"The Past Reimagined: Victorian Fashion and the Designs of Eladrienne Laval"

Opening Salon for a new Exhibit at the Caledon Library
"The Past Reimagined: Victorian Fashion and the Designs of Eladrienne Laval"
Sunday December 7 1-3 pm SLT
Whitehorn Library, Caledon Victoria City
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Victoria%20City/52/203/23
Exhibit through February 2008

Eladrienne Laval's real life background as an artist and a student of History guides her SL design work, and her experience with the fabric arts informs  both eye and her design choices.
This exhibit explores Miss Laval's creations from source image though design and construction, and places them in the context of her inspirations from Victorian art and Fashion. A section of the exhibit looks at one of Miss Laval's favorite designers, Charles Frederick Worth, the father of haute couture. Caledon Library curator Siri Woodget has collaborated with Miss Laval to supplement the exhibit with materials on one of Worth's famous patrons, Isabella Stewart Gardner.

The opening salon will feature conversation with the curator, a treasure hunt for answers, and the unveiling of a new item of SL couture!  Especially for this exhibit, Miss Laval has created an in-world re-imagined version of one of Mrs. Gardner's favorite dresses by Worth.

The Caledon Library would like to extend its thanks to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston, Massachusetts, for its kind permission to use materials relating to the life of Mrs. Gardner

Gentlebeings, your servant

JJD