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Jun. 8th, 2009 07:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
newmoonstarOh dear gracious heavens, Bramwell is finally out on DVD!!!! I'm just beside myself with glee, because I've been dying to see the rest of the show, since they only went up to the middle of the second season on the VHS at the library. I normally can't stand doctor shows, because I'm incredibly sqeamish, even over fake blood and guts, but if it's in service of a top-notch period drama, featuring fabulous costumes, wonderful English actors, and the adventures of a Victorian lady doctor, I'm SO there! Despite the fact that I can't stand the stupid love story they concocted for Eleanor and that obnoxious Irish doctor. I wanna know who wrote the episode where she falls into his arms and kisses him after she finds out he's been using her patients for guinea pigs in his experiments. WTF? Generally when people find out they've been used and disrespected, they kick said disrespectful user to the curb, not embark on a reckless affair with them. But whatever. It's one lapse in some otherwise great writing. And it's my 1890's costume fix. I'm not going to be that picky when the clothes are that gorgeous!
Speaking of clothes, I've been thinking about my Costume Con wardrobe, and I've pretty much decided that my big show-stopping outfit will probably be a Burgundian dress with a big tall hennin. Even though medieval is not my favorite period, I've always wanted this outfit, and I think it'll end up being the most impressive when it's all put together. I've also decided I'm going to make an Empire dress out of butterscotch yellow silk, because it matches this super-gorgeous and oh-so Georgian necklace I've had for ages but could never match to anything, plus the necklace has blue stones which match to my blue cashmere shawl, so I've already got the accessories! I've also been toying with the idea of recreating the outfit the barmaid is wearing in Manet's painting 'The Bar At the Folies Bergere'. (It's the one that I used to have an icon of.) But I'd have to use my lilac silk for the skirt, and I've only got enough for one dress, and ever since I watched Little Dorrit and saw Amy Dorrit wearing a lilac silk 1820's pelisse dress, I've kind of wanted to make one for myself. Plus I'm not willing to get a haircut with bangs, so I wouldn't look exactly like the portrait anyway, so maybe it's not worth it. I don't know! Decisions, decisions! But it's still so exciting! :)
Speaking of clothes, I've been thinking about my Costume Con wardrobe, and I've pretty much decided that my big show-stopping outfit will probably be a Burgundian dress with a big tall hennin. Even though medieval is not my favorite period, I've always wanted this outfit, and I think it'll end up being the most impressive when it's all put together. I've also decided I'm going to make an Empire dress out of butterscotch yellow silk, because it matches this super-gorgeous and oh-so Georgian necklace I've had for ages but could never match to anything, plus the necklace has blue stones which match to my blue cashmere shawl, so I've already got the accessories! I've also been toying with the idea of recreating the outfit the barmaid is wearing in Manet's painting 'The Bar At the Folies Bergere'. (It's the one that I used to have an icon of.) But I'd have to use my lilac silk for the skirt, and I've only got enough for one dress, and ever since I watched Little Dorrit and saw Amy Dorrit wearing a lilac silk 1820's pelisse dress, I've kind of wanted to make one for myself. Plus I'm not willing to get a haircut with bangs, so I wouldn't look exactly like the portrait anyway, so maybe it's not worth it. I don't know! Decisions, decisions! But it's still so exciting! :)
