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A Few Snaps from Our 3rd Annual Titanic Tea
Last weekend was our local costuming club's first event of the year - our 3rd Annual Titanic Memorial Tea - and what a nice kick-off to "the season" it was....
Photo Shoot: Downton Abbey Glamour at the Cobb Mansion, Virginia City, Nevada
I've been sitting on these photos for quite some time, leaking them out little by little, but I think it's high time now for a little photo story... With Downton...
Glorious 18th Century Mules, and some 19th Century Wanna-Be's
Antoinette mules in French blue Today is the day to celebrate mules, those pretty little backless, heeled slippers that have been gracing the feet of ladies for hundreds of years....
Edwardian Beaded Shoes
Manchester, 1900, Austrian The pinnacle of footwear styling in the Edwardian period was The Beaded Shoe. Nothing is quite so lovely, so sparkly, so special, and so enticing. Beads could...
2013 Costume College, Pt. 1
I'm back! I'm alive! Costume College was splendid this year. I had SO much fun, met and chatted with so many cool people, and took so...SO...many photos. I'm breaking this...
Edwardian Elegance - "Gibson" Summer Photoshoot
A couple weekends ago, Chris and I ventured out with our gorgeous Edwardian model Liza, to shoot the new "Gibson" Edwardian shoes that have just come into stock. Liza wore...
Victorian & Edwardian Stockings
Via - I'll take any of these, please. Throughout history, people have worn some pretty spectacular hosiery. I'm tickled today when I see fantastic socks for sale (and I often...
1912 "Titanic Tea" Day Dress - Complete!
Hey everyone! I made a DRESS! And then I WORE it! I've been seriously spazzy with completing costumes this year, so despite this "simple" 1912 frock stressing me the heck...
Tim Gunn-ing the 1912 Day Dress
Every once in awhile, a "simple" project comes along and kicks my butt. Usually it's after I've just successfully completed something really complicated and I'm feeling good about my sewing...
Starting a "Simple" 1912 Day Dress
I've got a case of Costume ADD! My squirrely brain has landed on this "quick and easy" 1912 daytime tea dress. I thought I would just throw it together...ha...haha...HAHAHA. I...
Upcoming 2013 Projects
I don't quite know how this happened, but I sat down to figure out what I need to sew this year, and suddenly realized there's...quite a lot of it!...and I...
"Gibson" Edwardian Shoes Now on Pre-Order
Today's the day! "Gibsons" are now on sale! February 15 - March 8, 2013, you can order your pair and receive the discounted price. We need to sell about 50...