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  • V201: How To Make a Hedgehog Hairstyle With Your Own Hair

    July 19, 2012

    The late 18th century “hedgehog” hairstyle is one of the easiest coifs to create, though is can seem daunting at first.  You can create this style on wigs or hairpiece, but also…

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  • V124: How to Measure Your Footsies and Find Your Correct Shoe Size

    May 3, 2012

    Hi all! I made a video to show you how to measure your foot and find your proper shoe size.  This includes both the length and the width measurements associated with “B”…

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  • V109: Do You Know the Button Trick?

    April 18, 2012

    Don’t you just hate decorative shank buttons that are all dangly and wobbly?  Wouldn’t it be so much better if they were nice and flat and secure on your garment? Well here’s…

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  • V101: How to Make Miniature Portraits

    April 10, 2012

    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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  • V82: How To Decorate Pemberley Regency Shoes Like It’s 1789

    March 22, 2012

    As of late I’ve been inspired by that interesting transitional period in women’s dress, around the end of the 1780s and into the 1790s.  Many things changed – the waistline of gowns,…

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  • V54: How To Create A Simple 18th Century Pouf

    February 23, 2012

    A few nights ago I dressed my hair into a simple 1770s pouf style, for modeling at the Nevada Museum of Art.  I did this style using one hair piece and one…

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  • V45: Edwardian Hair Mysteries Solved – Part 4 – Beginning Styling

    February 14, 2012

    So far in this series, we’ve covered several aspects of Edwardian hair care and styling preparation, along with a few styling supplements.  Now it’s time to put that hair up. Ladies with…

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  • V42: Edwardian Hair Styling Mysteries Solved – Part 3 – Rats, Switches, and Wiglets

    February 11, 2012

    In the last two installments of this series, we took a look at how women prepared their hair for styling.  They used some interesting shampoos, along with various methods of crimping and…

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  • V41: Edwardian Hair Styling Mysteries Solved – Part 2 – Brushing, Crimping, Fire

    February 10, 2012

    Last time in Part 1 of this series, I introduced you to some rather “exciting” sounding Edwardian shampoo and hair dressing recipes, taken from “The Manual on Barbering, Hairdressing, Manicuring, Facial Massage,…

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  • V40: Edwardian Hair Styling Mysteries Solved, 1905 – Part 1 – Shampoo and Other Scary Things

    February 9, 2012

    The other day, while washing my hair, I began thinking about hairdressing habits of the past, and how we ladies today treat our hair in *such* a different way from our Edwardian…

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  • V22: More 19teens and Early 1920s Hairstyles {Videos!}

    January 22, 2012

    I’ve been talking a lot about hair lately.  It seems to be the thing we have the most trouble with.  In the first post,  “Introduction to Hairstyles in 1912,” I showed contemporary…

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  • V20: A 1912 Hairstyle Tutorial – Gibson Tuck a la Hair Piece

    January 20, 2012

    Hi!  Last week I posted about 1912 hairstyles, showing a handful of reference images to inspire some hair adventures. Then it was time to experiment.  I have pretty short hair – not…

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  • V10: Designing Your Costumes Using Adobe Photoshop, Part 1

    January 10, 2012

    Gettin’ jiggy with Photoshop Hi all!  I’ve had several questions lately about how I do my costume concepts, so I thought I would answer them here. Read on to learn some techniques…

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  • How to Coffee or Tea Stain Your American Duchess Silk Shoes

    November 29, 2011

    Miss Sharon asked me the other night about tea staining her silk Georgiana 18th century shoes.  She was reluctant to do it, so I embarked on that journey on her behalf, and…

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  • How to Tie a Regency Turban

    November 19, 2011

    You know those mysterious costuming mysteries that sometimes plague us?  How to tie a turban is one of them. If you are practically hair-less like me, a quick and easy head-wrap is…

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  • 1920s Flapper Hairstyle Tutorial + Halloween Speakeasy Party

    November 2, 2011

    This past weekend we attended a speakeasy/housewarming party for friends who have just bought a 1920s home.  This presented the perfect opportunity to practice more vintage hairstyling techniques, which I will share…

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  • Shoe-How-To of the Week: Pretty Pretty Pink Princess Shoes

    October 26, 2011

    One of the coolest things about the Devonshire leather 18th century shoes is that you can paint them and decorate them easily, using leather paints, rhinestones, bias binding, trims, lace, anything really.…

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  • The “What If I Were…” Historical Photo Project

    August 19, 2011

    As most of you know, I love photography.  It’s not only a very important aspect of presenting our work on our blogs, but it’s also something we can have a lot of…

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  • How to Make a Quick and Easy 1920s Bathing Suit

    August 9, 2011

    In honor of the delightful 1920s events we’ve had this Summer, including the Lake Tahoe Gatsby coming up this weekend, I want to share with you a fun little project you can…

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  • How To Paint Your Leather Devonshire 18th Century Shoes

    August 2, 2011

    Are white shoes just not your thing?  Fancy green, black, blue, red, gold, any other color?  Want to match your new leather Devonshires to your dress?  Well this tutorial is for you!…

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