tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post231410393385297736..comments2024-03-28T07:52:07.647-04:00Comments on venezia blog: Ladies (& Lords) in Waiting: Fancy Dress Ball in DorsoduroSteven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-28298363631612173482013-03-04T15:55:49.329-05:002013-03-04T15:55:49.329-05:00Yes, Jo, those christmas lights were probably stre...Yes, Jo, those christmas lights were probably stretching it, weren't they? At least in terms of historical accuracy. But the scene made me happy that I'd taken to heart the very wise advice of a fellow fan of Venice who told me never to go out in the city without a camera. He was right.Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-42816197348539809862013-03-04T14:47:40.277-05:002013-03-04T14:47:40.277-05:00These party revelers certainly dressed for the occ...These party revelers certainly dressed for the occasion, and apart from the one with the "christmas tree" lights they looked very authentic!! What a scoop!Jonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-9462763147009214792013-02-20T10:51:10.580-05:002013-02-20T10:51:10.580-05:00I wish I knew if the party lived up to the costume...I wish I knew if the party lived up to the costumes! <br />Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-46816613929713941692013-02-20T00:31:28.865-05:002013-02-20T00:31:28.865-05:00Wow1 the pictures looks excellent. Its looks nice....Wow1 the pictures looks excellent. Its looks nice.Fancy Dresseshttps://www.barnetto.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-80114136816569476312013-02-17T15:38:13.584-05:002013-02-17T15:38:13.584-05:00What a nice thought! Magari!What a nice thought! Magari!Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-9455093753910195672013-02-15T07:31:14.417-05:002013-02-15T07:31:14.417-05:00Merci pour cette ambiance de carnaval, j'ai l&...Merci pour cette ambiance de carnaval, j'ai l'impression d'être avec vous dans la file d'attente, bientôt la porte va s'ouvrir et nous pourrons aller danser ...<br />VenetiaMiciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17246585466335523537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-15052526864999491552013-02-14T15:33:57.678-05:002013-02-14T15:33:57.678-05:00Thank you very much, Franklin, I'm glad you li...Thank you very much, Franklin, I'm glad you liked them. It's even rare to see costumes this elaborate--or at least so many in one place--in Venice. It was a first time for me... Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-42327961001058076442013-02-14T05:20:59.808-05:002013-02-14T05:20:59.808-05:00You've taken a great selection of pictures the...You've taken a great selection of pictures there. I love the carnevale but it's so rare that I get to see anything like this in the UK. It's a real shame as the costumes are a delight to see.Franklin74http://www.otleyrunfancydress.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-25285218059145103592013-02-12T15:45:40.415-05:002013-02-12T15:45:40.415-05:00Yvonne, as Bert smartly told me: Do not leave the ...Yvonne, as Bert smartly told me: Do not leave the house and set off into Venice without a camera! Though, I sometimes still do... Campo San Barnaba, in spite of that Leonardo franchise that's taken over the church, remains one of my favorite campi. Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-39041232445709059092013-02-12T15:40:40.723-05:002013-02-12T15:40:40.723-05:00Thank you very much, CV; it was quite striking to ...Thank you very much, CV; it was quite striking to walk out a door and into this crowd, and it immediately gave me a whole different sense of the possibilities of such balls. Perhaps they are stuffy and dull as can be, but the fact that the wigs were real hair wigs--not the synthetic stuff--and the clothes were tailored of substantial cloth--well, I suppose it suggested the kind of decadence Venice was infamous for at the end of the Republic. Now, whether this is really a good thing, others can decide...Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-60609168609827333432013-02-12T15:33:10.905-05:002013-02-12T15:33:10.905-05:00I hope I won't offend anyone if I say that gen...I hope I won't offend anyone if I say that generally I don't think anyone should come to Venice expecting a hotbed of creativity. The problems facing the city will require creativity to deal with, but otherwise no one is going to confuse it with, say, Berlin, when it comes to art... It's nice to see creative costumes here during Carnevale--though one that I saw during a costume competition didn't do too well with the crowd--but I also appreciate seeing a well-made costume of whatever sort, traditional or innovative. The costumes on the people in the photos above seemed to be the best made ones I've seen here in that style.Steven Varni, aka Sig. Nonlosohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066672605318740533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-21534631941969932082013-02-11T04:41:39.432-05:002013-02-11T04:41:39.432-05:00When I see these costumes a book about hippies com...When I see these costumes a book about hippies comes to mind. I've read there that the first hippies were dressed in a multitude of manners: some looked like Sir Walter Raleigh, some dressed like Arabs, there were "American Indians", etc. But later a kind of hippie uniform emerged - jeans, headbands, beads, "Christ-like" hairstyle. The guys who were preaching a boundless creativity in everything began to dress along the accepted <br />guidelines - almost like Wall Street types or even the Army.<br /><br />I've read that the element of surprise was very much valued in the early decades of the Venetian Carnivale. But now...For me walking a Venetian street and meeting somebody dressed in an attire everyone saw a thousand times in the very same streets is an anticlimax, it's creativity that became it's own opposite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-27218170910508724822013-02-10T02:44:29.938-05:002013-02-10T02:44:29.938-05:00And, thank you for the spot of history, regarding ...And, thank you for the spot of history, regarding Campo San Barnaba. I'm happy you stumbled across this scene, and had a camera with you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151589473709505648.post-20210422935476799452013-02-10T01:23:27.250-05:002013-02-10T01:23:27.250-05:00Sig. Nonloso, I think these are the best Carnevale...Sig. Nonloso, I think these are the best Carnevale photos I've ever seen! Lovely to see costumed revellers in a quiet spot of Venice. It must have been pretty cool to come across this elaborately costumed private group.Capturing Venice/Capturing Paris https://www.blogger.com/profile/14033232922083621085noreply@blogger.com