Short sleeved green dress with gray and black plaid pattern and matching belt.
This Romantic Era dress is a modified version of our Brooks Dress and is inspired by two original gowns- one c. 1838 formerly in the Tasha Tudor Collection and the other c. 1835 in the collection o…
Evening Dress c.1845 KCI
by Susan Jarrett The Romantic period derives its name from Romanticism- a term used to describe a movement in art, literature, and music that valued freedom of expression. Romanticism began in…
Evening Dress 1840 The Museum at FIT
Our Teachers JENNY TIRAMANI – PRINCIPAL Jenny Tiramani has worked as a Costume and Stage Designer since 1977. She was Associate Designer at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East 1979-1997 and Director of Theatre Design at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London 1997-2005, receiving the Laurence Oliver Award for Best Costume Design 2003 …
Karen Augusta of Antique Fashion.com has graciously allowed me to share some of the photographs she has taken of original garments she has sold in her online shop. Studying original clothing is essential for recreating the correct look of the period, which changed from year to year. Thank you
Day dress ca. 1837-38 From Cora Ginsburg
My last project was creating a yoked, fan front 1840s dress - these are my favorite types of dresses to make! I tried copying this charming ...
What are your numbers? Just in case you’re curious: these are my measurements. This set of measurements is 100% natural, sans support garments. Any corsets, bras, or girdles I don will alter …
Честно признаюсь, бельё 1830-х не оставляет меня равнодушной. Корсеты ещё не чересчур жёсткие, огромных колышущихся кринолинов нет, правда, приходится носить забавные "нарукавнички", поддерживающие пышные рукава: Из коллекции FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising), Лос-Анджелес.…
Nearly every time I turned on the Olympics this past weekend archery was on, which was fine with me as I am an Olympics Conservative. I like the traditional sports, played by amateurs: no beach volleyball for me (especially in London, where it looks very silly). Archery strikes me as very traditional, even though the …
Dress, aubergine coloured silk, made in England, ca. 1825-1830
Dress, 1855-65 From the Chester County Historical Society
An artist I was particularly obsessed with this month is Egon Schiele – even the sparrows in my garden know this by now. Beware, there’s more to come about his genius! Other things that…
