Shake Your Tail Feathers
Men’s 18th century coats amaze and delight me. On some of the earlier fine suits, the pleats are exuberant but controlled, layers of fabric tucked together in t...
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The Lower Sorts Crash a Party, Again
See the two women at the right? The one in the brown bonnet with a hand at her face is me, exhausted after driving to Malvern from Providence; the young lady in...
What I Learned at Dress U 2012
Some of us who re-enact the lower sort had to go to a party like this: But before that, I learned a lot. The Basics I am a better seamstress than I think I am T...
Vogue for the Lower Sorts
How does a reenactor know what to wear? There’s a wide range of choices for any decade, so how do you know what’s right? Well, you don’t, not without documentat...
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