This is a section of the closet she rarely ever touches and anything borrowed would only be long enough to snap a photo and hung back up in the closet. I should mention as well that these days she only gets dressed up on rare special occasions (weddings, etc.) so there isn't any risk to using a couple dresses for photos while she's gone overnight. I would never touch anything that she used on a regular basis but these items aren't anything like that. Anything I do beyond that will be in my own clothes which are currently best suited for indoors. If I can't find something at the thrift store before I start taking photos I'll have to stay indoors. The biggest obstacles right now that would deter me from going out are a foot of snow and temps in the single digits with no glitzy destinations in this one feed mill town.
A quick PS, I'm new here so let me assure you that at nearly 70 I'm not going to do anything stupid. Well, maybe stupid but not really stupid and not very many times until I figure it out. Thanks for the obvious advice but believe me, as obsessive and thorough as I am there hopefully isn't too much that I miss.