
The details on this regency gown are just amazing! I don't know if I would have the patience! :)
My sister and I both want to the do colonial reenacting sometime! We love doing civil war, but I just love the colonial styles as well and the history is also a high light of our country's freedom.
I love the fabric and the sleeves are great! The V&A just had so many great clothes! It was just amazing!
Oh and get a load of the shoes!!! I am drooling still!
Get a load of that heel! I always loved the buttons on victorian boots!
This is a civil war period dance slipper. Of course these shoes are english, but during the war the americans got many of their fashion ideas from the english. Beth and I want to reproduce the roset on this slipper on future dance slippers for maybe a ball in our distant future!
I am thinking this was my favorite dress to see out of all the dresses I saw in all the museums on the whole trip! I love the sleeves and the bodice detail!! I have always wanted a dress with big sleeves like this! call me crazy! Beth thinks so!
I just adore it! Oh my!
I believe this gown was Queen Victorias, I am thinking, correct me if I am wrong ladies. I only have a small ammount of pics from this museum as my camera died. I plan to get pictures from Lindsey keen when she has finished doing all the pictures.
The front of the dress.
A 1950's dress! Its so pretty!
I don't have a more detailed picture of this one or a full length as my camera died, but once I get pictures from the other ladies on the trip I will be sure to post them. There were many more clothes I got pictures of with my friend Ana's camera, and Lindsey Keen will be giving CD's to all of us I think. So don't worry. I am sorry its a tease for now.
Kensington Palace
we had lunch in the orangery also here at Kensington the home of the young Victoria.
We also had a suprise guest. It was from a wardrobe unlocked. She was wonderful and let Cassie one of the ladies in our group try on her gown! It had taken her weeks and months to make! WOW!
Bethany, myself, Ashley and her Mom, we all had a great time and it was so great to meet a fellow blogger for the first time! So good to meet you Ashley!
We got to go back to the Tower of London on thursday our last day in London. We also went to Suzi's for tea and got to see her private costume collection, but I can't post pics. We also got to see some of the antique clothing collection at the London museum. But I also can't post pics of that either unfortunately!
Going into the walled city to see the Tower and the crowned jewels.
We saw a guard in the uniform! We did not see any at Buckingham! So Sarah and I practically screamed when we finally saw one! I think he was laughing under his breath at us american girls! lol
The tower
We were not aloud of course take pictures of the crown jewels! But here is a little bit of our adventure.
All of us on tuesday I believe it was dresses in regency attire and other eras and we went on the tube and paraded around England lol and people stared and said how lovely we looked. We were even stopped by security on our way out of the tube because apparently they think a bunch of ladies dressed this way could be terrorists! lol Whatever it was fun!

Abby I love her bonnet! and Bethany who made her dress
Ana
Amy and Sarah
Me I was ready, I had my gloves and I even made a reticule and I even had a shawl and Courtney did all of our hair! I was great! Oh to dress like that daily! it would be wonderful! This is the ice blue dress bethany made by hand for me.
Here we go back into the city after getting off the tube!
Ana and I as we well I have not told you yet where we were going, that day we went to the fan museum and had tea there as well! It was great!
Bethany and Abby and Amy and Amanda Beth! Love her blog!
A garden that was next to the museum.
Of course only one of the many fans in the museum!
Bethany, Sarah, and I outside the museum
The american civil war time period fans, they are from the 1860's but are english, they are very big, that was the periods distinction in fans. I bought a fan from the museums gift shop, but its too small, but I use it at reenactments anyway. I think its not so bi of a deal compared to not having period clothing and hair styles etc. Its small compared to the rest of my outfit. I am farby in my fan taste! lol
I think these are some of the civil war fans. Not sure though. Can't remember.
We had tea in their lovely tea room!
My fan I got in the gift shop! lol
Me myself and I
My gown is also voile!
Bethany, don't you love the tucks at the bottom of her gown. Its voile by the way!
Our whole group outside! Aren't we lovely!
On our way back! I love this picture of them walking. So lovely!
I love Katrina on the lefts bonnet she made and her whole outfit!
All of us on the escalater in the tube! We were a spectical! lol
In Christ,
Rebecca
I will be posting the pictures from Bath tomorrow or Monday! I also am going to post about my thrifting lately and my music later this week as well. I thought I would catch up on old news like England. Enjoy and God bless!
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