Fashions come in living color, usually...except when black is popular, which, once again, it is this year. Further, color in our clothes has...

It was the last week in August, a puffy-cloud afternoon, out at Mamaw and Papaw's. Once out in back, the boys trotted with us down to th...

The Bustle: Essential Underpinning for a Dolly Varden Ensemble Having Dolly Varden dresses on the brain , I decided to make a Dolly Varde...

Rosy Dolly, Pretty Dolly “After a long and patient contemplation of the golden key, and many such backward glances, Gabriel stepped into ...

Last weekend the Edwardian lingerie dress lurched further towards completion: I seamed the skirt. The bodice would have been completed but I...

Just ended, a marathon session to make a mid-nineteenth century style chemise. I am wearing the end result as a nightgown and it's very...

After some reluctance and delay due to the perceived difficulty of the task, delay that stretched into months, I have at last applied the la...

My friend Denise picked up what appears to be a mid-century underskirt, as petticoats were known then, and I have examined, measured, and ph...

Her dogs have excellent taste. These are served every day at the Queen's afternoon tea. Do see the recipe on Kalianne's blog, Bygon...

When the boys walk, they don't exactly watch where they're going. Crash! Tumble! Regroup! Babble about it all. Oh, and make sure Mam...

According to the BBC, the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books on their list. How many have you read? Kalianne at Bygone Beaut...

Polly, a delightful friend, and fellow period fashion admirer, had the good fortune to attend a Jane Austen festival in Louisville a week or...