Too Much Is Not Enough, provides a peek inside Lake’s closet./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/n/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/nAt first, Tollefson/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u2019s main draw was Lake/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u2019s closet. But as their relationship grew, Tollefson began to see connections between Lake/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u2019s stories and the recurring themes in her closet./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u201cThis was an amazing opportunity to work at documenting a single person/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u2019s collection with the provenance of each piece /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u2014 not just where she bought it and wore it, but the events in her life that influenced her to make the purchase in the first place even if those life events took place 80 years previously,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u201d says Tollefson, who explained that most vintage collections are from many different people and rarely do we see such a large collection from an individual./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/n
Before Lake passed away at the age of 96 in July, Tollefson and Ozimek worked closely with her for more than 10 years, collecting stories, vintage photos and quotes from the /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u201cbrassy, big-hearted dame herself./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u201d Tollefson says, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u201cThere is a lot more than just clothes in this book. This tells the most complete story of Harriett/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u2019s life in one place./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/nKristina Tollefson teaches costume and make-up design in UCF’s Department of Theatre./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/nThis one-of-a-kind fashion biography follows Harriett/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u2019s life through the Great Depression as a child, her service as a Marine during WWII, her flight from heartbreak to Miami Beach followed by her marriage to Hymen Lake and accumulation of wealth (and swelling closet full of jaw-dropping fashion pieces) thanks to the real estate boom brought on by the theme park and space industries. Tollefson and Ozimek guide readers through her extraordinary journey by connecting her life experiences to her fashion choices, explaining why she had so many red coats and what filled her pockets./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/n
The centerpiece of the book is the stunning photography of Lake/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u2019s wardrobe by local photographer, Tony Firriolo. Over 800 photographs illustrate Lake/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u2019s 96-year life and highlight over 200 of her favorite and most popular looks. Lake herself oversaw the photo shoots and expertly styled every look so that each one is /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u201cquintessential Harriett./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/n
Tollefson/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u2019s new book is more than just a passion project. She wants it to be a resource for her colleagues across the design community./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u201cI hope that costume designers can learn about how even childhood experiences can influence the fashion choices people make long into adulthood,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u201d Tollefson says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u201cIn fact, I hope I encounter a Harriett-like character in a show I get to design someday so I can really put this research to work./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/n
A book release party to celebrate the launch of Too Much Is Not Enough: The History in Harriett/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u2019s Closet will take place on Sept. 27 from 5 to 7 p.m. in Harriett/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/u2019s Bar at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center (812 E Rollins St, Orlando, FL 32803). The authors will read from the book and will be available to sign purchased copies of the book at the event./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Too Much Is Not Enough” by a costume designer and associate professor of theatre Kristina Tollefson details the life and closet of Orlando philanthropist Harriett Lake. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":90846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[17023,5815,5995],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-90843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-community","tag-college-of-arts-and-humanities","tag-kristina-tollefson","tag-theatre"],"yoast_head":"/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/90843/n
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