In Mummy on the Orient express, Clara wears this wonderful bronze-beaded flapper dress from a brand called Leluxe. It must have taken absolutely ages to intricately embroider all those beads and sequins onto it.
I've done a few permutations of this look and today, I'm updating the look a little bit and wearing an alternative dress.
I am a bit sad that I WAS going to wear this for my concert in London on Saturday but I chickened out of it because I was worried my flute might get caught on the beads in a quick page turn after a rest but I WANTED to wear it!
This dress was bought second hand from eBay. They sell this type of dress by the dozen from Chinese sellers but someone obviously bought one and it didn't fit so I ended up with it for £8. It's less accurate in terms of shape and detail than my other Mummy dresses but this one is the best colour!
My shoes are from Clarks and my gloves are from Accessorize and both were worn on another occasion when I did this look.
This time, I decided to add a little pearl hairgrip (she wears more of Rhinestone clip) and added 2 beaded bracelets which I've had a long time (both gifts) and a wine glass as a prop.
I just did this side by side photo but realise that she's not wearing her gloves here and has a phone in her hand so maybe have to try this again!
The concert went really well on Saturday and we had a really big audience which surprised us all! My audience of Deputy Head and SENCO really enjoyed it. The soloist, Eleanor Corr, was really amazing good and our Mendelssohn was really exciting, especially the Saltarello (have a listen to the Philharmonia play it below!)
The only downside of the day was the horrendously busy Central line train on the way home- uhrgh, it was so packed!
Yesterday, both CBC and I were really tired after getting home so late but I did a few things like dig up my Jerusalem artichokes. I had two big tubs full of them and I picked 3 bouquets of flowers which I took into school to share with colleagues today. I also made some fruit amber out of some rhubarb from the garden, a tub of blackberries I picked and 3 large cooking apples from a 'Help yourself' box plus some honey from a friend's bees.
