And remember, the whales go south during the winter

[isabelladangelo]

:-) That is so the quote of the day. My Aunt Jenny asked Debbie to remind me of that little fact over the phone. No, we have no idea why. Debbie had been talking about possibly going to the Getty. Aunt Jenny said she loved the Getty, that she saw my doppelganger today, and that I should know the whales go south during the winter. ::shurgs::

Today was a lot of fun. Well, except for that one part where poor Debbie lost her hearing aid and we had to retrace our steps all over Culver City to find it. We didn't find it. She hadn't put it in that morning because she was talking on the phone. Yeah...ummm..you see where I get the nonsense/distraction gene from? It's totally my mom's side of the family. If Debbie or Mom sees this, I will so be in trouble...

We went to Sony and saw costumes from the Other Boleyn Girl (it made me cringe even more up close. The blue was really really bad. Debbie just kept saying "Even I can tell it's horribly made and it looks like it's falling apart. I can't imagine what it looks like to you!"), Memoirs of a Geisha, Steel Magnolias, a League of their Own, and Spiderman 3. I have always loved the baseball uniforms from a League of their Own so I was really happy to see that. Oh! And a couple of gowns from Marie Antoinette. Yes, I took lotsa pictures.

At It's a Wrap, they had some of the costumes from Van Helsing in their loft. I took some pictures of those as well. I also bought the sweetest green dress that looks vaguely like it might be from Sleepy Hallow or Pirates of the Caribbean. I'm really not sure. It's the green dress at the end and it's for a child. I got it for $30 and, really, I just want to study it because it's really well made (and just to have a movie costume).

Went to the Chinese Theater and saw the stars in the sidewalk. It was pretty cool to be right there (and snap photos like every other tourist that has ever been there. I really hate looking like a tourist no matter where I am...).

http://flickr.com/photos/jubileel/sets/72157613047735222/

I added the new photos to the California set. I'm going to FIDM tomorrow to drool over more gowns and outfits. As always, feel free to ask questions or comment on anything. :-)

Comments

[odettedamboise.livejournal.com]

Wow those dresses from the Other Boleyn Girl were ghastly. I don't remember the blue dress from the film, but I have blocked most of it out.

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

The red wasn't too bad from a pure costuming perspective. Historical perspective, it made me cringe, but it was okay, from the front, construction wise. The blue simply scared me. The trim was bunchy in the front, didn't line up correctly at all, and the pleats were very visibly uneven. (Not that I exactly ever have perfect pleats but try to keep it within a few cm of each other, please? It was driving my cousin nuts.)
The back is what really made me go "What the heck?" On both gowns, there was a slight v...which would have been okay except there was this really weird piecing going on that I took some pictures of. The trim on the blue, once again, really made me want to just take the dress and shake it. :-) It was really horribly bunched up. Too the point that it looked like a Halloween costume that some Mom made for her kid two days and had never sewn anything more than a handkerchief before in her life. I heard Debbie gasp when she saw it.
Now, the necklaces that were with both the gowns were quite lovely. I really want the pearl necklace and Debbie wants the gold celtic looking one. Who ever was doing accessories did a lot better. Maybe not correct but pretty. I can deal with pretty. Bunched up trim where it's clearly visibly flawed from three feet away, not so much...

[odettedamboise.livejournal.com]

The backs just baffled me. You can't tell though the glass that the trim is bunched because of the reflection. The blue looked more like a "Queen Guinevere"-esque style SCA dress than anything vaguely Tudor.

[mistressfetch.livejournal.com]

See I didn't hate either of them but I did prefer the Red one. I'm so stealing those sleeves (or the idea) for my next gown!

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

It's loosely based off the Cranach gowns of the 16th C. You can see an example here: http://www.audreybmorin.ca/costumes/cranach/IMAGES/cranach_judith.jpg

That's part of the reason the red gown bothers me. It's mixing elements from different regions that weren't mixed. That, and the colors up close were just plain scary together. I can only take so much variation on orange-red in one outfit....

[silverstah.livejournal.com]

Oh, I lovelovelove It's A Wrap. I make sure to stop in there every time we're in LA.

Weirdest thing evah - we were at It's A Wrap a few years ago, and as I was pawing through a rack of clothes, I looked up and saw a really good friend of ours. Who lives in Louisiana. We live in NC. But we ran into each other in a shop in Los Angeles. *lol*

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

It was a pretty neat place. They didn't seem to have much in when I went but it might have only been the LA location. I didn't try the Burbank store.

That is really cool! I love it when stuff like that happens.

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool! Can I repost the costume pix? :-)

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Of course! Take which ever ones you want.

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Thanks!!

Which movie are these from?

http://flickr.com/photos/jubileel/3233636144/in/set-72157613047735222/

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Those are from Val Helsing. I really liked to white gown.

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Yes, really pretty!