I always had an idea for a more fantastic styling for the Fortuny Delphos dresses. Like a queen in a fairytale. Originally I only made the golden Delphos dress and bought Ravenna's crown (Snow White and the Huntsman) for it. But then I did the purple Delphos dress and it obviously was the evil queen, [...]
Everything started with a murder mystery dinner set in the 20s. I didn't have much time, so I took my Taschen edition of Fashion (Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute) and started leafing through it. The flapper dresses with thousands of pearls were beautiful, but nothing I could pull of on such short notice. And [...]
I got some pictures from the hatmaking or millinery workshop for the Steamtropolis on pentecoste 2016. Since I was busy with my eleven participants I couldn't make any pictures myself. These pictures are from the organiser. We used almost the whole back area of the vaulted cellar, especially all the tables and seating. We needed [...]
My last market before the summer is pending. It's the renaissance fair in Ravensburg-Oberzell in the context of their 1200 year celebrations. The fair is from June 4th to 5th 2016. And it is the first market I will use my new old viking tent. And since that would be too easy I also tried myself [...]
This year I have registered as an exhibitor for several markets & fairs. The first half of my program is already finished. And incidentally the events are grouped thematically. In the first half I visited two Victorian markets and one fantasy festival. And in the second half of the year I will be attending renaissance [...]
Last summer I got an introduction to (more or less) authentic medieval tailoring. And during the christmas holidays I had some time to start the first project: A simple late medieval (late 14th century) dress and undergarment. I have been mostly ill the last weeks (two colds in a row...) so it all took quite some [...]
Two weeks ago on Saturday I attended a course for spinning yarn by hand. This means spinning and twisting threads from animal or plant fibers. The course instructor does not only know how to spin yarn, but she also knows a lot of other traditional handicraft. There's working with cloth and leather as well as [...]
