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Full, Exhaustive Title: Five Snazzy Details to Add Pizzazz to Your Victorian Costume found in Extant 19th Century Garments from Augusta Auctions I enjoy poking around on internet auction sites for extant garments “in the rough.” Museums can’t hold...

This Spring my husband and I went to a dance at the Chino Air Raid museum, Planes of Fame, for a hangar dance. I was EXTREMELY excited, because right next to the dance floor, on a mannequin, was an original 1940’s wartime worker Air Raid Suit or Siren...

Today's interview is with another fabulous - and famous - historical costumers, Cathy Hay. Cathy is well-known for her amazing projects, such as the Peacock Dress, and also being the savvy business lady behind our favorite online costuming eMags, Your...

One of the easily recognizable (and cutest) elements of 18th century children's clothing are leading strings.  Attached to the shoulders of a child's garment, the strings could be held by a grown up to guide, stop, or assist the child when walking. ...

shoomlah: So my historical costuming resources list from 2011 was less than a page long- I’m not saying that I’ve learned a lot in the past three years, but this list is now sitting pretty at a solid nine pages.  Whew.  And people...