The accessories of the widowed Mrs Ráth

 Now, our widow already had the proper underwear (like chemise, drawers, corset, corsetcover and petticoats) before the start of this project (in other words, I used the pieces I already had), but she still needed some smaller stuff to make the ensemble whole. 

There was a belt, which I made from Ora Lin's free pattern. (BTW, she also has a video on YouTube about how to make it, though, instead of handstitching, I made the belt mostly with a sewing machine.) A few years ago, I also made her waspie corset, but with my short waist, I always felt my body way too disproportionate in it, and I thought a belt that is only dips downward ould suit me better (which it did).

An antique french silk umbrella, I bought for my birthday on Vinted.

A hat, for which the base, an original Girardi hat came from Vinted, I steamed it over, to make it just a little but flatter, and decorated it with feathers and silk-flowers. 

I also bought the lace glove from Vinted. 

Finally, there was that little bolero/cape she wore. I made that from a pattern I bought from Etsy.

I bought the embossed black printed gray fabric from Vinted. I fell in love with the fabric, and I was wondering what to make of it, and this cape looked really cool... but I only used a small bit of the fabric.

The dark gray, almost black pure wool came from I Love Textil. This was one of those lucky days, when I was wondering in, asking the guy there, if he has something that would complement the printed fabric, and he pulled the perfect roll of the shelf. 

So, this is the whole ensemble. 

Oh, I need to tell you about the earrings. I knew I should have bought some simple black pearl earrings, but I was ill, I was busy, I was... whatever, I forgot. When I was dressing up for the event, I was pottering around my boxes, looking for something suitable. I could not very well wore the spider earrings I usually wear with my late Victorian/Edwardian stuff (which was al the rage of the fashion at that time) as a sad widow, now could I? So, as I was pottering around my stuff, when I found these very dark gray, almostblack pieces. When I saw it, I remembered, I got it from one of my teammates, but I could not (and still do not) remember from whom. I kept it for years, but now the earrings found their purpouse.