The three girls at the ball were seniors in some small private high school in SC; I'm afraid I don't recall their names. They were wearing corsets, one of which was from Dark Garden, whose work is always lovely. I would've loved to see that fashion show you mentioned! I used to be far more into the picnicking-in-the-cemetery thing, but for some reason I ended up feeling more comfortable in the 1960s than the 1860s. Prolly second-childhooding back to my mod years in the mid '80s.

I looked at your paintings on your website, and I have to say that I'm very impressed; they're beautiful. They remind me a little of Elizabeth Peyton's portraits, although yours have more character, and don't look vapid like her sitters often do. I'd be very interested to see them full-sized. Please let me know next time you have a show in the Bay Area.