Just children’s historical fashions
This 1840s inspired Ellie Dress was custom made for Historic Exchange Place’s upcoming Garden Fair in April. This sweet little 1840s era ensemble consists of our Ellie dress, contrasting pinafore, corded petticoat, and trimmed straw bonnet. Our modified Ellie Dress…
We recently completed these two mid 19th century girls’ dresses for Historic Exchange Place’s upcoming Garden Fair. These dresses are cut in the fashionable 1840s-1850s style and have a few inches adjustability. Children grow like weeds! Hopefully, these two little…
One of our first commissions for 2025 is this collection of 1830s-1840s-1850s Girls’ try on clothing for Historic Arkansas. These adapted girls dresses are made from 100% cotton and include a variety of youthful period appropriate calico prints. The ruffled…
This three sweet little Ellie dresses were made for a museum client from cotton calico found in our curated reproduction print fabric catalog. Pictured over child size versions of our corded petticoats. Our Ellie dress is a versatile and period…
We made this adorable 1820s era boy’s suit and girl’s dress for the c.1820 Church-Waddel-Brumby House Museum in Athens, Georgia. We worked with museum staff to design clothing suitable for the original residents’ twin children at age 12. We worked…
The final addition to our Oliver! The Musical costume commission for the Det Ny Teater in Copenhagen, Denmark are these boy’s shirts, sack coats, and boy’s skirted jacket. These shirts are part of our children’s catalog and the jackets are…
Amidst the world wide Covid 19 crisis, the shining light in the storm has been a commission from the DET NY TEATER in Copenhagen, Denmark for their upcoming stage production of Oliver! We have been stitching furiously for the past few…
These two mid 19th century yoked front dresses were made for a museum in Arkansas for their children’s hands on exhibit. This style of dress was popular from about 1840 through the 1860s and was prominent in the American South.…