At last, here are the pictures of my "Lady Sybil" dress! I have had it done for about 2 weeks, but didn't want to post about it until after it's "debut" at our Titanic Ball this past Saturday!
Enjoy the photos!
Wearing a dress like this makes me feel very elegant. It's quite fun! :)
My reproduction shoes from American Duchess!!! They were fantastic and very comfortable! I wore them almost all night dancing (4 1/2 hours of dancing, plus 1 hour of set-up/tear down). I highly recommend American Duchess shoes!
Beaded trim! Oh how I love this era!
Antique gloves from Ebay. Heeeeeeeee!
The back closure
Shall we dance?
Photo Credit: Laura LaPrise
The dance was called by Tom Senior, who did a fantastic job teaching us new dances and keeping us on time with the music. The location was a beautiful old house that was converted into a banquet hall called "Park Place". We were so blessed to find such a great facility and wonderful caller for this event!
Dancing "The Physical Snob"
Photo Credit: Elizabeth Beatty
Grace and me. She made her dress to look like one of Lady Mary's dresses (look at the beautiful beading on the sleeve!!).
Photo Credit: Elizabeth Beatty
This was either "I Care Not For These Ladies" or "The Waltz Mixer".
Dances sometimes have very odd names!
Photo Credit: Laura LaPrise
I based my hairstyle on Lady Sybil's hair when she comes of age (when she starts putting it up, about half-way through Season 1). And my sister let me borrow one of her antique hair combs for the occasion. :)
Maybe I'll get a tutorial for this hairstyle up, if anyone is interested.
Left to Right: Laura, Jessica, Gretel, Lily, Grace, Me, Kristen, Kathryn. All the dresses were either handmade, or thrift store combinations. Doesn't everyone look amazing??
Photo Credit: Ashton Bandy
"The Crawley Sisters"
Sybil, Edith and Mary
Lily stayed with us for a week after the ball, so we all did a photo shoot of our dresses. It was fun to get all dressed up again! :) Click HERE Lily's post about her dress!
Kathryn and me with our handsome daddy!
Photo Credit: Laura LaPrise
Thanks to my dad, we managed to video one of the dances from the evening! Here is "Sprigs of Laurel"
And finally to close this post out, my three "Sybilish" poses:
:)