Late Romantic-Early Victorian Era
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…
How sweet is this Carte de Visite! Little twin girls with matching dresses! Thanks to Miss Virginia over at The Lady’s Resource CDV’s for this image!
Here is a snapshot of a recently completed red shot- silk drawn (or gathered) bonnet. It is the same color and style as the one shown on my website. This is a soft bodied bonnet. I developed the pattern for this…
Now that things have slowed down a bit, I have had time to work on a personal project I have been putting off forever. It was one of those projects I cut out, stuck on my cutting table, and waited…
Here are a few images of a recently completed soft bodied 1860s era high fashion spoon bonnet I completed for a customer attending a San Francisco Dickens Festival. My poor Styrofoam head has seen better days! It has been…
A quick glimpse inside a Maggie May dress- details of an 1860s era day dress (included are the hem binding details often used in the making of original Victorian era dresses and the lining details of an 1860s era bodice).