One of the things I appreciate about Victorian fashion is that one is so often expected to wear or carry a legit weapon. Whip, mallet, bow and arrow?, stick, etc. lol.
Too many outfits? Impossible! All of the outfits were just wonderful! You looked fabulous in all your costumes - I especially liked the last outfit -- The white one with the parasol.
I would suggest a short lectures on "Victorian manners", "the language of flowers", "using hand tools", "cooking over wood". The non-costume lectures might interest men and the general public.
Your outfits look lovely! I'd love to attend this sort of event some day. As per usual, clearly there weren't enough gentlemen at the ball. Glad to see you all having fun though 😊
I love to see all of these outfits in action. I particullary enjoyed seeing that 1830s plaid dress again. It might be silly, but I think you really light up whenever you wear it. About the festival, at least from what I see, It looks like the attendees put more effort than the organization on it. I mean, if it wasn't for all of you, dressing up etc, there wouldn't be much of festival. I don't know, maybe I'm too harsh, but I think that in order the festival to be successful that should change.
I love this and perhaps one day, will be able to attend. We don't have anything like this here that I know of! Everyone looked like they had a wonderful time!
I think the swiss dot outfit is one of my favorites that you have ever made. Ive used that bodice pattern for an 1890s Howls Moving Castle cosplay but plan to make an outfit based off of yours and the Waiting by the Fountain painting. I hope the hem held up in the rain. The umbrella was so cute.
Wonderful video! Every outfit you wore was divine. Honestly, 1830s generally isn’t my favorite decade for me personally because it’s so feminine and frilly, but it suits you very well. I love the bold patterns and color choices you use in your costumes. That pink and green plaid is so lovely and that bright pink on your second ball gown is stunning. I really love that archery dress too! I agree with all the others that everyone looked wonderful. Some seriously amazing costumes were on display. We have a Dickens thing in Galveston, Texas the first week of December. It’s far enough away from Houston to require a hotel stay and it’s expensive. As a disabled person on a limited budget I’ve never attended, but should the circumstances ever enable it, I’ll definitely go. Thank you so much for taking us along with you. I really appreciate the window into such a wonderful event. Take care.
Having never been, I was wondering what there was to do at the festival. I assumed that there was a sutler's row like at Civil War events, and would have been disappointed. In the San Francisco Bay area there are the PEERS dances and my understanding is that they do a "lesson" session before their events which seems like a great idea to me. Regardless, you really looked marvelous and I bet seeing you and your friends in period attire helped make the festival for other attendees. A few workshops on getting started in making or just wearing period attire prior to the festival would probably go over well.
I love your outfits! So classy, elegant, and lovely! And I agree, the ratio of ladies to gents is always so skewed. The two main reasons I don't go to events is because I have no one to go with, but also there are no opportunities to meet like-minded gents. Also, you provided amazing ideas for the next festivals!
Everyone had beautiful gowns and looked amazing. You looked fantastic in all of yours ❤ too bad the weather didn’t cooperate ☔️ but you still looked like you had a great time❤❤
I like your ideas for Victorian Festival, especially the vendors. I drove up for Saturday afternoon and had I not known about it in advance, I'm not sure I would have realized anything special was going on from just walking around downtown. Either way, it was still fun! Also, you looked amazing! I love all the outfits!
Glad you had a good time after all those months of creating your costumes. The town itself looks very pretty. I hope it helped their tourist dollars! I'm glad more of the town joined in on the second dance.
Nothing, in my life currently, would make me happier than being there and dancing with all of you. Ugh. Each of you is stunning and glorious and perfection. Loving every second of the dancing
Does anyone know of events like this for Tudor/Elizabethan/Renaissance fashion? This looks paradisal! I can't really get into Victorian fashion (even though I do appreciate it), but I would love to try going to something like this!
Loved your outfits, but I always do! and good to see Daisy Victoria there too, always great to get together with likeminded people. I used to live in Rochester (UK) where there would be a Dickens weekend, now I live in Devon too far for a one day event/ Was great to see some of the Iconic Dickens characters walking the cobbled streets..
I've never been but one thing that might have been fun given the rain (and your expertise) a stage performance of a period melodrama or victorian era one act plays...
I didn't know there was an event like this relatively close to me. I'm so disappointed but excited for the future. I just don't know how to find fun events and such. Everything looked beautiful!
All your outfits were lovely. The last one gave Anne of Green Gables vibes. I've never been to a Victorian festival and I'm not sure if there's one near me. I do know that there's a Dickens type festival around Christmas and a Pioneer Christmas at This is the Place Monument near Salt Lake City. The only other festival I know of is a medieval one.
I have been wanting to go to the victorian fastival since college &#&# years ago, and still haven't gotten to go! Maybe next year I will drag my mom up, or convince my washington friends to come 😂
The wind. Can so totally relate. We've been getting the tail end of those storms. Not that we don't get wind here in the spring, (that's our defining characteristic,) but these storms have been particularly cold and windy. I loved looking at all the clothes! What fun!!! And the extant natural form dress!!! 😍😍😍 Thank you for sharing!
Loved District Fabrics when I visited Port Townsend last spring. I wish I had something as nice closer to home. The festival sounds intriguing, I usually end up going to the Scottish festivals around my area due to it being part of my heritage and I want to sew myself an outfit to wear to them.
We missed out this year, because I hadn't heard of it before you mentioned in a previous video and was slow on the draw, but I think we're going to look at going next year :)
Your dresses are absolutely gorgeous...honey you have such wonderful ideas for a perfect Victorian festival weekend..have you ever thought about doing one with the involvement of your friends..it would be great with all the vendors you suggested..I would buy a ticket to that.
Is a Contra dance another way of saying square dance? Your 1890 Swiss dot so dreamy and your ball gown looked beautiful in a purple! Daisy Victoria, I came back to watch again ( lol) and to see if there was her link.
Thank you for reminding me to link her! I'm not sure if she's doing a video on the weekend, though. And contra dance is like a modernization of English country dancing.
Port Townsend is such a perfect setting for this event. Am looking forward to completing my first 1890s wardrobe. . You are lovely and such a great inspiration.
Aaaahhh District Fabrics, my beloved! The store no longer is on instagram, and I mainly ordered through their DMs since that was suggested by them and their website shows such a limited selection of stock. I adore that store.
Rebecca 🎉 you know what people need when they are attending a Victorian festival. Have you thought about doing something like this yourself? I know it would take so much time and resources to do something like this, but it is something to think about. I’m sure some of your friends agree with everything you were saying. I live in Tucson and there is a place called Trail Dust town that used to be very old west Victorian days and it has fallen by the way side with commercial stuff. I wish something could be done here to bring it all back. Yes I am old so I do have a lot of memories of what this town used to be.
I don’t know if you’re aware but Fort Vancouver down in the Portland area is a recreation of the 1830s 40s version of its existence. There’s the Chief Factor’s residence that’s furnished in the period and I know that they have volunteers who come and dress in appropriate outfits. I wonder if you might connect up with them some time?
You look amazing in all your wonderful outfits!! I had never heard of this event until I saw your getting ready for it video! It was to late to consider it for this year but 3 friends and I are thinking of going next year. I'm wondering if you could give us some tips for attending? We would be coming from Phoenix AZ so we will have to be limiting what we bring to what fits in suitcases since we won't be driving up. Keep up the great work and I LOVE your videos!
I actually have a whole video about packing for Costume College, which would be applicable to packing for any costumed event you're flying to. Beyond that, something to keep in mind for Port Townsend is that it's about 2.5- 3 hours from the airport, so if there's a group of you coming together, it might be best to split the cost of a car rental.
Everyone looked so amazing! Do the men ever go around and dance with some of the single ladies? I know from being part of Rock n Roll dancing that sometimes it can get to you if you're only ever dancing with your fellow female friends.
Thanks! That one is hacked together from a couple different patterns - I believe I have a video on it from early summer 2020 - I believe the main pattern I used was the Butterick one from that era (sorry, I don't have the number in front of me).
Went to a Victorian mansion here recently for an open day where they had a woman doing the "How to dress like a Victorian woman" thing... surprisingly, not too much incorrect information was given. They also had a whole lot of historical underwear on display in the rooms of the mansion, but sadly, the tour guides didn't know much correct info about what was on display - i had to explain survivor bias to another person on the tour when they commented on how small the chemises and corsets were.
Perhaps a workshop on Victorian era dress for men? Maybe more men would come if they had a better idea what to wear and how to adapt/select from their current wardrobe.
I was just thinking this. Would have loved to see more men there to dance with the ladies. And Victorian men's wear is so simple and elegant-- not intimidating at all for the average man.
Were dresses actually that vibrant back then? (okay, it totally sounds like I have an opinion, but I'm actually just curious 😁 And I don't care, even if people today choose to go for something less period acurrate).
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Your dotted Swiss gown is an absolute confection!!!! You truly were stunning in it! I tip my hat to you m’lady!!!
Thanks!
One of the things I appreciate about Victorian fashion is that one is so often expected to wear or carry a legit weapon. Whip, mallet, bow and arrow?, stick, etc. lol.
Too many outfits? Impossible!
All of the outfits were just wonderful!
You looked fabulous in all your costumes - I especially liked the last outfit -- The white one with the parasol.
The white one was spectacular!
Thanks!
I would suggest a short lectures on "Victorian manners", "the language of flowers", "using hand tools", "cooking over wood". The non-costume lectures might interest men and the general public.
Ooh, yes, those are good.
I can tell that you're in theatre. Those poses! So much fun and I'm happy you found Daisy!!! PT is also so much fun.
Your outfits look lovely! I'd love to attend this sort of event some day.
As per usual, clearly there weren't enough gentlemen at the ball. Glad to see you all having fun though 😊
Enjoyed this video so much. The weather might not have cooperated, but everyone looked fabulous.
And I agree, the dotted Swiss dress was my favorite!
I just realized that the close-up around 11:45 totally gives you Princess Knight vibes and I LOVE IT.
How did I never notice that you have dimples?! So charming. Loved your outfits and everyone else's. Looks like a fun time!
I love to see all of these outfits in action. I particullary enjoyed seeing that 1830s plaid dress again. It might be silly, but I think you really light up whenever you wear it. About the festival, at least from what I see, It looks like the attendees put more effort than the organization on it. I mean, if it wasn't for all of you, dressing up etc, there wouldn't be much of festival. I don't know, maybe I'm too harsh, but I think that in order the festival to be successful that should change.
I love this and perhaps one day, will be able to attend. We don't have anything like this here that I know of! Everyone looked like they had a wonderful time!
I think the swiss dot outfit is one of my favorites that you have ever made. Ive used that bodice pattern for an 1890s Howls Moving Castle cosplay but plan to make an outfit based off of yours and the Waiting by the Fountain painting.
I hope the hem held up in the rain. The umbrella was so cute.
Thanks! And yep, it all washed out. 😊
8:09 You're Victorian Marilyn Monroe! Also, love the big sleeves on that dress.
All the dresses are absolutely gorgeous
Wonderful video! Every outfit you wore was divine. Honestly, 1830s generally isn’t my favorite decade for me personally because it’s so feminine and frilly, but it suits you very well. I love the bold patterns and color choices you use in your costumes. That pink and green plaid is so lovely and that bright pink on your second ball gown is stunning. I really love that archery dress too! I agree with all the others that everyone looked wonderful. Some seriously amazing costumes were on display. We have a Dickens thing in Galveston, Texas the first week of December. It’s far enough away from Houston to require a hotel stay and it’s expensive. As a disabled person on a limited budget I’ve never attended, but should the circumstances ever enable it, I’ll definitely go. Thank you so much for taking us along with you. I really appreciate the window into such a wonderful event. Take care.
Looks like you took just enough outfits! Everyone of them looked amazing!
The whole festival looked really fun. Thanks for taking us along.
Having never been, I was wondering what there was to do at the festival. I assumed that there was a sutler's row like at Civil War events, and would have been disappointed. In the San Francisco Bay area there are the PEERS dances and my understanding is that they do a "lesson" session before their events which seems like a great idea to me.
Regardless, you really looked marvelous and I bet seeing you and your friends in period attire helped make the festival for other attendees. A few workshops on getting started in making or just wearing period attire prior to the festival would probably go over well.
You looked as pretty as a picture in your outfits, the white swiss dot outfit is stunning on you.
Thanks!
12:07 I love this dress. Once again love the big sleeves, Also, all you're outfits in this video are stunning.
I love your outfits! So classy, elegant, and lovely! And I agree, the ratio of ladies to gents is always so skewed. The two main reasons I don't go to events is because I have no one to go with, but also there are no opportunities to meet like-minded gents. Also, you provided amazing ideas for the next festivals!
You were a standout!!! I liked how they lined everyone up at the ball to make a rainbow! ❤
Thanks! That was my idea - after seeing so many pretty colors, I knew we had to!
@@LadyRebeccaFashionsGood girl--good eye!! ❤
Everyone had beautiful gowns and looked amazing. You looked fantastic in all of yours ❤ too bad the weather didn’t cooperate ☔️ but you still looked like you had a great time❤❤
It was so good to see you there! You so sneaky, I didn't know I made it into your video haha
It was great to see you too! 😊
All fabulous ! Swiss dot is amazing !!!
I like your ideas for Victorian Festival, especially the vendors. I drove up for Saturday afternoon and had I not known about it in advance, I'm not sure I would have realized anything special was going on from just walking around downtown. Either way, it was still fun!
Also, you looked amazing! I love all the outfits!
How lovely to see the afternoon tea…I actually live 3 miles away from Tenby.. in Pembrokeshire, West Wales
I'm sure your teas are much more plentiful and tastier! 😉
Glad you had a good time after all those months of creating your costumes. The town itself looks very pretty. I hope it helped their tourist dollars! I'm glad more of the town joined in on the second dance.
Nothing, in my life currently, would make me happier than being there and dancing with all of you. Ugh. Each of you is stunning and glorious and perfection. Loving every second of the dancing
Does anyone know of events like this for Tudor/Elizabethan/Renaissance fashion? This looks paradisal! I can't really get into Victorian fashion (even though I do appreciate it), but I would love to try going to something like this!
There are groups throughout England and in the eastern US that do TudorCon. I found them by googling.
I would only know of Ren faires, but they're definitely so mixed on fashion!
Loved your outfits, but I always do! and good to see Daisy Victoria there too, always great to get together with likeminded people. I used to live in Rochester (UK) where there would be a Dickens weekend, now I live in Devon too far for a one day event/ Was great to see some of the Iconic Dickens characters walking the cobbled streets..
Looks like a lovely time! 💜
I've never been but one thing that might have been fun given the rain (and your expertise) a stage performance of a period melodrama or victorian era one act plays...
I didn't know there was an event like this relatively close to me. I'm so disappointed but excited for the future. I just don't know how to find fun events and such. Everything looked beautiful!
I'm glad you had so much fun!!😃 You look beautiful!
Thanks!
Oh my goodness you're making me homesick!
Oh my gosh this looks like so much fun! I love how beautiful your costumes are!
Thank you!
So- did you have too many outfits? It seems you wore a lot of beautiful dresses. Great variety. Love the white and the blue plaid made you luminous.
All your outfits were lovely. The last one gave Anne of Green Gables vibes. I've never been to a Victorian festival and I'm not sure if there's one near me. I do know that there's a Dickens type festival around Christmas and a Pioneer Christmas at This is the Place Monument near Salt Lake City. The only other festival I know of is a medieval one.
I have been wanting to go to the victorian fastival since college &#&# years ago, and still haven't gotten to go! Maybe next year I will drag my mom up, or convince my washington friends to come 😂
You looked wonderful in all your outfits. I love that the random man yelled out a compliment while you were taking photos.
Thanks! We had so many people driving by like that! 😂
I do enjoy watching people get dressed in Victorian fashion. If I was attending a Victorian festival, I would certainly look forward to seeing that!
It looks like so much fun!!
Absolutely beautiful! 😍🥰
Thank you. Soooo heavenly. Wonderful. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Woah that gray and purple plaid look is stunning!
Are you ready for S3 of Bridgerton?! Penelope will finally get flattering cuts on her gowns!
The wind. Can so totally relate. We've been getting the tail end of those storms. Not that we don't get wind here in the spring, (that's our defining characteristic,) but these storms have been particularly cold and windy.
I loved looking at all the clothes! What fun!!! And the extant natural form dress!!! 😍😍😍
Thank you for sharing!
You looked so lovely in every dress!
Thanks!
I'm glad you had a good time! And your gowns are sooo PRETTY!! ❤ Thanks for sharing your trip with us, Lady Rebecca!!
Thanks!
@@LadyRebeccaFashions You're welcome! 🙂
Loved District Fabrics when I visited Port Townsend last spring. I wish I had something as nice closer to home.
The festival sounds intriguing, I usually end up going to the Scottish festivals around my area due to it being part of my heritage and I want to sew myself an outfit to wear to them.
We missed out this year, because I hadn't heard of it before you mentioned in a previous video and was slow on the draw, but I think we're going to look at going next year :)
This looks so fun!
Your dresses are SO DARN cute!!! And the magpie in me LOVES shot fabric. I think it looks amazing.
Your dresses are absolutely gorgeous...honey you have such wonderful ideas for a perfect Victorian festival weekend..have you ever thought about doing one with the involvement of your friends..it would be great with all the vendors you suggested..I would buy a ticket to that.
I definitely don't want to organize my own event, but I don't mind providing ideas etc to someone else! 😉
Is a Contra dance another way of saying square dance? Your 1890 Swiss dot so dreamy and your ball gown looked beautiful in a purple! Daisy Victoria, I came back to watch again ( lol) and to see if there was her link.
Thank you for reminding me to link her! I'm not sure if she's doing a video on the weekend, though. And contra dance is like a modernization of English country dancing.
Port Townsend is such a perfect setting for this event. Am looking forward to completing my first 1890s wardrobe. . You are lovely and such a great inspiration.
Man, I want a Victorian weekend in my area!
fun & beautiful!
Aaaahhh District Fabrics, my beloved! The store no longer is on instagram, and I mainly ordered through their DMs since that was suggested by them and their website shows such a limited selection of stock. I adore that store.
Oh, I didn't even realize they used to have online ordering. I remember when they were back in Seattle though.
Rebecca 🎉 you know what people need when they are attending a Victorian festival. Have you thought about doing something like this yourself? I know it would take so much time and resources to do something like this, but it is something to think about. I’m sure some of your friends agree with everything you were saying. I live in Tucson and there is a place called Trail Dust town that used to be very old west Victorian days and it has fallen by the way side with commercial stuff. I wish something could be done here to bring it all back. Yes I am old so I do have a lot of memories of what this town used to be.
It would definitely be way too much for me to take on. I'd be up for running a lecture, but that's probably about it!
I don’t know if you’re aware but Fort Vancouver down in the Portland area is a recreation of the 1830s 40s version of its existence. There’s the Chief Factor’s residence that’s furnished in the period and I know that they have volunteers who come and dress in appropriate outfits. I wonder if you might connect up with them some time?
You look amazing in all your wonderful outfits!! I had never heard of this event until I saw your getting ready for it video! It was to late to consider it for this year but 3 friends and I are thinking of going next year. I'm wondering if you could give us some tips for attending? We would be coming from Phoenix AZ so we will have to be limiting what we bring to what fits in suitcases since we won't be driving up. Keep up the great work and I LOVE your videos!
I actually have a whole video about packing for Costume College, which would be applicable to packing for any costumed event you're flying to. Beyond that, something to keep in mind for Port Townsend is that it's about 2.5- 3 hours from the airport, so if there's a group of you coming together, it might be best to split the cost of a car rental.
I want to go to one. I just need to find one and i need to have the money to make an historically adequate outfit.
So this looked fun, did you bring too many outfits? Looked like you changed a lot. All very gorgeous. ❤
It definitely felt like too many outfits/changes, but one of those was mainly for the fashion show.
Everyone looked so amazing!
Do the men ever go around and dance with some of the single ladies? I know from being part of Rock n Roll dancing that sometimes it can get to you if you're only ever dancing with your fellow female friends.
Only one or two of the men are willing to do that, unfortunately.
Love your content !!!
Thanks! That one is hacked together from a couple different patterns - I believe I have a video on it from early summer 2020 - I believe the main pattern I used was the Butterick one from that era (sorry, I don't have the number in front of me).
@@LadyRebeccaFashions thank you Rebecca 🫶
Went to a Victorian mansion here recently for an open day where they had a woman doing the "How to dress like a Victorian woman" thing... surprisingly, not too much incorrect information was given. They also had a whole lot of historical underwear on display in the rooms of the mansion, but sadly, the tour guides didn't know much correct info about what was on display - i had to explain survivor bias to another person on the tour when they commented on how small the chemises and corsets were.
I had to look up what a contra dance is. Maybe the organizers need a professional " caller"?
I think she was a professional caller? Not really sure.
Perhaps a workshop on Victorian era dress for men? Maybe more men would come if they had a better idea what to wear and how to adapt/select from their current wardrobe.
They do have some men walk in the fashion show, but a lecture dedicated to men's dress would probably be very helpful!
My suggestion is when panning a room, slow down. The speed was a little too fast and makes you dizzy to watch.
How can we encourage more gentlemen to go to historical balls? It seems there are never enough!
I was just thinking this. Would have loved to see more men there to dance with the ladies. And Victorian men's wear is so simple and elegant-- not intimidating at all for the average man.
Come to Carson City and Virginia City. Our Clampers are true gentlemen.
Is there no ballroom or grander space for the ball?
Not to my knowledge. The chapel was about the same size as the legion hall where the contra dance is held.
San Francisco has a Dickens Festival AOTA Victorian adjacent
Yes, I've been in the past and found it very fun. Definitely more like a Victorian ren faire, imo, but always so much to do!
Were dresses actually that vibrant back then? (okay, it totally sounds like I have an opinion, but I'm actually just curious 😁 And I don't care, even if people today choose to go for something less period acurrate).
Yep! In fact, often moreso. Aniline dyes were still fairly recent, and very popular.