Done.

 

Well,
with this bit, at least.

 

I have it on its hoop here--Friend Amanda will add grommets to the waistband for me, since she has the equipment to do so.

 

Pretty button! This serves to hold the skirts to the panel.

 

I don't have a dress form, so I use volunteers. Love you, Boyo!

 

Now I get to do the fun bits!
Chopines!
Headpiece!
Reticule!

YAY!!!

Dear Frisee:

 

Seriously.

Get out of my salad.

You’re like trying to eat a moldy porcupine.

 

I like my vitamin A without a side of tongue poking,
thankyouverymuch.

 
xoxo

 
Becca

 

Evil Endive.

Fedora vs. Trilby:

 

Filed under:

Things that make Becca go “ARGH!”

 

If you’re buying a hat at Forever21,
chances are it’s a trilby.

If you’re in the Melrose district of West Hollywood
on a Saturday night,
you are probably surrounded by fedoras,
courtesy of the Orthodox Jewish community there.

Fedora = Wide Brim

 

Both hats have a dipped crown,
often coming to a point at the center.
 
Fedoras have a wide brim.
Trilbies narrow.

Fedoras are usually quite tall from base to crown.
Trilbies are short.

 

Brad Pitt and your local hipsters?

Trilby.

 

Trilby.

 

Humphrey Bogart?

Fedora.

 

Sinatra wore both:

FE.DO.RA.

 

TRIL.BY.

 

A trilby is not a “Stingy-brim Fedora”,
it is a completely different hat.
It’s like saying that saying that a yarmulke is a stingy-brimmed baseball cap,
forthelove.

(Or that a loveseat is a sofa.)

See?
This is what happens when societies stop wearing headgear on a regular basis.
Definitions crumble and old haberdashers weep into their beer.

Don’t make the old men cry, kids.
Fedora ≠ Trilby