Thoughts and ideas for historical inspiration
Maggie May’s Historic Clothing has been commissioned to create children’s clothing for the independent film�Dreadful Sorry�being filmed in South Carolina in March 2011. Here are a few quick snapshots of the first three garments just before they were packed for…
Last month I was contacted by an overseas manufacturing company wishing to sell me reproduction civil war era clothing. Always looking for a way to expand my little business, I thought very hard about it. There are a lot of…
Early rubberized threads were sewn into sleeves and bodices as early as 1800. However, this was not widespread. The first elastics were not as strong as modern elastics and were unreliable. In 1820 the British inventor Thomas Hancock patented a…
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