A crowd scene in Regency dress.

Mimic of Modes

A Most Beguiling Accomplishment

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  • Weekly Roundup, 4/28-5/4

    Jane Austen’s World: The Lefroy Family and the Church of Holy Trinity and St. Andrew at Ashe (Jane Austen’s Family Churches) Lilacs and Lace: Out of Character The Dreamstress: The Cassandra Stays Sew Along: Boning Channels Avant Garbe: A (mostly… Continue reading

    Weekly Roundup, 4/28-5/4

  • Weekly Roundup, 4/14-4/27

    I missed a week due to some events that took up all my executive function last weekend (buying a car!) so this is technically a bi-weekly roundup. The Quintessential Clothes Pen: 1940 Schiaparelli Inspired Dress: Finished Ensemble Jane Austen’s World:… Continue reading

    Weekly Roundup, 4/14-4/27

  • Strange Choices in “The New Look”

    I want to start by saying that I’m not opposed to inaccurate historical fiction. There are a lot of great things that can be done with inaccuracies in historical fiction: highlighting figures who never got their due, crossing a modern… Continue reading

    Strange Choices in “The New Look”

  • Weekly Roundup, 4/6-4/13

    Greetings! Here are some offerings from the past week: Austenprose: Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë — The Ultimate Gothic Romance Wearing History: 2023 Sewing and Crafting Year in Review Jane Austen’s World: April in Jane Austen’s World Pour la Victoire:… Continue reading

    Weekly Roundup, 4/6-4/13

  • Magasin des Modes, 8e Cahier, Plate II

      Two Busts of women.  The first Woman, dressed in a violet satin gown, wears a cap à la Turque. This cap is composed in front with a sort of batiste turban, with very wide black and white stripes, designed… Continue reading

    Magasin des Modes, 8e Cahier, Plate II

  • Weekly Roundup! (3/30-4/5/2024)

    Now that I have my entire reading list imported into my WordPress reader*, I thought it might be nice to try to post every Saturday with links to what the exceptional blogs I follow have shared over the past week.… Continue reading

    Weekly Roundup! (3/30-4/5/2024)

  • Got Henry? On the fandomification of the Tudors

    The Tudor dynasty – Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I – are perhaps the most famous monarchs in British history. And it’s easy to see why! Together, these monarchs’ histories encompass a narrative in which… Continue reading

    Got Henry? On the fandomification of the Tudors

  • Magasin des Modes, 8e Cahier, Plate I

    Welcome, Substack followers! I’ve consolidated my older Blogger content and my more recent Substack posts onto this WordPress site, and I’ll be posting here from now on. Please excuse the bare-bones design – I’m working on bringing this up to… Continue reading

    Magasin des Modes, 8e Cahier, Plate I

  • Magasin des Modes, 7e Cahier, Plate III

    PLATE III If we have hardly showed anything but men and women, women and men, for a long time; if we neglected to separately show different objects which are useful for the toilette or decoration, it’s that when we tried… Continue reading

    Magasin des Modes, 7e Cahier, Plate III

  • Late Georgian Hairstyles: Fewer Buns Than You'd Think

    It looks like I made a Twitter thread on this back in February of 2020, and while I always intended to turn it into a blog post, I suppose it’s not surprising that I, er, forgot about it. But I’ve… Continue reading

    Late Georgian Hairstyles: Fewer Buns Than You'd Think