Trystan at SCA March Crown’s Masked Ball
Was not overly pleased with the test-run of the Valois gown at March Crown. I’d tried it on at home the week before, and it looked fine, the only potential issue was the sleeves seemed a bit slippy on my shoulders.
But when I put it on Saturday night, the whole thing felt an inch or two too loose. Maybe I was corseted tighter? I’m not losing weight (in fact, whenever I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror that weekend, I looked fat, puffy, tired, and generally butt-ugly). But perhaps because I was running around so much & dehydrated, the corset was tighter than at home.
I *hope* that’s the case because I put a lot of work into that gown!
Also, the hair was a hack since I knew it would be hidden behind the mask. I did make a lovely little caul out of the petticoat fabric and some gold and burgundy trim I scrounged at Jo-Ann’s and did most of the sewing on the road the previous weekend. Can’t see any of that here. Will wear giant padded rolls in front when I wear the gown in England for oomph.
And I’d like a better necklace, something with red. I wore pearls here to tie in with the white mask (the event was a Venetian masked ball, so I wanted to wear my fancy mask from Venice). But I have giant dangly red earrings and need a fancy necklace with red gems and preferably a lot of gold too.