One Ball, Two Dressses, A Thousand Waistcoats - Part 1

Official Duties

Saturday night was The Chap Ball aka The 3rd Grand Anarcho-Dandyist Ball aka The Night of a Thousand Waistcoats. Whatever you choose to call it, it is certainly one of the most important dates in the diary of any Chap or Chapette. It is a great excuse to wear a full length gown, wax your moustache, or do both in the case of some of the more eccentric guests.

As last year, I once again filled the post of secretary at the Jeeves Dating Service. This is an important duty to undertake for the guests of the ball who may spot a potential love interest in the crowd. After dictating their message of love to one of the secretaries, it was then delivered by our butler to their beloved. This year I was joined by Gemma, and together we worked as secretaries from different decades. She channelled Miss Lemon from Poirot, while I was more Joanie from Mad Men. I think we worked well together, and loved our contrasting looks. I enjoyed looking strict, as you may be able to tell.

As you may be able to tell from the two images above, I spent a lot of time fiddling with my hair, that is because I was wearing a hair piece!! (Shhhh!) You may recall from recent posts, that my hair is actually quite short at the moment, but in order to create a huge updo, I needed lots of hair! I was really pleased with how real it looked and although I kept fiddling with it, it felt completely secure and survived until 5am.

See below for hair and make up close ups. Fakery alert!!...fake hair...fake lashes...fake brows!!!!

 I promise that is actually my face though...

Stay tuned for part 2 when I clocked off from secretarial duties, changed frock, got drunk and danced 'til dawn

Photography by Hanson Leatherby Photography