Posted in Musings
And the winner of the holiday giveaway is…… BOTH Laura AND Sharon! I hand made two of these cameos so why draw a number between the two of you! Ladies, please send me an email with your shipping address at…
Posted in Musings
Hello gentle readers!In the spirit of the recent season of thanksgiving and the upcoming Christmas holiday, I would like to take a moment to do something I have not yet done here at The Dress Diaries! A giveaway! Wuthering Heights…
Posted in 1780s, 1800-1810, 1820s, Children's Fashions, Musings
Here are some images of a recently commissioned skeleton suit for a young boy. The suit consists of three pieces- full length broad fall trousers, a short unlined jacket, and a white shirt with collar. The skeleton suit was popular…
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Photograph by Irving Penn (The Getty Museum) If you have visited any of my sites recently, you may have noticed things look a little different. Over the summer, I completely revamped and updated my Costume History Pages. This is a…
Posted in 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, Children's Fashions, Commissions, Costume Design, Musings
My final two garments for theDreadful Sorryfilm commission are completed and on their way to South Carolina! In all, I completed 12 garments for this production! Some of the garments I did not snap photos of were a toddler’s white…
Posted in 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, Children's Fashions, Commissions, Musings
Maggie May’s Historic Clothing has been commissioned to create children’s clothing for the independent filmDreadful Sorrybeing filmed in South Carolina in March 2011. Here are a few quick snapshots of the first three garments just before they were packed for…
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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…
Posted in Fashion History, Musings
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…