Yes, I was steadfast about not showing pictures of the mockup, but that's because it was made out of blue jeans and without quite the attention to detail that it should have had. But the real version is much more presentable and won't embarrass me. Both halves, on the floor: The fabric I'm using for … Continue reading 1911 Corset pictures
Category: 20th century
Mildly interesting corset identification
Yesterday, in passing, I posted a link to a corset: MMA 2000.169.2 When I went into the library to look for a book on walking sticks, I wandered in the fashion history section and noticed Corsets: A Visual History, which features pages and pages of corset advertisements. There was one in a National (that's the … Continue reading Mildly interesting corset identification
Early Brassieres
After adjusting my corset pattern this morning so that it would be an inch higher in the front (I realized I had had the whole corset mockup up too high before, and it was actually not as mid-bust as I'd thought), I hesitated. Do I really want to do it? I thought I'd look into … Continue reading Early Brassieres
Boué Soeurs
Quite a change in subject matter, but I've started working on a story set in 1920 and my costume thoughts have been there lately. The Boué sisters, Madame Sylvie Montegut and Baronne Jeanne d’Etreillis, opened their Parisian fashion house in 1899. (It's speculated that Sylvie was more involved in design and Jeanne was more of … Continue reading Boué Soeurs
18th Century Mitts and 20th Century Dresses
I have a ton of tabs open to costumes at the Met, and I figured I might as well post them and close them out. Light blue silk Pink and changeable silk Black velvet White linen Leather and calico Knitted black silk Pink and blue silk Black satin Heavily embroidered cream silk Lingerie dress (ca. … Continue reading 18th Century Mitts and 20th Century Dresses
Mimic of Modes 