Junk Kouture, is an upcycled clothing competition held in Ireland and Northern Ireland. This unbelievable outfit shown was made out of plastic milk cartons!
Junk Kouture, is an upcycled clothing competition held in Ireland and Northern Ireland. This unbelievable outfit shown was made out of plastic milk cartons!
Claude Cahun. La vitrine de chaussures, 1936. Source
Gareth Pugh S/S 2016
A New York, la galerie Nailya Alexander présente une touchante exposition rassemblant une trentaine de photographies de femmes réalisées aussi bien aujourd’hui qu’au début du siècle. Dans une dominante noir et blanc, la sélection inclut plusieurs grands noms, dont évidemment Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Alexander Rodchenko, Sarah Moon ou Deborah Turbeville, récemment décédée. The Nailya Alexander Gallery in New York is holding a touching exhibition of thirty photographs of women taken from early last century up to the present day. In the many black-and-white photographs, the selection features many big names like Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Alexander Rodchenko, Sarah Moon and the late Deborah Turbeville.美国纽约莱尼亚·亚历山大画廊(Nailya Alexander Gallery)正在展出三十张关于女人的摄影作品，拍摄日期涵盖上世纪早期直至现代，大部分作品都是黑白照片，其中有来自摄影大师雅克-亨利·拉蒂格（ Jacques-Henri Lartigue），亚历山大·罗德琴科（Alexander Rodchenko）、莎拉·莫恩（Sarah Moon）、迪波拉·特布维尔(Deborah Turbeville)等的精选作品。
Crochet the perfect back-to-school gift with this adorable school bus!
mirror palais collection v, ‘the return to glamour’ starring lauren fern shot by anafer flores
I have just over a month to make an 18th century ensemble for myself. There's a Rococo picnic I want to attend happening at the end of April. At this moment, I have nothing quite acceptable to wear. My 18th century wardrobe currently consists of a shift, an under petticoat, a pair of shoes, and a white linen cap (not yet blogged). A few more layers are required for me to be a properly dressed Rococo lady. The stays I've been procrastinating on for well over a year? Yeah, those have got to happen. Now. And the gowns I've been dreaming of? It's time to make one reality. For the stays I've decided to use Simplicity 8579 - one of the 18th century patterns Simplicity produced as a collaboration with American Duchess. I'll be altering it somewhat to lace up in the front as well as the back, since back-lacing only stays sound difficult to put on one's self without assistance. Stays with lacing up both the front and the back are a historically accurate option and would seem to be more user-friendly. Picking the pattern was easy. Deciding to make the stays both front and back lacing was also easy. My procrastination has had nothing to do with either of these things, and everything to do with the next step of the project, possibly the most important part of the whole stay and corset making process - making the mock-up. I do not enjoy making mock-ups whatsoever. Now, I do know their value, and I've never regretted making a mock-up (and have regretted not making a mock-up), but I just generally don't like making them. Thus, I've avoided making my mock-up stays, and thus my actual stays as long as possible. Due to my immediate need of an 18th century outfit, my time of mock-up avoidance was forced to an end last week. I made my mock-up. Out of cardboard. 18th century stays are often fully boned, thus more rigid than a Victorian corset. Making a fully boned mock-up sounded tortuous. (This is part of the reason I've avoided making a stays for so long.) However, a few months ago, I learned in one of the 18th century sewing groups I'm a part of on Facebook, that non-corrugated cardboard (like the stuff cereal boxes are made from) works well for making stay mock-ups. The stiffness apparently nicely simulates the structure of fully-boned stays. This concept made the stay mocking-up process seem a lot more approachable. I just so happened to have two large sheets of this type of cardboard on hand. So last week I traced my pattern onto the cardboard, cut it out, taped it together, punched holes in the edges for lacing, and tried the cardboard stays on. They actually looked like stays! And they fit pretty darned decent! And took way less time to make than a fabric mock-up would have! There were only a couple small fit changes I needed to make. First I lowered the armscyes slightly so they wouldn't dig into my armpits. Then I took a bit of width off the top of the center front edge for better bust support. I laced myself back into the cardboard stays, and. . . They fit!! So now that the pesky mock-up stage is out of the way, I can cut out my actual stays, sew them up, then make this dress: A sacque-back gown, which will be machine sewn, in a rather inaccurate fabric. But, I'll tell you all about that later. Right now I'd better get to sewing all the boning channels on my stays!
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This year marks the centennial of the beginning of World War 1. In honour of Armistice Day, this post looks at commercial sewing patterns associated with the First World War. This illustration from…
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Studio of D.W. Bowdoin, Charlestown Massachusetts. via eBay.
The photos are part of a project called 'Old Ireland in Colour,' which has social media accounts and a book scheduled to be released in North America on April 5.
Now that I have a vintage camping trailer, I thought it would be fun to wear some vintage camping clothes. Taking a look back on 1920s to 1950s hiking and camping clothes, I have a choice from long skirts, to knickers, to pants, and even dresses. What decade would you most like to camp in?
Corset made from old recycled CD's. Very original, but don't look very comfortable.
Take A Walk Back In Time to See These Parents Who Were Too Cool For School
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"Oh Lord it's hard to be humble, when you stink as bad as I do..." OMG it was Africa hot in Round Top. It was dusty with whirlwinds whipping up in the fields and tumbleweeds rolling across the highways, BUT WORTH IT ALL! After all that wonderful low-fat food I ate I bet I gained 5 pounds so this sign was too perfect! The guys that were running the booth were "foreign-ers" as some would say so they did not get my joke at all, but they took the photo anyway! My hair at the end of the day...ok it's really a light fixture. Way cool huh! At one point I did see spots from the heat then I saw these guys and thought, maybe it's time to head back to the hotel for a cool shower! I think I ate one of their cousins for dinner one night. I loved this carnival booth. I love all this kitchy stuff. Can you believe there was a day when men actually wore these! But women wore corsets so we still won the contest of wearing the most uncomfortable undergarments! Yea buddy, they take their poultry serious around here! I know these are parts of farm equipment but I'm sure there's some creative soul out there that will make something with them! I always stop by Clutter and they always have the best displays of just "stuff." I bought a roll of used film. Why? I have no idea, I'll think of something! I just loved how this looked. So pink with a hint of green. The whole booth looked like this. I have seen so many things done with these little mesh purses, and to see so many at once, I wanted to buy them all! No Karen, I didn't! This still makes me laugh so I'm kicking myself for not buying it just to see hubby's expression when I put it in the den and say how much I "just love it!" Clocks were everywhere but none of them worked! I think this was a child's mannequin, it was a bit pricey. Weird and cool at the same time huh? Great door my friend Terri bought for her craft room. I'm so envious! This clock was over 5 feet tall, nope doesn't work either! This would have made a great lamp but it was $650, outch! I thought of my friend Susie when I saw this, she's not even 5 ft. tall. Well you knew would find something wedding somewhere! But really, this was about it! Do you see the pink fridge and stove? Yep had to have it to put up on the walls of my studio, too cute! I could not resist. Don't tell LuLu Kellogg but I got her one for her birthday! And of course one for me!! I could have gotten this so much cheaper but I'm running out of wall space! I just loved these two sisters. My trip would not have been complete without stopping by to see my favorite girls, The Junk Gypsies! Is it no wonder this baby girl is so precious, look at her mama, Amie! Both gorgeous! This was in the Junk Gypsy tent, I think this was one from the Miranda Lambert's wedding, she loves to hunt, so I'm surprised she didn't keep it! After a long day I almost crawled in this beautiful bed! But decided to head back to my hotel and wash off 10 pounds of dirt, sweat and a few beers!! If you want to see all the photos go to the "Adventures" button at the top of the page.
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Artists can use just about any material to create a masterpiece - and from any I mean even junk. Such is called recycled art and is created using common
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This coat and pants are part of a set of garments that originally included an outer pair of pants and silk boots made from the same material as the coat. The cut of the coat suggests that the set
Phaedra, examining the point of her pen - Huntington Library Ms HM 60, f°17
