Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Victoria BC

I just got back from a long weekend at a convention in Victoria BC. You know how I love to see what people are wearing everywhere I go! I mean, anywhere but the Palm Springs of Wash. is always fun. AND you'll be happy to know I got a new camera so I got to try it out. Here are a few of the bloggable things I saw in Victoria:

This is Plaster Man. He was hanging around the harbor. White is always good for summer I guess, but he looked kinda hot that day.
This girl was at the Ska Fest at the harbor. Love the tatted lace on the back of that dress! And her tweed newsboy cap. Very ska-like.

Some chick with her Rolls in front of the Empress Hotel. (I just had to put this one in).
This is Cindy--she wore Herve Leger to the museum reception. Very short & very bandage-like. I think the bear liked it. Grrr.
This little munchkin dressed for evening in gold satin and gold lame' Mary-Jane shoes. One can never have too much gold I always say. Or be too young to wear it.

All the best-dressed children in Victoria wear sunhats. Awwwww. so cute.
The Queen showed up at the opening reception, attired in a lovely floor-length blue brocade with puffy sleeves, a sash, and a charming pocketbook. When you're the Queen, you call it a pocketbook. She also has a sword down the front of her dress, but we didn't know that in this picture. Thus the ramrod-straight posture for which she is so well-known. She was delightful!

OMG! It's Johnny Depp! He looked kinda scary....

This is Allison, everyone's new BFF because she looked so cute and so bloggable in this yellow cotton apron-dress, AND she had the best shoes at the reception. She was so excited--she said she'd never been blogged before! Allison--if you're reading this, send me your e-mail, I have things I want to tell you! gaydoo@yahoo.com

This is our long-honored traditional Cocktail Lounge Pile o' Shoes. Ok, if you couldn't see Allison's in the previous pic, they're the multi-colored (brown, yellow, green, orange) strappy heels. It's a long story, but the short version is everyone puts a shoe on the table & the server picks one out of the pile & the owner of that shoe pays the bill. Sorry Zeke. That was some big ol' pile of cocktails, too. Thanks!







2 comments:

Unknown said...

That lace on that girl's dress is absolutely beautiful. I don't think it's tatting, tho'. It does look very nice and makes a great picture. It looks like some sort of cutwork and the edges have been machine sewn.

Bree at "Bree's Way" said...

as a tatter I can tell you, it is not tatted lace on the dress, it is machine embroidered cut work lace. it is beautiful, but it is not tatted lace :) just fyi.