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1910s corset
Do you think there’s such a thing as sewing addiction? read more about my 1910s corset project |
COMMENTARY
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ricostruzioni
Everyone is excited about these reconstructions of Renaissance clothing from famous portraits. While I’ve heard from someone who has seen them up close that they’re not all that well constructed, it’s still a pretty darn good idea. I remember the first time I went to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence back in 1995 — I was wandering around, admiring everything, when I came into the room that holds that famous portrait of Eleonora de Toledo and everything stopped. WOW. |
Which brings me to… if you could have ONE dress (or other garment) — something you’ve seen in a painting, fashion plate, book, museum, movie, etc. — what would it be? Obviously it would magically fit you perfectly and be in pristine condition.
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18th century printed cottons
An article about 18th century printed cottons that I recently wrote for the Greater Bay Area Costumer’s Guild’s newsletter has been just been put online. When I first started thinking about my 1780s robe a l’anglaise project I briefly entertained the idea of buying some $20/yd repro printed cotton, but luckily sanity prevailed — this is the result of my research when I was trying to find out what would be passably authentic and what wouldn’t! |
PROJECTS
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1910s corset
Spent most of the evening figuring out how I was going to cram all of these pattern pieces onto one yard of 45″ wide brocade — not fun, lemme tell ya… read more about my 1910s corset project |
PROJECTS
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1910s corset
Yay! Fabric and supplies have arrived… read more about my 1910s corset project |