Episode four of the podcast is live! This time I'm discussing the history of regional dress in Europe, "national costume" schemes, and where most modern folk dress traditions come from. I will be posting an illustrated, written version of the episode here - but not very very soon, because I'll be going off this weekend … Continue reading AMBA: Folk Dress and Fashion
Author: Cassidy Percoco
Newish Hobby – Fountain Pens
It was kind of a surprise to me that I'd get involved in fountain pen mania, but thinking about it from a more distant perspective, it seems pretty obvious. It's not just that I'm into historical fashion - I wear clothes I've made from repro 1950s patterns, sew on a machine with a treadle, use … Continue reading Newish Hobby – Fountain Pens
Mimic of Modes Historic Patterns
At last, Julie and I have basically wrapped up all of the rewards for that Kickstarter campaign we ran some time ago! But whatever the roadblocks, all of the sewn rewards have been distributed, all of the digital patterns have been sent out, and I have passed on all of the ones meant to be … Continue reading Mimic of Modes Historic Patterns
Portrait Analysis: Susan Brown Moody
I haven't done a post about a painting in a long time! But this painting is the St. Lawrence County Historical Association's Object of the Week, and I'm taking the opportunity to write more for those members of our Facebook page who'd like more information than will tidily fit in a post there. (And to … Continue reading Portrait Analysis: Susan Brown Moody
A Georgian Reading List
I don't even remember what I was researching at the time, but as I went browsing through sources from the mid-18th century, I came across the play Polly Honeycombe, written in 1760 by George Coleman the Elder. It's a short farce about a girl who reads so many novels that she interprets her life through their … Continue reading A Georgian Reading List
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