Embroidery design for underclothes and a diagram of a travelling reticule from Godey's Lady's Book, 1859.
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Ladanyi - Hypo the friend of underclothes 1947 Hungarian poster
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There’s a slightly funny story to this post. I finished my St Birgitta’s cap back at the end of January, photographed it, and wrote most of my post. And then my Costume History students at Toi Whakaari picked their topics for their first research paper, and I remembered that I’d given them a picture of a St Birgitta’s cap as a research option – and it had been chosen. Ooops… So obviously I couldn’t publish a blog post (even a fairly lightweight one using only the most obvious basic internet references) about making a St Birgitta’s cap until the student had turned in their paper. But the paper was submitted this afternoon, so here’s the blog post! (and I haven’t read the paper yet, so I’m not cheating off it either…). I’d always put St Birgitta’s caps in the ‘too hard and time consuming’ basket, but then Hvitr made one and wore it to our 2019 Historical Sew & Eat Retreat. Now, Hvitr is infinitely more patient and precise than me, and makes notoriously crazy …
As many of you know, during my PhD I decided to reconstruct four items of female structural dress from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. However, in order for the reconstructions to be worn during photoshoots the most basic female undergarment of the the early modern period was needed: the smock. The Smock – A Brief…
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Edwardian lingerie, underwear, stockings, and corsets are crucial to creating the correct 1900s-1910s silhouette. The shape of corsets changed from the
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Tight fitted medieval stockings are really a great thing. They are not only awesome to wear but they also look very great. And today I have even more photos for you... :)
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This Panties item by HouseOfNiespal has 50 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Poland. Listed on Oct 8, 2023
