#rennfest

The elder niblet made the shoe hooves.

Y'all. Faux fur sheds sooooo much. It's everywhere in my sewing space.

Anyway, on to my outfit.

I wanted a new pair of Elizabethan stays with tabs.

I used this site, used previously for the gentlethem stays, to figure out the shape for mine.

Boning was 2 packages of heavy duty zip ties from Lowes. I tried spiral lacing for a change.

I found a white skirt on clearance for a petticoat and topped it with the dress I made last year.

it is insane. I mean, batshit crazy. Half of the time I had literally no idea what was going on, the female lead is an utter fruit loop, and to be honest, fairly unsympathetic. And it is clearly, unequivocally from 2002. However, baby Renner does a sterling job with the total ludicrousness he is given as Dil, manages to give it surprising weight and, unsurprisingly, steals the entire thing. Plus, we viewers get to bask in the sheer sassy beauty of this guy:

In the words of the protagonist  "I was suddenly and decidedly in love with Dil Stephanowski. His eyes. His mouth. His hands..."

I have no idea why that would be....

So yeah, it's nuts. The cinematographic choices are utter insanity (Russian cinema cut aways? Long lost father subplots? What? ) but its fun even if just for the cheesiness. And damn, Renner is lovely. So why not spend a couple of quid and 90 minutes?