Today is like Christmas or Hanukkah for Costume College teachers. It’s the day we have all been notified which of our class proposals were accepted, and then we all post on Facebook…
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Write, Write, Write, OMG
Printed Cotton (detail) – Gown, 1796. The Met. C.I.55.50.4 This week we are wrapping up the manuscript for the American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking. It’s been intense and this is…
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Research: We See What We Want to See; We See What We Know
Dress research is one of the great pleasures of the historical costuming hobby, and it’s also a necessity. We all start off along this interest in old clothes knowing nothing, then slowly…
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The Disconnect Between Modern Sewing and Modern Clothing
via Reader, have you ever noticed that there is a disconnect between what we wear and what we sew? Why is this? For instance, why do we wear so much knitwear? T-shirts,…
