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Our "Great Gatsby" Movie Meet-Up Party
So who went to see "The Great Gatsby" last night?! Our local costume club, Great Basin Costume Society, got together to watch the movie and enjoy some dessert afterward at...
WINNER: Highbury Giveaway!
Wowza, guys, the Highbury giveaway was splendid! With nearly 1000 entries, all the sharing really helped get the word out about Highbury, and helped us reach the manufacturing goal. Woot!...
GIVEAWAY: Win a Pair of "Highbury" Regency Shoes!
It's giveaway time again! Up for grabs this time is a pair of "Highbury" Regency Slippers, in dyeable satin, OR an AmericanDuchess.com gift card equivalent to the retail value of...
V365: Costumed Ladies in Genoa, NV
This past weekend, a group of Great Basin Costumers attended an absolutely delightful play in Genoa, NV, one of the oldest settlements in Northern Nevada, and a delightful little town...
V331: Steampunkery at the Sparks Hometowne Christmas Parade
This past Saturday our local Steampunk club, "High Desert Steam," marched in the Sparks Hometowne Christmas Parade. There was a great turnout, complete with horses, dogs, armed children, the Urban...
V322: Another Day at Dickens Christmas Fair, San Francisco
I'm back from S.F. now, but here are some photos from our second day at Dickens... Maggie's puffy puff-butt in the morning. I found this endlessly amusing. Maggie's costume was...
V321: An Excursion to The Great Dickens Christmas Fair
Hi all! I'm down in San Francisco land with a whole wad of my favorite people, not least among them The Laced Angel, and Serendipitous Stitchery, the latter of which...
V289: Where to Wear - How To Throw Your Own Costume Events
Ladies attending the 2012 Titanic Memorial Tea, at a local tea shoppe called The Isles Hi All! Today I'm going to answer another question I get often - where to...
V280: Our First Day in Colonial Williamsburg
Carriage tour in the morning Today my mumsies and I enjoyed our first full day in the 18th century, touring the Governor's Palace, poking our heads in shops, taking a...
V274: Steampunking at Piper's Opera House, Virginia City, NV
Last night was our 2nd Annual Victorian Steampunk Ball . It was riotous and epic and wonderful, and despite running around like a chicken with my head cut off, I...
V218: Costume College 2012: Time Traveler's Gala
The Gala at Costume College is overwhelmingly awesome. Everybody turns out with the most dazzling, stunning, out-of-this-world costumery you can imagine. Here are a few snaps I took tonight... Yay...
217: Costume College Day 1: Ice Cream Social, Yay!
Costume College is *awesome* ! So far I've met tons of wonderful people, learned all about proper sleeve drafting, altering, and fitting, and made some indestructible 1770s rolls to clip...