I'll be writing up my presentation as an essay for Kill Your Darlings. Here are a few screencaps from my slideshow to give you a taste of what I'll be showing.
Incidentally, 'Dressing Downton' is also a dressmaking and costuming project spearheaded by The Girl with the Star-Spangled Heart. Sewing enthusiasts are invited to blog their Downton Abbey-inspired projects, and you can see pics of their work.
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Hi Mel, love all these pics, just wish I could have come on Thursday evening but had already booked for a Sisters in Crime forum with Kerry Greenwood & Carolyn Morwood. They were discussing the 'cosy' genre of crime fiction. Kerry was very pleased with the ABC production of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, and would like to be unleashed on her own in the costume store with a large bag! Apparently they are planning another series. I've just finished a millinery class at the CAE with Mandy Murphy who made all the hats for Phrynne. Mandy is a very talented and unassuming lady. Alas my cloche doesn't quite live up to her standard and still needs to be trimmed but it was a fun course for a hat lover.
The costumes were definitely wonderful – personally I am coveting a fur shawl collar for my winter coat and am trying to figure out how to make one – this looks like a good pattern.
The thing I couldn't bear about Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, though, was the dreadful accents. Every episode seemed to have another Aussie actor having a go at a different accent in the most hammy, distracting way.
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