Hey Everyone! Cheyney McKnight (Photo: LoomHappenings) Today, we are very excited to share our newest episode for Fashion History with American Duchess! In April, Abby got a chance to sit down with her lovely friend, Cheyney McKnight of Not Your Momma's History, to discuss enslaved women (&
This is Vincas Juska, a knygnešys — "book smuggler" — one of the brave people who defied Tsar Alexander II's "Temporary Rules for State Junior Schools of the Northwestern Krai"…
At Kentwell Hall, Suffolk
Just because someone made it doesn’t mean you have to buy it.
Longtime readers and friends might know that I have an obsession professional interest in studying 1860s mourning clothing. I first prese...
Breaking Ground focuses on the role played by women in the coal-mining communities of the 1800s.
I missed Rate the Dress last week because I had too much on – which was not the case for the dress and spencer themselves, which you deemed almost perfectly decorated. This week I’m pushing the ‘how much can you put on a dress’ envelope – but in a surprisingly restrained way. Last Week: an 1820s dress & spencer ensemble A couple of you were lukewarm about the dress, but most of you loved the detailing, the pairing of blush and cream, and the wardrobe options that a dress and spencer would allow. The Total: 9.5 out of 10 Practically perfect – the bride (if it was a bride) can feel that her dress passed the test of time This week: an 1882-3 day dress in fawn brown The description of this dress in my post title may make it sound like a lot. There’s pleats, on pleats, with lace trim, and overskirts, and overbodices with very interesting peplum effects, and oh-so-many buttons down the front: But all of this (excepting the lace) is done in …
Travel with Kate on her Clandestine Taskings. Currently you may join Mrs. Katelyn Elizabeth Tattersall in the British Secret Service for a low introductory fee. Over the coming months this site will grow to host all ten of Kate's thrilling missions with the British Secret Service.
