Va. Fashion Doll Club Titanic Tea

Today I joined some of my Va. Fashion Doll Club members for our club outing at the Historic Hanover Tavern  for the White Star Line R.M.S. Titanic Tea 
It was a traditional English High Tea with a historic program on the history of the Titanic, what happened when the Titanic crashed , the sinking, and the passengers, and some facts. The program was interesting, and many of the attendees attended the tea in full Edwardian /Victorian era dress, as we all attempted to do. 

My Va. Fashion doll club also brought dolls dressed in the era of the Titanic at our two tables. 

My doll is to the right, a Moods Poppy Parker, dressed in a replica of Rose's tea gown from the movie, smoking a cigarette. I made the gown and the cigarette. Barbara Carter brought the actual Mattel Rose doll to the left. 

Below is our first course  of tea sandwiches, 

Waldorf Chicken Salad on Pumpernickel

Shaved asparagus and Saffron cream on white

Virginia cured ham and mushroom tart

Below are

Chocolate painted eclairs with french cream

Raspberry sherbert iceberg

Cocoanut Sandwich

Don't let your dolls drown! Barbara, my tablemate, made all of our dolls lifejackets. So at the proper moment, all of us at our two tables put the life jackets on our dolls at the point in the program. 

My Teacup, all the invitees had different patterned teacups and saucers

The ladies to the left of us had full Edwardian costume, their hats were outstanding and HUGE. Their skirts, jewelry, coats, shoes were all historically accurate. They loved our dolls and our outfits. 

The ladies serving table were dressed in maid outfits that looked like they were from 1912. It really set the mood for the tea.

Throughout the program, we had historically costumed actors like the Captain, the typographer, the Countess, and some of the key wealthy personages of the Titanic walking about and talking to us at table. Their costumes, hair, jewelry were amazing. 

All in all, it was a wonderful day to step back in time. 

Rose's Titanic Tea gown

Today I worked on a historic/period dress for a period Titanic tea I am attending for my Va. Fashion doll club celebration on April 14th at the Hanover Tavern on Sunday, April 15th.  The Hanover Historic Tea can be read about HERE

I am really excited about it, as I already have my 'costume' ready. Believe it or not, I was able to pull items out of my closet and jewelry box. I only purchased two items- a Vintage Hat on Ebay and a hair accessory to get my hair period correct to wear the hat correctly.  So I also have my purse, fan, pearls, brooch, and even period correct shoes and dress already. 

We also have to bring a doll dressed in period dress , during the era of the Titanic. I was going to use my Victorian Avon spring Barbie, but I thought, someone might bring someone like her. Or the same exact doll. Then my eyes lighted on my red headed Moods Poppy with the hair done in a bun, similar to Rose's hair. I looked through the gowns of the Titanic quickly on google images and came up with the tea gown where she pulls out the cigarette and her fiancee takes it out of her hand, then she gets up to go out on the deck for air and that is when Jack first sees her and talks to her, and teaches her to spit, and gets invited to dinner that evening. 

I did not have yellow satin, but I did have a peach satin, with the lace like Rose had on her dress, with green to use as a sash. My dress is slightly different since it is a peach chiffon. I also made Rose a cigarette in a holder. 

Rose is having a long slow drag and calming her nerves with some tea and pastries before having to face her mother and fiancee....

Enjoy!