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Clothing/making things

Capote de Velour garnis en satin

Posted on November 27, 2018 by kittycalash

This plate has stuck with me for years: those mailbox shapes, in velour! In 1807, velour was not what we think of today (and I don’t mean Zapp Branigan). ...

1830s/Clothing/Living History/Reenacting

Go Big When You Go Home

Posted on September 13, 2018 by kittycalash

A year after moving, Virginia feels like home, even as I continue to experience accent-based misunderstandings and yearn for different apples. But if home is wh...

Clothing/making things/Research

Hair a la Titus and the Resting Bingley Face

Posted on August 15, 2018 by kittycalash

Reader, it is hot where I live. June, July, and August are tiresome months here, humid and warmer than what I became accustomed to in New England. After a year,...

Clothing/Events/making things/Research

Luxury and Fashion

Posted on July 26, 2018 by kittycalash

  Sometimes this is a hard hobby to love. My hands hurt, my creativity feels dead, and there’s no place to go all dressed up. After a long, unpleasant spri...

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