Doctor J Ponders

I am blessed with generous friends who give me magic things like decorations from vintage hats, unusual bits and bobs of indeterminate age, lengths of naturally aged leather and suede, and strips of copper and brass dark with the natural patina that maturity so graciously grants. I ask you ... aren't these things begging to be used in some way that honors their age?

Add these bits and bobs to some high end quilting cottons, a wonderful dobby weave vintage man's shirt, a new Saint faceplate received yesterday for a Dollshe abjd who will eventually have his lovely Bernard sculpt appropriately faced up, and we've got the genesis for invention. Here's what I have just now:

What I envision is long black suede trousers, a full sleeved Victorian male shirt with traditional bib front, a vest from that lovely mottled chocolate brown fabric (trimmed with the copper "ribbon"), a sleeveless tailcoat from the scholarly cotton, assorted and sundry accessories, and a top hat. I'm not entirely sure about the shirt fabric, though. What say you? Would a cream cotton, or perhaps a moss green, work better? What about pure white? Please feel free to select your choice on the poll -- which should be somewhere here on my page!

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The Dollshe Saint faceplate was faced up by Virginia. She can be reached through her website at http://www.forevervirginia.com