The Age of big bonnets and massive puffed sleeves!
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…
One of our most popular Romantic Era dress styles is this work gown cut in an 1820s-1830s-1840s fashion. With a slightly wider neckline than our Work Woman dress, this gown features a loosely gathered front bodice over a fitted lining.…
This beautiful tartan bodice was custom commissioned by a client only in need of a bodice and belt. The client sent the tartan fabric and we happily sewed it up using our Emily dress pattern (sans the skirt obviously). The…
We’ve added a new design to our custom catalog! New to our accessories catalog is an early 19th century pelerine. A pelerine, also known as a capelet, was a popular accessory beginning at the end of the Regency/Empire Era and…
We recently made this gown for a client who serves as a living historian in Nashville, Tennessee. For this gown, we used our favorite historical pattern company- Past Patterns! Past Patterns has been making authentic, reliable historical sewing patterns since…
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…
Our final installment of costumes for the Det NY Teater (Copenhagen, Denmark)’s upcoming production of Oliver! The Musical consisted of variations on our Anne dress and our Brooks Dress in our exclusive collection of historical reproduction cotton prints! So without…
The final installment of our custom commissioned costumes for the Det Ny Teater’s upcoming production of Oliver! in Copenhagen, Denmark consisted of a multitude of our Emily Dresses in pastel cotton prints. Here they are in no particular order: Our…