Bitchy Ms. Red is bitchy

[clevermanka]

I saw on someone's blog that she attended San Francisco's Edwardian Ball. I got all excited to see some eye candy. Well. Perhaps I'm a little biased for several reasons (I love actual Edwardian fashion, I am sick to tears of faux Victoriana, I am currently bleeding like a stuck pig), but I have to ask: Why the fuck do they call this thing The Edwardian Ball?

It's a glorious spectacle and everyone looks great, I guess. But here's an opportunity to show off some gorgeous and generally under-appreciated fashions (Poiret! Fortuny!), yet everyone's trotting around in the same old hourglass-corsetted and top-hatted sillhouettes. Pah.

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[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Even more confounding... it apparently has nothing to do with the Edwardian era (http://edwardianball.com/about), but it rather a celebration of the works of

Edward Gorey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gorey).

ah-RUH?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I love me some Edward Gorey, but that is the stupidest pun ever and a horrible descriptor. They could've called it fabulous like the Gashlycrumb Ball or something like that. Sheesh.

Edit: From the little "About" article you linked, comes this bit of conversation:

“I say,” ventured the first gent, “wouldn’t it be smashing to throw a ball in honor of the ghastly tales of Sir Edward Gorey?”

“Oh yes indeed!” agreed the lady emphatically. “We could all dress…Edwardian!”

So yeah. FAIL.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Those were my thoughts as well.
... I'm thinking that's a Burning Man reference as far as where it started. That explains it all, doesn't it?

OTOH, I've just spent a lovely half hour in pursuit of lovely Charles Addams and Gorey websites, funny how they were my faves back in oh... um... eek.. the mid 70s!

[belluthien.livejournal.com]

I didn't bother to read the whole thing. Too frustrating. Was the first inspiration Edward Gorey or Edwardian? Either way, linking these = FAIL.
*sigh*
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[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

inorite?

I mean if Edward Gorey was the first inspiration as they claim, and Edwardian just refers to "of Edward Gorey", then still, WTF with all the Victorian wear?

GAHHHH!