The Museum of the City of New York has an absolutely wonderful exhibit online at the moment: Worth & Mainbocher, featuring photos and information on many garments by these two master couture houses. It’s a dangerous time-sink, with the ability to do some very super zooming on many of the garments—you can really see the [...]
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While I like the American Duchess Regency repro shoes, they are a bit pricy. Priorities meant that I didn’t purchase them as I’d originally planned. So, this week, I found out another option on the cheap: less than $20 for shoes and stockings at my local Target. Historically accurate? No, not really (I mean, patent [...]
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I wish I’d learned about this before our trip to MO, because we could have swung through Chicago, but for those of you who can get to Chicago before April 16, 2012, there is a fabulous exhibition of couture fashion by Charles James at the Chicago History Museum. Now, while I love looking at designer [...]
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For those in the reenactment/costuming/history world, this is a year of –ennials. The bicentennial of the War of 1812 (and my alma mater’s founding). The Civil War sesquicentennial’s second year. The centennial of the Titanic. And, likely other things outside of America/England. I told you about American Duchess’ regency shoes last month. They are a [...]
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American Duchess to the rescue. Their third historical reproduction shoe is similar to styles from 1790–1810—in other words, about as perfect as you can get to the proper footwear for the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Quilt Show in March. They’re dyeable leather, so you can make them match whatever you’re planning to wear. Image courtesy [...]
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I’ve spent a good chunk of my lunch break checking out regency fashions thanks to an email from the 1812 Quilt Challenge organizers mentioning that they’ll all be dressed in period fashion for the show, and that we should feel free to come in the same. So, while I ponder just how to fit a [...]
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I’m loath to admit how little I know about the War of 1812 (we fought the British over land that is now Canadian, right?—hey, at least I know the three branches of government!) But, that doesn’t keep me from being intrigued by the Great Lakes Seaway call for 1812 reproduction “cot to coffin” quilts for [...]
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In the mood for discussion of historical (or maybe not so much so) movies and their costumes, replete with plenty of amusing quips and a little NSFW chatting? Frock Flicks delivers, a 60-minute(-ish) podcast at a time. Whether you liked the topical movie (and costumes) or not, historical costuming ladies Trystan, Kendra, and Sarah are [...]
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