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So you want a costumers’ fantasy vacation?

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Trystan
costumers' fantasy vacation

It’s easier than you might think Have you ever dreamed of waking up in a canopied bed, throwing open the curtains to look out over rolling green hills, then dressing in your finest period costume to stroll about those hills with your best friends? Do you fantasize about candlelit dinners in wood-paneled rooms with you

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A French Gown of the 1570s, Inspired by the Valois Tapestries

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Trystan
Thomas & Trystan at Blo Norton

Well, I wore the gown in England at our 16th-century feast at Blo Norton, a moated Tudor manor house. And I was much more pleased with the effect this time! I bought a gold choker necklace with black and red faux gems and pearls that coordinated nicely, and I did my hair up in big,

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