This was my first Elizabethan, and the birth of Anne Hastings. Lady Anne Hastings is my Elizabethan persona at the Michigan Renaissance Festival (MIRF), and she was a real person. I've nick named this gown "The Red Dress of Doom!" and despite the mistakes since it was my first, I love this dress the most. It is made from about 9 yards of red velveteen. The trim is black and gold jaquard ribbon, and on the sleeves is black velvet ribbon in three different widths. I didn't have my normal forepart that day, you can see that with the 2005 gown. I also put another shot of this gown in the scraps section, in that picture you can get a good look at the sleeves and the forepart.

I don't get to wear this dress much anymore which makes me sad, I lost weight so it doesn't really fit all that well, but I am planning on remaking the bodice and bringing it back at least once for sometime in 2006.

Oh, and the dashing Rogue with me is my friend Keith, AKA ~rapierkit AKA Kit Hawke, Earl of Mountjoy. It was sort of a fluke that these two coordinated so well, but I love the way this photo turned out.