I better look at Kendra’s book again to make sure what shade of purple/blue my dress is 😉
Oh and lace as accurate as that? Not bloody likely, IMO. Though I hope to do some looking in the LA Garment District at next year’s Costume College.
I keep looking at the painting and thinking that the artist just slapped that straw hat into my lady’s hand as an after-thought. Her arm isn’t turned the right way to actually hold the hat. And where is she holding it? Is there a strap inside? The hat’s trims don’t really go with the purple dress, and I think it would look kinda dumb to wear that hat with that dress. No one else has a hat. Maybe the artist messed up and added the hat to cover something!