Antique Fabrics Fair

[poliphilo]

I was tempted by a bowler hat. I could have got it for as little as £5.00.  But when I tried it on Ailz and the stall-holder chorused that it made me look like Stan Laurel- so I gave it a miss.

Manchester holds these fairs yearly. They're run by the Textile Society.  Our friend Margot- who does clever things with velvet- organised this one and Ailz helped her out with the paperwork. 

We turned up this morning before the dealers did and Ailz ran up and down the aisles in her wheelchair to make sure they were wide enough to meet health and safety rules. There was lots of covetable stuff.  Ailz bought a cap (which might have been from the '60s but probably not) and I lost a phone. The tea and coffee were horrible.

Comments

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

I wish I had been there! Our weekend guests are promising us an "1851 dinner party" - the year their house was built - and that looks like the kind of place I could have found a costume.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I saw one or two Victorian costumes- and what struck me was how tiny their wearers must have been.

[wyrmwwd.livejournal.com]

I have noticed this, too. I have a great deal of Eastlake furniture pieces. I swear, they were made for people who were 4 feet tall and weighed 80 lbs!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I wonder if people in 100 years time will similarly "look down" on us?

[saare-snowqueen.livejournal.com]

Sorry about your phone - love the photo.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I'm wondering if the phone was stolen. It would have been easy in the crush for someone to have picked my pocket.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

A very colourful fair, I see. Nice photo!
In the lower left hand corner there is a knit or crocheted shawl or blanket hanging on a rack (the one with all the colourful squares and with black framing each square). I have an afghan just like that knit by an aunt of mine in around 1970.

Sorry to hear about the phone. That's aggravating.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes- I see it. I once had a quilt a bit like that which my (American) mother-in-law made.

[mummm.livejournal.com]

I personally think it would be fine for you to look like Stan Laurel.

I'm sorry about your phone. QUICK get it de-activated!!!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I didn't have a clue (just like Stan) but Ailz got on to the phone people right away. :)

[internet-sampo.livejournal.com]

It's pretty impossible to pull of a bowler hat w/o looking like one of the two:

bowler hat

Ectomorphic = Stan Laurel
Endomorphic = Oliver Hardy

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

There's always Patrick Macnee as John Steed in the Avengers. He manages to make the bowler seem smart- even rakish.

[internet-sampo.livejournal.com]

After I posted I was going to say

Mesomorphic = Charlie Chaplin

but you're right!

Mesomorphic = John Steed