Today's the big day! Our book, The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking: How to Handsew Georgian Gowns and Wear The with Style has officially been released! While you can buy the book on any major book retailer, we do also have copies for sale on our website. If you want a signed copy of the book, make sure you click the box that says, "Yes, Please" before you add the book to your shopping cart! We can't wait for you all to read and enjoy the book, and then go off and make beautiful things from it!
We've been doing a few Facebook Livestreams (English Gown, Sacque Gown, Italian Gown, 1790s Gown) on the different sewing projects in the book. Lauren and I also wanted to talk about what it was like to actually write/photograph/pattern/illustrate/edit/insanitysauce the book, so last week, we sat down and chatted about the experience on our "Fashion History" podcast.
We mention in the recording that we plan to supplement some parts of the book. Some things got cut out, some things were forgotten (oops), so we've already created some additional content to help you with your projects and will share more in the future.
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| One of the gown variation doodles Lauren sketched. None of the variations made it into the book, so we will share these sketches here on the blog later on. |
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Finally, we want to give a huge, huge, huge thank you to all of you. This book was a big challenge for us, and demanded a lot of blood, sweat, and tears and blood and more blood. We could not have completed this book without your support. We hope that you love the book and that there's something in there that will help you along your costuming journey.
Thank you for going on this grand 18th century dressmaking adventure with us. <3
Lauren & Abby
