ext_35716 ([identity profile] dawnd.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] jay 2003-12-01 10:35 am (UTC)

We didn't take many pictures yesterday, in part due to the rain. But here's a picture of me with Victoria several years ago. I'm pretty much wearing the same thing I wore yesterday, though I've improved the hat since then:



I do need to take some pics of me in my fancy new corset, though, to show off [livejournal.com profile] dreamervictoria's excellent sewing skills.

Akien mostly worked RenFair (in Scots camp, hence his penchant for kilts), but he also worked Dickens Fair. At Dickens Fair in the late 1980's he played Benjamin Disraeli, the most famous English Prime Minister during Victoria's reign.

And I wasn't "knighted" for costuming alone--as with much of my life, I am a generalist. It was a bit for costuming, a bit for cooking, a bit for dancing, and a a bit for singing.

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