Socializing

[wataya]

One can never emphazise enough the wonderful effect of socializing. I know it will certainly not help me to overcome what I'm going through, but it helps to have oasis of joy in the middle of all this grey.

And the best way to socialize is a costume event. The change was amazing. In the morning, I was a zombie, and after I arrive at the Castle of Vaux-le-Vicomte, where costumed people had a little unofficial meeting, after, I get dressed, I felt like I was seeing things again, I was not tired anymore, like I could understand the principle of being light and smiling again. And I also had one good huge laugh, and it was like I had the great burden that rested on my shoulders was falling to the earth and smashing away. Of course, the burden was back when I wake up today, but, I know again that there is light right here at the end of all of it.

So now, some PICTURES !
Me


People


Detail, shoes, and hats






Having fun

Colin-maillard (name in english ?). and, hum, yes, most of the costumed people were ... err... innapropriate. But so adorable people that I wouldn't for the life of me tell them.



Fouquier-Tinville, Accusateur publique


Bagatelle is hidding her royalist convictions inside her shoes (lilies)


Being silly

Comments

[lordofhaladin.livejournal.com]

lovely!!!

I have to ask, where do you get (or do you make them?) your hats?

[wataya]

Thank !!


Each hat was made, transformed or just trimmed by it's wearer. I trimmed mine, the hat itself came from a flee market.

[lordofhaladin.livejournal.com]

ah, thanks! I have been looking for a nice hat for some of my 18th c gowns and had no luck.

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

You look wonderful and I'm glad it helped you feel better! Such lovely pictures. I think your event yesterday had a better location than mine :)

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Oh what lovely photos.

/Eva

[maidm.livejournal.com]

You all look stunning! I am so jealous, that looks like it was so much fun!

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

Pretty pretty pictures! It looks like it was a really fun gathering.
And that red and green outfit with the matching shoes ? So soo droolworthy.

[the-aristocat.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy for you for having a fun day in such a beautiful place looking great with fun people. I wish I'd been there!

[justawench.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! Glad you're feeling better.

I love the trimming on your dress, too!

[demode.livejournal.com]

Wow! I LOVE the photos in the trees... I feel like I'm looking at real 18th c. people.

[lisotchka.livejournal.com]

Merci pour les photos!!! En-co-re! En-co-re!!!
Le meilleur moyen pour ne pas penser est de s'occuper... On le sait tous, mais quel meilleure occupation qu'une sortie costumée qui vire au n'importe quoi à la fin de la soirée? ;-D

[vanityfairy.livejournal.com]

You all look so beautiful!

[jennylafleur.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you had a good day! You (and everyone) looked wonderful - thanks so much for sharing! :>

[lorelei01.livejournal.com]

That looks like so much fun! So glad you had a great weekend, and thank you for sharing pictures! I love looking at pictures ;-)

[marcine.livejournal.com]

Looks like such fun -- pretty day with pretty costumes in a pretty setting. And some hillarity with the "being silly' pictures. And somehow I think that our 18th-century counterparts had as much fun with Blind Man's Buff (Colin-maillard) as your group did. Thanks for sharing the pictures!
And may your coming days be more and more filled with light and laughter.

[saraic.livejournal.com]

You all look so lovely, and you look especially happy in your game of blind man's bluff - and the setting is so beautiful. I am glad to hear that you are feeling, even if only for a while, the presence of the light at the end of the tunnel!
You have been in my thoughts