In last year's birthday celebration, we looked at Alice's involvement in a costume shoot from 2014. This year's picture is a Cruxton-themed manipulation, referring to the earlier kind of costume sessions which were posed for Rigin and Rylsky. The background is an interior of Lanhydrock House, a seventeenth century country house with Victorian additions, near Bodmin in Cornwall. Since the estate once belonged to the local priory, and the kitchen has already appeared in earlier manips by Wragg and myself, it seems suitably qualified to represent Cruxton Abbey.
Alice wears the dressing gown which features on the cover of the 'Mirror' series by Vadim Rigin. 'Mirror' is proving to be an elusive series, so if anybody finds it, please let me know. The same dressing gown is visible, folded on the arm of the sofa in Rigin's 'Hostel' series (but not worn during shooting) indicating that both series were shot consecutively, in the same location. Also visible on the sofa is Alice's floral blouse which she wore during the Amour Angels session for 'Calmness' and 'Wild Coast' by Peter Chupurov.
A third item of clothing observed on the sofa (but not worn) in 'Hostel' is the blue nightgown which Alice wore during the 'Olga' session, indicating yet again that all of these series were shot back-to-back by Rigin.
A further item of identifiable clothing appears in the form of a shirt worn by Alice in Rylsky's 'Backstage Volume 15'. I believe Alice borrowed this from Rylsky to keep warm following a wet shoot (specifically Metart's 'Presenting Alice') since the garment was also worn by Freya, who posed in three Rylsky sessions with Alice, and it is much too big for either of the girls.
