Clothing from Fin de siecle and WWI
This 1910s era Lady’s suit was part of a collection of garments we made for an exhibit in Wheaton, Illinois in 2022. The suit was based on an image provided to us by the exhibit coordinator. We designed this cotton/wool…
In 2022, we made a series of garments for a museum in Wheaton, Illinois based on images of three generations of ladies important to their history. We designed and constructed this 1920s era linen suit based on period wedding photos…
We recently made one of our Teens Era A-line skirts from our medium weight salmon woven cotton for a client who will be wearing it for both historical wear and every day wear. Wearing historical fashion every day is not…
We are excited to announce our new corset design! Introducing our Late Edwardian/Teens Era Corset! Our Late Edwardian/Teens Era corset is based on original corsets from this period and is made of high quality corset coutil and luxuriously soft/high thread…
Our first commission of the year was this Suffragette dress headed to a museum in Wheaton, IL for an interpretive display. Based on period photographs and research on the Suffragette movement during WWI era America, I designed this gown as…
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I took a little road trip into the mountains to see the Downton Abbey exhibit at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. The full exhibition consisted of a multi room costume display and a separate…
Thanks to a generous collector, I had the opportunity to view three original WWI Era women’s uniforms- one being a Hello Girl uniform. I have written in the past about the continual effort to draft a suitable version of the…