This month's May La Belle Assemblée  issue reports a month ahead, on summery June fashions in England. Or summery to a degree. ...

This month's April La Belle Assemblée  issue reports a month ahead, on May fashions in England. Before we start, don't forget...

Completed hip pads pinned to stays. It's not too easy to find extant hip pads, those second and third quarter of the eighteenth ce...

It's done, the first handwoven tape from the tape loom -- actually an English trim loom -- and I report that making it was a pleasur...

The March issue of La Belle Assemblée is reporting on April, and it's clear that in 1811, April was definitely springtime. There...