

Revisiting my Colors

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Well, these are my new wedding colors based off my new dress fabric and the news that my MIL will be supplying a large amount of lavender bouquets for the wedding.

Fabric!

So I finally found it: a rosy tinted ivory brocade with gold, silver, and brown embellishments. I will use it on my jacket and train (about 8 yards of the stuff). The skirt and accents will be ivory and gold. A little different from my original vision but I think I like the fact that the dress is leaning more towards non-traditional, though colorful dresses were quite popular in The Victorian Days. In fact, it wasn't until Queen Victoria had her wedding that white dresses became all the rage.

Anyways, found this little delight in Berkley at the discount fabric store, my friend was observant enough to pull it out of a big pile and show it to me while i was in the white section obsessing over the fact that there is no good ivory brocades. The fabric was also a great deal, about half as much as Id expect it to be.

Everything else will come from Joannes fabrics, so all in all i will probably spend under $200 on the whole lot of fabric. But this does not yet include lace and embellishments.

Dress Revisions again

A modified vest basque jacket with detachable butterfly train over fore gore skirt and apron.

Notice shorter sleeves and removal of closure at collar.