What's New!

• 1 November 2010--The biggest update ever! A link to every costume since I last updated in a Flickr collection.

• 27 July 2009 Again!-- A Gable Hood. With subpages on making striped silk, and getting pearls to behave.

• 27 July 2009--A sheer 1860s dress. I'm going to try to update a costume a day. We'll see how that goes!

• 26 July 2009--Padme's Aqua Georgette from Star Wars Episode III.
  An 1855 ball gown, based on Winterhalter's Empress Eugenie of France Surrounded by her Maids of Honor
  I also finally addedCostume College 2008, which I've had ready since Costume College. I still haven't organized the last two Costume Cons though :)

• 27 May 2008--Oops. I made a page for my 1862 Ball Gown for the Mourning of Prince Albert in September but didn't link it. So here it is!

• 29 September 2007--I've hade these for a while, but am finally getting around to linking them. I still have a lot, but this is a good start!
  
  The 1770s Striped Not a Polonaise
  My First 18th Century Stays
  Making an 18th Century Petticoat
  A Blue and White Ball Gown
  A Necklace for the Blue and White Ball Gown
  An Embroidered Drop-Front Dress from the V&A
  A Red Silk Bonnet
  An 1863 Red Quilted Corset
  A Narrow-Wire Cage Crinoline
  An Elliptical Hoop
  An 1880s Pink and Green Bustle Dress
  A Pink Bustle

• 10 August 2007--Just a few more updates to share!
  A Chemise a la Reine
  1780s Silk Taffeta Stays
  Regency Riding Habit
  An 1880s Ball Gown Inspired by Worth
  A 1921 Vionnet Dress

• 9 August 2007--It's been a while. I've been busy, just not with the webpage! You can see my 1869 evening dress based on a dress in the Victoria and Albert here and Costume College 2007 pictures here.

• 3 September 2006-My Costume College 2006 pictures have been online for a while, but I forgot to link them! Also, my 1790's Stays are online. The riding habit linked on the stays page has pictures, but no text. Koshka's page has been updated to inculude his, um, friends. And a new front page! Wow. I feel smart :)

• 7 April 2006-A striped wool and silk bodice from about 1877 is online!

• 6 April 2006-An overskirt from about 1870 is online!

• 3 April 2006-A new c1894 bodice is online!

• 2 April 2006-A new 1880s bodice is online!

• 17 October 2005-I finally have some real updates! I still have a lot more, but it's a start. So, here goes:
  A Corded Corset, c. 1818
  A Bodiced Petticoat, Shift, and Pantalettes
  An Embroidered Regency Dress and Pink Silk Spencer
  A Corded Pettiocat, c. 1830s/1840s
  An 1840 Daydress
  A Pink Ballgown from 1870 or 1874
  An Early Bustle Summer Dress
  A 1911 Corset from Corsets and Crinolines
  A Middy Blouse and Pleated Skirt
  The instructions (pattern coming soon) for the Middy Blouse
  The Pattern for the Pleated Skirt
  

• 1 August 2005-Pictures from Costume College 2005 are up.Yes, I know I need to update more. In fact, I have tons of stuff to update with. Sigh :)

• 12 February 2005-In the first update in way too long, I've added a sheer 1860s bodice to the antiques page. I've also updated with one of the several dresses I need to put on my site, my 1780s Blue Printed Cotton Dress

• 16 August 2004-Quite a few changes. First, I've made a few changes to the 1830 corset page and updated the construction information. Second, I've redivided the Everything by Era page to include the Romantic Era. The 1830 corset has been moved there, and my new Late 1830s Evening Bodice is posted. Enjoy!

• 12 August 2004-An antique Edwardian Jacket is online! Also, check out the new events page, which has pictures of the costumed events I've been to. It replaces the Upcoming page, which was rather out of date. However, I've heard that that page is rather amusing since it's so out of date, so I'll keep it up, but only linked here :)

• 13 April 2004-The pattern for my chocolate and caramel bustle dress is online! Also, I've updated the 1880 bustle alterations page with the new information I learned from patterning the bodice.

• 8 April 2004-My chocolate and caramel bustle dress is online!

• 7 April 2004-Eowyn's White Wool Dress is online!

• 6 April 2004-A Dress from 1770, winner of Best in Novice Class, Recreation(!) and Best in Show, Recreation(!!!) in the Historic Masquerade at Costume Con is now online. Also, the matching Eighteenth Century Hat complete with instructions!

• 22 March 2004-Even though I haven't been updating like I should, I have been busy! But here are pictures of my Blue Linen Round Gown from Fitting and Proper. Soon to come, my green/gold polonaise, Hogwarts 18c Ghost Dress, Eowyn's White Wool Dress and a Chocolate Velvet and Caramel Silk Bustle dress based on my 1880 bodice, complete with pattern. I also have four "new" antique bodices to post.

• 16 February 2004-April 1831 is online. Maybe I'm getting a little better about posting these?

• 15 February 2004-March 1831 from the Royal Lady's Magazine is now online!. Two fashion plates and a good deal of general fashion information...

• 26 December 2003-February 1831 from the Royal Lady's Magazine is now online!. One fashion plate and an article about how fashion in France is dead, therefore the English are now superior...

• 10 December 2003-At long last, another update! OK, it's been entirely too long, but here it is, that moment you've all been waiting for *dramatic pause* Eowyn's Travelling Coat!

• 22 August 2003-I've started putting The Royal Lady's Magazine from 1831 online. There's a lot of text, so each month is getting its own page. I'll post each month as I complete it instead of waiting for the whole thing to be done. The magazine also has lists of everything worn at the Queen's Drawing Rooms. Eventually I'll add those too :)

• 7 August 2003-It's been too long since my last update! A lot to report though. I have a slight site redesign. The front page is a little less cluttered. To see things pretty much the old way, click on Everything by Era. My Costumes have their own page now. As for truly new things, my polonaise and 18c jacket are online.

• 12 June 2003-The Shieldmaiden Dress, started in mid-April or so, is finally ready! Also included, detailed instructions to draft your own corset!

• 24 May 2003-Pictures of an original c. 1865 chemise have been added! Also, pictures of me wearing my 1830 corset reproduction.

• 23 May 2003-The pattern is up on the 1820-1840 corset pattern page :)

• 22 May 2003-It's been waaaay too long :) I finally have my 1820-1840 corset reproduction and pattern page done. The pattern itself isn't there, but I hope to have that tomorrow. Also, I started a patterns page, linked off the main page...

• 31 March 2003-The inside of the 1820-1840 Corset is online! Pattern coming soon!

• 28 March 2003-The Swiss Waist pattern is online!  At last :)

• 27 March 2003-The instructions for the Swiss Waist now have pictures, but I still haven't made it to Kinko's to scan the pattern.  And I'm bad, still haven't taken pictures of the inside of the corset :)  Also, I have instructions for the hood in a Godey's 1863 Fashion Plate posted.

• 22 March 2003- New pictures of my newly arrived c.1820-1840 Corset are up! I only have on the dressform pictures. As usual, I forgot to take the off the dressform pictures before I took the on the dressform pictures. I'll have those soon, possibly as soon as tomorrow! (I still haven't made it to Kinko's to get the Swiss Waist pattern scanned!)

• 14 March 2003-My c.1860 Swiss Waist page is online. The page is mostly done, I just need to get the pattern scanned and it looks like I won't be able to do that till Monday. My scanner is a little too small :)

• 12 March 2003-Pictures of my "new" c.1867 bodice are up!

• 22 February 2003-My Reproduction Edwardian Corset from Period Costume for Stage and Screen is done!

• 15 February 2003-My Eowyn Refugee Dress is complete!

• 3 February 2003-A new addition to my collection, a c 1905 Edwardian Waist arrived today! I have pictures of the overall waist and a few details. Pictures of the inside to come soon!

• 1 February 2003-I took pictures of my 1820 Ballgown Bodice on my dressform tonight!  It was too big, but I was able to get it it mostly fit.  It looked wonderful, so much better than laid out flat!  Click here for the pictures!

• 26 January 2003-Finally!  Pictures of me wearing the Regency Drop-Front Dress and the Half-Robe!

• 6 January 2003-You'd think with a two week vacation I'd have updated the page.  No, I decided to do it on my first day back at work.  Makes perfect sense!  Anyway, I decided not to wait for pictures of me modeling my Regency Drop-Front Dress, so here it is!

• 19 December 2002-It's been a long time :)  I just added a fifth piece of antique clothing to my collection, a black silk 1860s bodice.  I promise, I'm not trying to only buy black clothing!  It's just happening that way.  :)  I should have a page for my Janet Arnold Regency Drop Front Gown soon.  A project so sudden, it didn't even make it to the upcoming page...

• 1 December 2002-A small update.  I added an 1808 fashion plate from Costume Parisien to the Fashion Plates page.  It's also on my Regency Homepage.

• 30 November 2002-A new page is up for my c.1905 Edwardian Corset!  I've also done a little reorganization.  Antique Clothing now has its own section. Everything is still available under the time period pages.  The Edwardian Era page has been updated since I have two subpages there now.  Also, I fixed the date on the counter.  It said since 11 May 2001.  Oops.  That should be 11 May 2002, and now it is :)

• 23 November 2002- Bustle Bodice Alterations are now up!

• 16 November 2002-Three new issues of Godey's Lady's Book are online!  January 1863, November 1865 and May 1866

• 10 November 2002-Godey's Lady's Book, September 1868 is now online with Fashion plates and descriptions! I also have a new page of bustle bodice photos...

• 2 November 2002-The Civil War Ballgown is done!  I added a section for my "new" c. 1880 Bustle Bodice!  I even added a section on fudging an 1860s hairstyle :)

• 26 October 2002-I actually updated my Civil War Ballgown page!  The bodice is done, except for trimming!

• 25 October 2002-Fashion plates and descriptions from The Queen Magazine, August 30, 1873 are up!

• 24 October 2002-I finally put up the descriptions from the 1883 Godey's that I promised to post in June!  I'm working on my Civil War ballgown again, so I'll hopefully  have an update soon.  I also started a new webring, Fashion Plates and Photographs...

• 23 October 2002-Update number two!  Two new fashion plates have been added to the 1800-1840 page. Also, the Two Magazines, One Fashion Plate page is new...

• 23 October 2002-It's about 10 minutes into 23 October, but I already have an update!  The Ladies' Monthly Museum, January-June 1829 is up, complete with fashion descriptions.  This was quite a job for one day (I think I started around 3 pm?).  There are 12 fashion plates (split over two pages) and long descriptions.  I finally waded into the world of html learned how to use a table to put pictures next to text.  It was easy, I just looked for an example on a page like I wanted and used the code :)

• 19 October 2002-The Regency Half-Robe is now finished!  I have pictures of it on my dressform.  Also, I've reworked all of the Fashion Plates pages.  They now have thumbnails instead of full size images...

• 26 September 2002- Twelve 1860s-1880s tintypes have been added!

• 7 September 2002-Update number two!  Page Three of my Edwardian dress is now up!  It has pictures of the inside construction.

• 7 September 2002- I've added two early 1900s pictures of my family.  They can be found on the Photographs page.  I've also done a little reorganization.  The Photographs of Mid Nineteenth Century Dresses page has been renamed Photographs of Dresses and the link moved to the Fashion Plates and Photographs page, formerly just Fashion Plates. 

• 6 September 2002-My Edwardian Dress arrived today!  It's lovely :)  I have pictures of it on my dress form.  I'll probably add more construction details tomorrow.

• 5 September 2002-My Independent Study about the Empresses Marie and Alexandra is now online.  I actually had a request for it!  Very nice.  I had uploaded it to my page before, but didn't think anyone would be interested in it :)  So, I only had to add the link.  It's a word document saved as html and as such, may be a little funny.  I'm not completely sure it's in the right order (I may have meant for the section on politics to come before the section on society?) and I can't seem to find the conclusion.  I didn't notice that wasn't there until after I linked it, and it's not on my hard drive either.  Hmm.  Besides the Agnes Scott College library and a few of my friends' houses, this is the only place to find a copy!

• 4 September 2002-The Lady's Monthly Museum arrived yesterday!  The fashion plates and descriptions can be found here.  I also renamed Fashion Plates 1880-1900 Godey's October 1883, since all the fashion plates in that section are from that magazine :)

• 2 September 2002-I finally have pictures of my 1863 Day Dress!.  I've also added pictures to my Mid Nineteenth Century Undergarments, take two page.  Also, my Lady's Monthly Museum and an Edwardian dress I bought as a new job splurge both shipped on Friday, so I should have pictures of those up shortly...

• 1 September 2002-I've started the page for my 1863 Day Dress even though I don't have any completed pictures of it yet.  Hopefully I'll have some tomorrow?  I also started the page for my Regency Half-Robe. 

• 23 August 2002-Hmm, two updates on the same day?  I started yesterday's around 11pm on the 22nd and finished a little after midnight. :)  I have a new fashion plate from Godey's, February 1874.  It's on fashion plates, page 2.  I'm going to have to rearrange the fashion plate pages soon and make some thumbnails.  The pages are loading very slowly...

• 23 August 2002-I updated my Upcoming page with my current project, rearranged it a little and added a few random thoughts.  I also moved the Civil War dress to the completed page :)

• 19 August 2002-I finally have a Regency Fashion plate!  It's from the Lady's Magazine, January 1814.  Click here to see it. I've reworked my Real Mid Nineteenth Century page as well (now with 6 CDVs instead of one!).  I should have more updates in the near future, my new Civil War daydress is done and I'm working on a Regency Half Robe.  Also, my mom bought me a copy of The Lady's Monthly Museum from 1806, January-June for my birthday!  It should arrive in about a month?  I'll include images from it when it arrives!

• 3 August 2002-A fairly obvious difference is I have a new homepage design.  Thanks to Bubbles for making a table for me!  My program, Omniedit (though I love it dearly) won't let me put text next to pictures and have forgotten what little I know about html and am somewhat lazy, so Bubbles designed a table for me in Dreamweaver. Also, I now have an online store!  I'm selling fashion plates on t-shirts, tote bags and soon a few other things :)

• 20 July 2002-My new corset is finished!  Go here to see it.  I made a new petticoat as well, but forgot to take pictures.  Silly me.  I added a mailing list if you'd like to get updates by mail.  Also, a new picture of Koshka on his page, and an update about his age...

• 13 July 2002-The Picnic Dress is done and I have pictures, the Regency Ballgown is done and I have pictures, I made a new chemise and it has pictures, wow!

• 5 July 2002- A new picture added to the picnic chemise page.  The ribbons pinned on the sleeve...

• 4 July 2002-I have information on my picnic dress skirt up and a sneak peek of the full dress! 

• 30 June 2002-I started a page for the picnic dress cape, added a picture of sleeve binding to the picnic chemise page, added a new project to the Upcoming page and added a Completed page to put my original ideas about projects from my upcoming page on after they had been completed.  Or something like that... Also, I added a guest map a few days ago.  It's a little like a guest book, but you can just mark where you're from if you like.  It's fun!  It's on the main page.

• 24 June 2002-The chemise for the picnic dress isn't done, but that hasn't stopped me from starting a page for it!

• 15 June 2002-The Picnic Dress page now includes a section for the corset and the materials.  Also, the Links link on the main page has been fixed and now leads to links again :)

• 11 June 2002-Want to know why I made this page?  Click here!

• 9 June 2002-The links page has been updated and I added a picture of the picnic dress to the picnic dress page.

• 3 June 2002-All the links work!!!  Regency Undergarments is up and running, Fashion Plates page 3 is huge, but it's there if you're patient.  A new page has been added to my 1820 Ballgown reproduction section!!!

• 31 May 2002-The Picnic Dress Page has been added!  Just one picture and some thoughts for now.  The Upcoming page has more complete thoughts, actually :)

• 23 May 2002-The gauze ballgown bodice is done!  I've added a page to my making of section

• 22 May 2002- The What's New page has been added.  I like knowing what's new on a page, so I decided to make an update page of my own.  There's also a new picture of me in my white Regency dress.  The Civil War Era page has been renamed the Mid-Nineteenth Century page.  My historical interests are more European than American, so this seemed more appropriate.  Also, it gives me a little more freedom in what dresses I put there.  I've also added more ramblings to my Upcoming page. Every link on the site works except fashion plates page 3 and Regency undergarments.

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