Mad As A March Hare~ VFG Fashion Parade for the week of March 7th

carla rey

carla rey

VFG Member
We're all as Mad as a March Hare to kick off the month! With dreams of Alice in Wonderland, past, present and future, this magical, timeless Lewis Carroll story feels fresh with each new twist of the rendition. VFG members invite you down the rabbit hole for this week's Parade.

Please "pour out" novelty print clothing, such as checkerboard, hearts, teacups, rabbits, playing cards, psychedelic graphics, caterpillars, butterflies, and the smiling Cheshire Cat. Don't forget to include Mad Hatter headgear, sweet Alice-inspired pinafores, Queen of Hearts lace, timepieces, jabots, frock coats, long scarves, striped pants, smoking paraphernalia, and other imaginative tie-ins to the theme.

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This article appeared in the Wall St. Journal a couple weeks after our Alice parade, but I thought it may be of interest for fans: a tea named " Mad Hatter's Afternoon Tea" offered at the Sanderson hotel, London, in honor of the 150th Anniversary of Alice in Wonderland. The article is London's Top Tea Parties - A Tour of London's Best Afternoon Teas.
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The Storybook Tea | Sanderson
Leave it to the Sanderson, one of Philippe Starck’s surrealist fantasy hotels, to offer the Mad Hatter Afternoon Tea. As a homage to Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland,” the event is just as colorful and quirky as it sounds. At the beginning of the meal, our waiter brought over a tray of tiny glass vials from which we were asked to take a sniff and select our blend of leaves (“Alice” is a black tea blend with hints of black currant and bergamot, and the “Mad Hatter” is green with passion fruit, guava and mango). Most options were fruity and very fragrant, which might not go over too well with tea snobs, but the food is a certain crowd-pleaser. Among the savory dishes were a warm, gooey mini croque monsieur, and a smoked salmon, quail egg and caviar Scotch egg that was so deliciously crispy we ordered seconds. Just as fanciful, desserts included coffee-flavored macaroons decorated like the White Rabbit’s pocket watch and magic mushrooms (made of non-hallucinogenic marshmallows). All in all, it was one fun tea party, best suited for families, or adults who—like my mother, who tagged along with me—are more versed in Alice than the nuances of Earl Grey (About $68 per person, 50 Berners St.; sandersonlondon.com).
 
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