I just love this illustration, don’t you? Gennady Spirin. Illustration from ‘The White Cat” So I’ve been reading Jean Hunnisett’s Period Costume for Stage & Screen: Patterns for Women’s Dress 1500-1800, and recalling…
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V182: The Lovely Bones: Reliquary Busts of Female Saints
Last night a beautiful image popped up on my Pinterest feed … this one. Her name is not known – a companion of, or a saint herself? What do you think her…
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V155: Valhalla Renaissance Faire, 2012
Lovely courtesans, cute gig I’m back from Valhalla Renaissance Faire, at South Lake Tahoe. Yesterday was lovely, not too hot, and not snowing, lol. Here are some photos from our day… Mom…
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V154: Off to The Faire!
I’m away at Valhalla Renaissance Faire, in South Lake Tahoe, CA, to day, so I’ve left you with Ole Bess herself, until I can get back to post pictures from the day.…
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V150: A “Tudor Tailor” Kirtle in Progress
So it became apparent that a glorious new Elizabethan noble ensemble just wasn’t going to happen this year, so it’s back to my good ole trusty red jacket I’ve worn for the…
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V119: Are Sequins Period Accurate?
The Met: toque (hat), 1915 The short answer is YES! I’ve heard this question come up a couple of times, in regard to using sequins on our Titanic gowns. Sequins are not…
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V101: How to Make Miniature Portraits
Awhile ago I posted about lovely little 18th century miniature portraits, and what a nice addition to one’s costume they can be. Well here’s how to make them! What You’ll Need: Clear…
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V87: Period Piecery – Elizabethan Cabbage
I started on a new Elizabethan ladies’ doublet the other night, and to make a long story short, it didn’t fit. I thought I had traced the pattern – Margo Anderson –…
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V85: Elizabethan Pouf Hairstyles
Ha! Those Georgians thought they were being so clever and original with their pouf hairstyles, but they were just copying the late Elizabethans and early Jacobeans. Just goes to show that fashion…
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Travels In Time: Where Has Lil’ Duchess Been?
Oh Dear Readers, if I have not lost you completely, I’m sure you’ve been wondering in an upset fashion why I haven’t posted anything in the past couple weeks or so. This…
