Earlier this week I received a personal invitation to a 19
th century Christmas ball! Now, the reasons why I'm so elated by it is because it's the first one I've ever been invited to (but only because there aren't very many of the kind around here) and a kindred spirit thought of the sweet idea to invite me!
But laying that aside, I've got all excited about it, sort of like a dreamy Cinderella feeling, or a giddy Lydia
Bennet excitement, or an Anne Shirley ecstasy, while trying to figure out if it would fit into my super busy schedule these days. And
if it would work out, what would I wear? The suggested appropriate attire was in the Jane Austen through Charles Dickens era, and since I have very little knowledge or skill in the Dickens
wardrobe, and Regency is a favorite, I've come up with two dresses that I'm tossing back in forth for inspiration ideas.
Marianne
Dashwood's teal blue silk evening gown,
or Emma
Woodhouse's pink evening gown
"Putting the cart before the horse" you may be whispering behind your computer screens, but it is fun to dream every once in awhile. =) If anything comes into fruition, you may depend upon details of the
preparation and of the event itself!
Wishing you all a very wonderful and merry Christmas!
It is not for me, (quite a pity!) as I have chosen to offer it to anyone who was still hoping to purchase this A Joyful Handmaiden-classic apron.
In honor of it being the very last, I added my special tag to the inside back strap.
