The Chevalier de Maison Rouge, The Hat : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The Chevalier de Maison Rouge, The Hat / moesewco
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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| 説明 | As frequent readers of my hat descriptions know, I've got several literary obsessions that pop into my hats sometimes.One that up until this point has not made it is my absolute love of the work of Alexandre Dumas. At his best, Dumas is brilliant. He absolutely was the creator of the page-turner. Once you start, you just can't stop. And no matter how many you read (and there are lots and lots), you have no idea how they are going to end.One of my favorites was The Chevalier de Maison Rouge. It's brilliant. It has everything. Buckles are swashed this way and that. People fall in love. Perils are at every corner. Riches and poverty. Did I mention love?At the center of all of it is a pure-hearted chevalier in disguise. Ok, so I'm a girl and I can't really be a chevalier, and no one really can. But when I put on the hat, with the feathers floating in almost invisible breezes, I can live a piece of my fantasy.This hat is high style. You've got to dress up to it, but it's not hard to do. The contrast between the colors is strong: butterscotch velour felt, black grosgrain, bronze feathers, black fluff. But these are colors we love together. You've got to know that when you wear this hat, you will be the center of the room. You can do it because everyone who's watching you wishes they were wearing your hat.The hat is blocked over vintage millinery forms. The brim is slightly asymmetrical: the feather side rides slightly higher than it's partner. With the wire in the brim, you'll eventually form it to your tastes. Or rather in my experience, the hat will eventually form itself to you.Every stitch is made by hand, as was the feather mount. It was great fun to make, and in the end I discovered that all those happy fluffy Muppets use ostrich fluff to get that movement. (Before I attached it to the hat, I danced around the house making it sing "menahmenah"). But no worry, once I did attach it, it immediately stopped being Muppet-esque.The hat is lined with golden Thai silk that matches the golden pheasant feathers. As frequent readers of my hat descriptions know, I've got several literary obsessions that pop into my hats sometimes.One that up until this point has not made it is my absolute love of the work of Alexandre Dumas. At his best, Dumas is brilliant. He absolutely was the creator of the page-turner. Once you start, you just can't stop. And no matter how many you read (and there are lots and lots), you have no idea how they are going to end.One of my favorites was The Chevalier de Maison Rouge. It's brilliant. It has everything. Buckles are swashed this way and that. People fall in love. Perils are at every corner. Riches and poverty. Did I mention love?At the center of all of it is a pure-hearted chevalier in disguise. Ok, so I'm a girl and I can't really be a chevalier, and no one really can. But when I put on the hat, with the feathers floating in almost invisible breezes, I can live a piece of my fantasy.This hat is high style. You've got to dress up to it, but it's not hard to do. The contrast between the colors is strong: butterscotch velour felt, black grosgrain, bronze feathers, black fluff. But these are colors we love together. You've got to know that when you wear this hat, you will be the center of the room. You can do it because everyone who's watching you wishes they were wearing your hat.The hat is blocked over vintage millinery forms. The brim is slightly asymmetrical: the feather side rides slightly higher than it's partner. With the wire in the brim, you'll eventually form it to your tastes. Or rather in my experience, the hat will eventually form itself to you.Every stitch is made by hand, as was the feather mount. It was great fun to make, and in the end I discovered that all those happy fluffy Muppets use ostrich fluff to get that movement. (Before I attached it to the hat, I danced around the house making it sing "menahmenah"). But no worry, once I did attach it, it immediately stopped being Muppet-esque.The hat is lined with golden Thai silk that matches the golden pheasant feathers. As frequent readers of my hat descriptions know, I've got several literary obsessions that pop into my hats sometimes.One that up until this point has not made it is my absolute love of the work of Alexandre Dumas. At his best, Dumas is brilliant. He absolutely was the creator of the page-turner. Once you start, you just can't stop. And no matter how many you read (and there are lots and lots), you have no idea how they are going to end.One of my favorites was The Chevalier de Maison Rouge. It's brilliant. It has everything. Buckles are swashed this way and that. People fall in love. Perils are at every corner. Riches and poverty. Did I mention love?At the center of all of it is a pure-hearted chevalier in disguise. Ok, so I'm a girl and I can't really be a chevalier, and no one really can. But when I put on the hat, with the feathers floating in almost invisible breezes, I can live a piece of my fantasy.This hat is high style. You've got to dress up to it, but it's not hard to do. The contrast between the colors is strong: butterscotch velour felt, black grosgrain, bronze feathers, black fluff. But these are colors we love together. You've got to know that when you wear this hat, you will be the center of the room. You can do it because everyone who's watching you wishes they were wearing your hat.The hat is blocked over vintage millinery forms. The brim is slightly asymmetrical: the feather side rides slightly higher than it's partner. With the wire in the brim, you'll eventually form it to your tastes. Or rather in my experience, the hat will eventually form itself to you.Every stitch is made by hand, as was the feather mount. It was great fun to make, and in the end I discovered that all those happy fluffy Muppets use ostrich fluff to get that movement. (Before I attached it to the hat, I danced around the house making it sing "menahmenah"). But no worry, once I did attach it, it immediately stopped being Muppet-esque.The hat is lined with golden Thai silk that matches the golden pheasant feathers. |
| 撮影日 | 2008-09-06 23:57:45 |
| 撮影者 | moesewco , Chicago, United States |
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| カメラ | Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL , Canon |
| 露出 | 0.003 sec (1/320) |
| 開放F値 | f/6.3 |
| 焦点距離 | 35 mm |