March 12, 2018 3 Comments. Farewell to Hubert de Givenchy, truly one of the greats. March 1, 2018 4 Comments. Arthur Elgort photographed this Miss Vogue design, Vogue 8103. February 13, 2018 3 Comments.

Well, not exactly a bonnet and a little late for Easter, but I like it just the same. For an outstanding collection of period hats. Refers to the tufted crest or head-plumes of the e.

On December 31, 2015. I was promised a week of work. I packed for a month.

Yesterday I was a suffragette! Me as a suffragette. It was Edwardian weekend at Crich Tramway Museum. Being a suffragette was fun, we sang rousing songs.

On style, history and the making of things. This was another surprise when we first saw the standard 8 films; some of it is in colour, and quite early, too. This is a pre-WWII sequence showing my great-grandparents and my grandmother at their summer house in Bredsand. On padding and a new suit. How can you tell? .

While not technically not a fashion exhibition, this show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC in 2013 is one of my all-time favorites. That it you want to really understand the fashions of the Teens and Twenties, you have to look at the work that was done by the costumers and set designers of the Ballets Russes.

Vintage sewing and fashion ephemera with a few other finds from my travels. Sunday, August 24, 2014. Ladies Home Journal - 1895 - Fashionable Visiting Costumes. It is through the interchange of visits that womankind keeps in touch with all that is going on in the world. Illustrations by Abby E Underwood. Friday, August 22, 2014.

Living History, Sewing, and Crafting. I loved the pointed tails on view D. I also love working with stripes and getting the lines to match up in the center back! Here is a view of the side bit that was added. At least it looks nice with the stripes.