Swing Noir! Windy Lindy 2013
It’s that time of year again: the season when I lay aside historical costuming for a little while and turn to vintage frocks and dance until my feet hurt. In other words, it’s Wellington’s Windy Lindy weekend. This year the theme for the big ball (and more or less the weekend as a whole) was ‘Noir’, which I was SUPER excited about as I love film noir and neo-noir and Guy Noir. In fact, I love them all so much that I’ve been campaigning for a Noir theme for two years. I had visions of femme fatale costumes, all tilted hats with little face veils and broad shoulders and dark sequins, and even got one patterned up, but unfortunately I was sick in the run-up to Windy Lindy, and it fell the weekend after exams and projects were due at Massey University, so I was too busy sleeping or answering student emails to whip up anything fabulous. Instead, I resorted to my wardrobe – it’s not like there isn’t enough in it! Friday night was …