Ball report

Yesterday I had finished my jacket and skirt and was of the ball. The ball was at V-Dala nation in Uppsala, where I spent a lot of my time when I studied there. It was held to celebrate the switch to a new inspektor, which is the highest office and since it's only done every fifth yesr it's a big party and usually turns into a reunion for those of us who don't live in Uppsala anymore.

I had plenty of time so I took the time to both put my hair up in pincurls and paint my nails. 

Even if I had time I never got the chance to take nice pics of me and this is the only fullbody pic. The skirt is a simple gored jersey maxi skirt, I made it shirt enough that it will look ok to wear in more every day situations. I didn't wantto be too matchy so I picked a bright blue satin clutch bag. 

This photo shows why I really love to wear emerald greens with my current hair colour. For jewellery I used gold and pearls, you can see a small hairpin in gold in the back.

Some mingle photos show off the top and my hair in better detail. 

The dinner was long, but in the break between the main and dessert some of us took the chance to be a bit artistic in the main staircase.

And finally Petet Wallensteen, world reknown professor in peace and conflict studies, was inaugurated as a new inspektor to make sure that the students at V-Dala behave and don't cause trouble in the town or at the University. 

First foray into costuming

My first hint of costuming was actually my graduation ball. It's like a prom, but also included dinner and formal dancing. When I graduated it was also traditional for all the girls to wear white, a tradition that has totally disappeared since then. White is the traditional graduation colour, also the cap that I'm wearing is the Swedish student cap, that you get when you graduate from school.

Already a year before my graduation me and my sister sat down and decided that I wanted something Jane Austen-like. My sister is a much better seamstress than me, and at this point she basically just told me what to do. In the end she was the one who made my ballgown. Nothing except the general shape is really accurate, but I loved it and I've used it both as a ballgown and at historical fairs since then.

June 2000

Status: Existing but inactive. I still have the gown up among my costumes/ballgowns but I haven't tried it in many years.