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Kat

Illusion is the first of all pleasures

About Me

I have a website:www.kat.neverlight.com

Introducing Mini top hats for sale! Three different sizes, custom made for you. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS



My Interests

General interests include Victorian and Edwardian fashion and lifestyle, millinery (hat making), Masterpiece Theatre, Oscar Wilde, clubs, dancing, shopping (boots, shoes, corsets, parasols, club hair, makeup, velvet & lace, vinyl), reading, history, archaeology, historical preservation, period fashion up to the 1940's, extreme fashion, music, cats, love, movies, sewing, friends, family.

I'd like to meet:

I joined this community to keep in touch with old friends, and get back in touch with those I have somehow lost over the years. I am madly in love with my black-hearted bastard husband, so I'm NOT here to flirt. I'm here to meet people with Style, Darling!
Oh, and I'd like to meet the person who wants to sell my hats in their boutique!

Music:

Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, Tones On Tail, Sisters of Mercy, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Dead Can Dance, TKK, The Cure, The Smiths, Velvet Acid Christ, KMFDM, Nitzer Ebb, Covenant, Various Industrial and EBM, New Wave 80's, Big Band Ahhh! Can't list it all!

Movies:

Tim Burton Flicks, Period films (Elizabeth, An Ideal Husband, The Age of Innocence, etc), Xman, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Matrix (just the 1st one), Legend, John Huges films from the 80's, Jackie Chan flicks, Monty Python flicks, Mystery Science Theatre 3000

Television:

Sex and the City, Family Guy, Will and Grace, Deadwood, Medium, ER

Books:

Anything Anne Rice except her erotica (yawn!) or Violin. Henry James, Oscar Wilde, D.H. Lawrence, Charlotte and Emily Bronte, Alexandre Dumas, Jane Austin, Anthony Trollope, Edward Gorey, Sharon K Pennman, Mary Stewart, The Mists of Avalon, The Prophet, Gloom Cookie

Heroes:

John Galliano

My Blog

Convergence 13 photos are up!

We had an amazing time in Portland for Convergence 13 "A Dark Victorian Dream". Despite some, shall we say 'snafoos', it was a dark Victorian dream indeed!On to the photos! You can click on each thu...
Posted by Kat on Tue, 29 May 2007 08:35:00 PST

Phoenix Parade Fashion Show Convergence weekend!!

I am proud to announce that I will be modeling for Kambriel at the much anticipated Phoenix Parade fashion show this coming friday in Portland, Or. It is a non-Convergence related event, and I feel w...
Posted by Kat on Sat, 19 May 2007 10:49:00 PST

a bit of a fashion shoot

While walking yesterday, I spied an old stone building by the creek. It was perfect for an impromptu photoshoot! I called one of my best friends to join me the next day for photos and told her to dr...
Posted by Kat on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:36:00 PST

Last night at Ulana's (and a pic!)

Jason and I managed to get on the guest list at Ulana's last night, so we were able to go out! Here I am just after getting readyThe evening started out on a great note when we scored Rock Star(tm) p...
Posted by Kat on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 06:47:00 PST

My college acceptance letter!!

Obviously, I erased personal data like my last name, address, and my Temple ID#, but there it is!! I opened the mailbox, and there was a giant red envelope with the words "Congratulations!" in big wh...
Posted by Kat on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:07:00 PST

18th C. re-enactment, gowns, dancing, etc

WATCH VIDEO18th century lawn party in three parts. Gowns, fans, dancing! Don't forget to watch parts 2 & 3 so you see the whole event.This is the kind of lawn party I want to throw next! Now, who h...
Posted by Kat on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:15:00 PST

In which I answer 34 questions

This came from Live Journal. A friend asked me to answer the following questions. I figured there are people around here who are trying to get to know me past my sewing creations and club life, so h...
Posted by Kat on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:03:00 PST

24 full size scans of 1885 fashion magazine

I won an auction for a June 1885 copy of the Ladies' fashion magazine "The Delineator". It's in glorious condition!! 60+ pages of fashions and fashion advice complete with tons of fashion plates. S...
Posted by Kat on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:50:00 PST

Fabulous new website for all things Victorian

I found a new website called www.thehistorybox.com. In it, one can find articles on dress, deportment, scandal, the stock exchange, socialites, etiquette and more from the Colonial Era to about the mi...
Posted by Kat on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:10:00 PST

Latest top hat trim

Here's my latest creation!Click...
Posted by Kat on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:38:00 PST