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Ca. 1866 Brown Gown – A Close-Up Look
Hello, everyone! It’s Cassidy, Mimicofmodes here, on Twitter, on Tumblr, on Reddit, and on Etsy. Anyway, I have a small but fantastic collection of historic clothing. Antique historic clothing, not pieces I’ve made. A few of the pieces I bought… Continue reading
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Fashion History Methodology – new video!
Hi, everybody – it’s Cassidy! I started this YouTube channel months ago but I’ve been really lax about actually making videos. But we’re far enough into the Coronavirus that I’m ready to work on getting into Youtube. It is hard… Continue reading
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Magasin des Modes, 6e Cahier, Plate I
January 10, 1787 No-one can deny that our French Ladies cause their fashions to be adopted by Ladies of nearly all other Kingdoms; however, we must admit that there are restitutions that they make to nearly all. Did they not… Continue reading
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The Pink Pingat
I haven’t written anything here in a while! The main reason is that I started to take a pattern from a corset at work to share, as I don’t have one in my notebook already for the 1830s, and then… Continue reading
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Sixteenth Century Venetian Dress
Several years ago, mid-sixteenth-century Venetian gowns were fairly popular among historical costumers, but I don’t seem to see them anymore. (Or maybe I’m just not looking in the right places?) Anyway, I was always interested in them but never made… Continue reading
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Hyde Hall Planning: 1830s Chemises
The chemise is the first thing you put on, so it’s the first garment I’ll be discussing. As in other eras, the chemise was used as an underlayer to soak up the wearer’s oils and sweat and protect the rest… Continue reading
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Announcing 2020's hottest new event
Putting it in writing to make sure it happens – next summer, I’m going to be hosting an 1830s picnic in central New York! Hyde Hall – this was in April when it was still very cold, so it will… Continue reading
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The Art of the Lingère – Chapter VII: Second Part of the Works of the Lingère
The Layette In an earlier chapter, marriage gave the lingère the work of making and furnishing a convenient trousseau. Once the wife is pregnant, she must still resort to the lingère: she contemplates the fact that she is going to… Continue reading
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The Art of the Lingère – Chapter VI: The Seaming Stitches in use in Lingerie; Marking Linens; and the Sewing of Lace.
Lingères not only sell and cut linens, laces, etc., but as they are charged most often to make garments that are finished and ready to be worn, they send them out for seaming, assembling, mounting, and marking to their Linen… Continue reading
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Tableau Général de Goût, no. 2 pl. 3
16 Vendémiaire an 7 (7 October 1798) YOUNG WOMAN ON A PROMENADE Blonde wig à la Naiad. The triumph that wigs have carried over natural hair will last a long time: it is more ornamental than hair. Our elegant women have… Continue reading
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