Edwardian "Titanic" shoes

Ebay was kind to me yesterday! Through the generosity of the Belle Alley, I was alerted to the Ebay sale of these shoes. As they were a buy it now, I scooped them up!!



I'm very excited because they resemble Rose's "jump dress" shoes from the movie Titanic, as can be seen in the following link:

http://www.kartanonrouva.net/couture/images/titanicjump/shoe02.jpg

This post brought to you by Fake Spring Day

50 degrees and sunny? On Feb 2?? I know it's a weird fluke and won't last another few hours, but it inspired me to think SPRING. I got the following pretty fabric cabbage roses at Icing (accessories store at the mall for those of you that don't have one. No, they don't have a website :(

Good for 18th C costuming!



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In other news, the moire bengaline I ordered from Ebay came today (for the 1895 half mourning suit that I already made the skirt for). Not quite the same fabric as I had previously. Much more matte, but ok. I still plan to make the jacket, and I hope the two fabrics go together ok. Also, it was packaged like total crap. It was shoved into the smallest flat-rate priority mail envelope with no further protection, but luckily did not get damaged. In addition, I paid DOUBLE the shipping than it actually cost. Usually I don't mind extra shipping costs because I assume it went to pay for packaging, but in this case, it certainly did not as the thin cardboard priority mail envelope is free. I am not able to leave "neutral" feedback within 7 days of a listing's closing, so I wrote to the seller with my concerns. I wonder if they'll write back. Eh, whatever. At least it arrived, and quickly.

The Flying Dress from Titanic

Those Titanic-like shoes got me thinking...I will be vacationing on the Queen Mary for 3 days in July, and have a semi-Titanic inspired wardrobe planned. As it will be hot, I fear that doing the Flying Dress in velvet and satin will kill me. What do you guys think of doing it in linen? And what color combination? This is a goth event, but if I do the whole thing in black, the details will get lost and I'll still be hot.

Renaissance Fabrics has some lovely linen colors. I'm thinking perhaps lilac linen jacket with black linen sash, jacket panels, sleeve detail, and skirt(s).



Any other ideas?