Discarded to Divine is DONE!

My final Entry to Discarded to Divine: The outfit consistence of a Faux 17th century bolero (complete with cartridge pleated sleeves) over an empire wasted dress with a charmeuse cowl bodice. Both garments are 100% wool and lined in silk. Both garment are also 60% recycled from other clothing.

Preview night at the De Young is April 15th 2011 (For people who want to see the clothes, but not bid) The Actual event, auction and fashion show is April 28, 2011. http://www.svdp-sf.org/DISCARDED/
All Proceeds from the auctions go towards clothing a feeding the homeless/transient population of San Francisco.

( Construction/details since my last post...  )

My teacher is going to have all of my classes garments cleaned/pressed/photographed and turned in by the January 10th deadline. After that they will be juried for the silent auction and runway show.
I Really hope my outfit makes it into the fashion show. As a costume-designer it may be the only time I see a non-costume piece go down a runway like this.

Dickens!

Today I went to the Dickens fair for the first time with some friends. Sadly all the photos on my camera from when I was there came out super blurry because of the lack of flash, observe:


The only non-blurry photo I got was when we went to a craft fair at the concourse afterward:

We were still in costume, and the hipsters were not amused by our irony.

I wore my Betsy Johnson Bustle jacket, and the silk and quilted petticoats from my 18th century polonaise. Someone bumped me and got apple cider on my skirt. Their is a slight water mark now, Oh well, it's less of an issue than that time with the tree sap! I also had my hair back in combs (I took them out by the craft fair) and mitts a friend knitted me. It was a good combo, I was just the right temperature all the time.