Last night Lady Carolyn and I co-presented “The Bee’s Knees and the Cat’s Meow: Fashionistas 1920s Style,” a general survey of [mostly] women’s clothing and fashion trends through the Roaring ’20s. Carolyn…
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V88: A Massive Merry Widow Hat
I have to run, but I have much to tell you in regards to hats, tomorrow. 🙂 For now, enjoy this image from Bartoscollection.com, and the many more very cool photographs of…
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V84: Vintage 1930s Brown Oxfords
If you follow along on Facebook, you will have seen a photo of this exquisite shoe. I hunted these on eBay a little while ago and was overjoyed to have won them.…
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V83: 1912 Titanic Day Wear Complete
Finally I’ve finished something. It feels like it’s been *weeks* since I’ve even picked up a pair of scissors. I decided to throw together a slim wool skirt for a daytime Titanic…
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V81: Vintage Early 1930s Sporty “Nurse” Shoes
I’ve been lurking around eBay, looking for vintage shoes. I’ve fed my addiction recently with 3 pairs, all former shop displays from the 1930s. These are my faves. If only I could…
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V78: 1950s “Ladies Who Lunch” Outfit
I gave my presentation on hats, 1850-1960, yesterday, and wore something I thought was appropriate for an afternoon luncheon. Dress: made from vintage Butterick 8154 Hat: vintage mink “caterpillar” toque found in…
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V74: Thoroughly Modern Millie
Today’s post is brief because I’m slammed with stuff-that-isn’t-sewing-stuff (argh). It’s the opening credits from one of my favorite films ever, “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” starring Julie Andrews. I won’t explain it; I’ll…
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V71: Hats of the 19teens – Choices, Choices
Today I am researching hats 1850 through 1960s, in preparation for a presentation next week at the Churchill County Museum. I am camped out at Starbucks, raiding all of The Dreamstress’ pinboards,…
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V70: Red Shoes Throughout History
Museum of London: Mules, 1651 Okay, so maybe I’m a little obsessive about red shoes, lol. Here are some red shoes throughout history… The Met – ver y eraly 18th c. Unsure…
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V69: Vintage 1920s/30s Hair Clip Results and Photos
Yesterday I played around with some vintage hair waving clips I picked up at Sacramento Antiques last month. Remember these?… 1930s aluminum hair waving clips, and dog hair. I used them on…
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V64: My Grandmother’s Birthday
Happy Sunday! Today my Grandmama is 88 years old. I’m off to go and have a visit with her, before resuming my regularly scheduled petticoat sew-a-thon.
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V51: 1957 Little Brown Dress
Over Christmas I made a couple 1950s frocks I haven’t shared with you. In fact, I made this dress, then didn’t have opportunity to wear it until yesterday, for my grandmother’s 88th…
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V48: Reno’s Vintage Motel Signs
A few days ago I took a wander around Fourth Street in Reno, not the best place for a girl to be wandering, but I had on me the 1950s Zeiss Ikon…
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V44: Sacramento Antiques Vintage Haul
Victorian boots. I didn’t buy these, but they’re cool to look at. You thought I was going to miss today’s post! I’m exhausted after the all-day shopping trip over-the-river-and-through-the-woods, to Sacramento yesterday.…
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V42: Edwardian Hair Styling Mysteries Solved – Part 3 – Rats, Switches, and Wiglets
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
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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V39: 1920s Beaded Flapper Dress Design
Today Lady Carolyn invited me to participate in a presentation on 1920s fashion coming up at Reno’s National Automobile Museum at the end of March. How could I resist! I have a…
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V28: Preparing for Presentations on Historical Accessories
I’m quite excited to tell you that I have been asked to give a talk on historical hats at the Churchill County Museum in Fallon, NV, in March. Time to study up…
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V22: More 19teens and Early 1920s Hairstyles {Videos!}
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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V21: Vintage Bead Binge
A belt, but also a headband, perhaps. I was thinking just the other night about where to find heavily beaded bandeau materials for my 1912 (and also 1920s) hair styles, and lo…
