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Ramsay to Renoir thedreamstress.com

Ramsay to Renoir in photos

My charity talk for LifeLinc went off beautifully last weekend, thanks to fantastic organisation on their part, and an absolutely wonderful set of models. Here are my favourite photos of the day: I couldn’t bring a full contingent of shoes down to Nelson, and the ones I did bring didn’t fit Miss Francaise that well, so we had fun with her shoe collection. Sometimes it’s nice to be historically accurate, and sometimes it’s nice to rock My Little Pony high tops. The Frou Frou Francaise was wearable-done, but needed more trimming.  Having seen it on a model, I’ve decided I’m not totally happy with the back pleats or sleeves, and am going to re-do those. Miss Ninon was the youngest model I’ve ever worked with, and looked absolutely perfect. And what luck to get a model who looks exactly like Jane Bennet! Thank you thank you to all the models, and to everyone who came.

Ramsay to Renoir Fashion History Talk, 18/8/2018, Richmond, Nelson

Ramsay to Renoir: I’m coming down to Nelson for a fashion history talk!

I’m very pleased to announce that I’ll be in Nelson on Saturday the 18th of August to give a charity talk on behalf of Life Linc. Life Linc is a fantastic charity that provides very low cost professional counselling within Nelson & Tasman. Mental health support is a cause that is particularly close to home for me.  A few years ago I struggled with a period of extremely severe depression.  At the time, I had very little disposable income.  Heavily discounted counselling through a charity helped me to cope with the depression, to identify what was triggering it, and eventually to find a way move out of it.  I’m incredibly lucky to have been able to keep a reasonably even keel since, but it’s because of the tools I was given in counselling: I’m aware of what my triggers are, what I need to be happy and balanced, and know how to re-set myself if my emotions start going pear shaped. Because of my own experience, I know how incredibly valuable counselling can be, and …