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  • GREAT Hats of the Late 18th c. … [what are they and where do I get them?]

    April 28, 2009

    …That’s “GREAT” as in Great Dane, Great Blue Herron, and the Great Wall of China. With mountains of hair exploding from the tops of ladies’ heads throughout the 18th century, it made…

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  • We Have A Winner!

    April 23, 2009

    As this dress has been on my mind constantly for the last week, I’ve been mulling over construction and shape, and here, at last, the *FINAL* sketch for the design of this…

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  • I Can See Your [Regency] Underwear…

    April 23, 2009

    As noted in a previous entry, undergarments are quite possibly the single most important part of your costume. They provide the foundation upon which your dress will be built, and will alter…

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  • Cross-Over Necklines – 1795

    April 23, 2009

    Here’s an awesome page choc full o’ information on Regency everything, from which all these pics today have come. People nowadays tend to think in terms of decade and/or sometimes entire centuries!…

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  • Is Regency A Good Idea?

    April 21, 2009

    I’ve been very on-the-fence about whether I want to go Regency era or scootch back towards the 1790s with this costume. My dilemma is that I don’t like Regency. Why not? Because…

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  • The Hair Up There – Enormous Wigs of the late 18th Century…

    April 21, 2009

    Much planning has already gone into The Barn Owl gown, from the undergown to the robe, to the underpinnings, and hair is not to be left out! I am mainly starting down…

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  • New Sketch

    April 18, 2009

    A quick sketch of the new ensemble – the undergown with an empire waist, but full through the skirt, and the open robe pretty much as it is in the Janet Arnold…

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  • The Waist Conundrum…

    April 17, 2009

    In exploring shapes, patterns, and periods for this gown, I’ve run into a sort of conundrum as to what exactly I want in terms of waist. The robe I love love love…

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