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Tag: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Clothing/Living History/making things

Flipping a Lid

Posted on July 12, 2017 by kittycalash

In a continuing effort to simultaneously destroy my hands and make all the bonnets, I set out recently to recreate a bonnet in the Met’s collection. It...

Clothing/Research

Under the Green Umbrella

Posted on June 6, 2015 by kittycalash

How do you like this gentleman? He’s from the Met’s online collection of fashion plates, in Men’s Wear 1790-1829, Plate 032. I know a gentlema...

Clothing/Frivolous Friday/History/Reenacting

Frivolous Friday: Footwear

Posted on June 20, 2014 by kittycalash

Like my grandmother, I love shoes. Also like my grandmother, I have “problem feet.” Finding a pleasing ladies’ shoe in a size 11 narrow is no ...

Clothing/History/Museums/Research

Frivolous Friday: Polka Dots!

Posted on April 18, 2014 by kittycalash

In typical museum fashion, whilst looking for something else, I found something I didn’t know I wanted. I’ve been asked to portray an 1812 milliner ...

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