Well, I'll be. By accident I came upon an 1890s underskirt that employs many of the stiffening methods I've talked about over these...

Updated November 11, 2021 Where are we in this research? Getting towards the end, really. Here is the entirety of what has been published ...

Last fall in the closet, several costumes and I had an unpleasant reckoning. Pulling out the 1795 cream silk robe and petticoats and the ...

Now that the Advent and Christmas seasons are over, it's time to take up the pen again -- okay, plop the keyboard on the lap again -- ...

Joining an end of yarn to fleece ready to be spun. Every winter for getting on quite a few years the urge has come to sit and spin. In...

The back of an 1895-1900 silk and lace petticoat, with back gathering and back fluff helper tie! Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.30...