laurel - part II

[ursula]

ornerie wrote:

I wanna see photos of the dress!!! :D

In fact, there were several layers of dress.

Here's the red linen dress that annisa_1380 cut out for me:





On top of the red dress, we pinned a square of gold silk brocade. Then came the black wool gown, trimmed in white silk, and a brocade belt. In this picture, taken after the ceremony, you can also see the collar of laurel leaves that glasseye made for me (the pendant is Victorian):



The final layer was the mantle and chaperon. I embroidered laurel wreaths and mottoes for the edge of the mantle. The motto is Leal, medieval French for Loyal. Some of the descriptions of Golden Fleece mantles mention the king's motto; my heraldic title, Loyall, is based on a hypothetical royal motto.

Comments

[kargashina.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

lovely outfit, too

[ursula]

Thanks!

countess_e and annisa_1380 get the credit, there . . .

[cattifer.livejournal.com]

Totally sweet!
Congrats, and thanks for posting photos!

[ursula]

Thanks!

[thistleingrey.livejournal.com]

Congrats, again--and a pleasant dress it is, too.

[ursula]

Thank you!

[ornerie.livejournal.com]

cool! after hearing so much about it, its great to see it in action :)

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Very neat!

[reasie.livejournal.com]

you so pretty!

*wibble*

Yay for doing all layers!

and, um,
you so pretty!!!

[ursula]

It was even chilly enough that I wanted all the layers, which was kind of a surprise . . .

[belmanoir.livejournal.com]

hey ursula, do you mind if i link to this? i meant to rave about your outfit a while ago but there weren't pictures so i never got around to it...

[ursula]

Go ahead.

There are some links to other event pictures here.