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V61: Favorite 18th Century Shoe Buckles

If you own pair of latchet shoes, eventually you will own a pair of shoe buckles to close them. Shoe buckles were the standard way of fastening one's footwear in...
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V60: 1770s Hair Notes

V60: 1770s Hair Notes

Today's post is a page out of my dress journal. I went through a great many images, a lot of them fashion plates, and broke down the various parts of...
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V49: 18th Century Quilted Petticoats

I am thinking of quilting a petticoat. My mom thinks that's insane, but it really seems doable, even for an inpatient girl like me. The quilted petticoats in the Colonial...
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V45: Edwardian Hair Mysteries Solved - Part 4 - Beginning Styling

V45: Edwardian Hair Mysteries Solved - Part 4 - Beginning Styling

So far in this series, we've covered several aspects of Edwardian hair care and styling preparation, along with a few styling supplements. Now it's time to put that hair up....
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V42: Edwardian Hair Styling Mysteries Solved - Part 3 - Rats, Switches, and Wiglets

V42: Edwardian Hair Styling Mysteries Solved - Part 3 - Rats, Switches, and Wiglets

In the last two installments of this series, we took a look at how women prepared their hair for styling. They used some interesting shampoos, along with various methods of...
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V41: Edwardian Hair Styling Mysteries Solved - Part 2 - Brushing, Crimping, Fire

V41: Edwardian Hair Styling Mysteries Solved - Part 2 - Brushing, Crimping, Fire

Last time in Part 1 of this series, I introduced you to some rather "exciting" sounding Edwardian shampoo and hair dressing recipes, taken from "The Manual on Barbering, Hairdressing, Manicuring,...
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V40: Edwardian Hair Styling Mysteries Solved, 1905 - Part 1 - Shampoo and Other Scary Things

V40: Edwardian Hair Styling Mysteries Solved, 1905 - Part 1 - Shampoo and Other Scary Things

The other day, while washing my hair, I began thinking about hairdressing habits of the past, and how we ladies today treat our hair in *such* a different way from...
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V36: SuperStripe Sunday - Stripes in the 1770s

Met It's Superbowl Sunday here in America Land. I don't follow football, so I'll be burying myself in the sewing loft and trying to accomplish something on the 1912 Titanic...
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V33: Only Death and Taxes, in the 18th century

I have done absolutely nothing costume-related in the past couple of days, and that is because I've started my 2011 taxes. /groan. 'Course, taxes in the 18th century were a...
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V26: 18th Century Panniers - examples and ideas

Trouvais.com I've been thinking about panniers lately. Pocket hoops. Hip padding. For an upper class impression, it looks like a little side hoop action was still en vogue for the...
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V23: 18th Century Accessories - Embroidered Aprons

Lewis Walpole Library Despite working on a 1912 Titanic gown currently, and having several other projects lined up before I need to start on the Colonial Williamsburg stuff, I just...
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V22: More 19teens and Early 1920s Hairstyles {Videos!}

I've been talking a lot about hair lately. It seems to be the thing we have the most trouble with. In the first post, "Introduction to Hairstyles in 1912," I...
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