A morning with Miss Fisher

Here in Australia, ABC TV has been making a wonderful murder mystery series called Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. It is set in 1920s Melbourne. The show is great, but most people I know watch it for the clothes.

Ending tomorrow is an exhibition at Old Government House, Parramatta, of some of the costumes, designed by Marion Boyce for the TV show. It started back in April, I think, and I’d been meaning to go and see it, but hadn’t really had the chance.

Before I booked my trip to Mystery Country, the family decided to give me tickets for us all to go, but they didn’t tell me, because the tickets were my Mothers’ Day present. The date they’d booked for was when I was away! So off they all went and celebrated Mothers’ Day without me, and my mother-in-law used my ticket. I finally went to see it yesterday morning, and it was most enjoyable!

This definitely has always been my favourite Miss Fisher outfit. I just love the fabric of this coat. I could happily wear this!

In one of the rooms there was a display of bits and pieces that Marion had used as inspiration: bits of fabric, lace, thread, ribbons etc. This was a little bit of beading that caught my eye.

The coat on the right here was made of the most beautiful velvet. It was simply stunning.

When the rest of the family went, The Reader particularly enjoyed the exhibition, because of her experience with our pattern drafting class. It would have been lovely to be there with her, and enjoy seeing her enjoy it!

It was interesting to see how plain some of the clothing was. I guess when you see it up close, it is different than seeing it from a distance on TV. And the other thing that really struck me was that the *wearer* makes a difference too. Miss Fisher is played by Essie Davis, who has a lovely way of wearing the clothes – she really wears them well, and very stylishly.

So I was glad to go, and finally see this long awaited exhibition. If you get a chance to see any of the Miss Fisher episodes, I’m sure you’ll enjoy the clothing too!