The de Young's show, Fashioning San Francisco, is a visual feast but lacks historical grounding or contextualization.
Fashioning San Francisco
Category: review
Review: My Lady Jane (2024)
I really do try to not be a boring pedant. (I fancy that I’m an interesting pedant instead.) I try not to be a fuddy-duddy. I liked Dickinson! And here, I loved Anna Chancellor and Rob Brydon, and a lot of the inaccurate costumes! But despite going in with high hopes for an anachronistic, post-modern romp, I was sadly disappointed for a few reasons.
Review: Queen Charlotte (2023), Part I – Costuming
This was originally posted at Substack, but as Substack's decided to stand behind its policy to allow Nazis to post and monetize on their platform, I'm coming back to Blogger!SynopsisA spin-off of the hit show, Bridgerton (2020- ), Queen Charlotte focuses on the eponymous consort and her history. The main action of the plot takes place in the early … Continue reading Review: Queen Charlotte (2023), Part I – Costuming
Book Review: Patterns of Fashion 5!
Patterns of Fashion 5: The content, cut, construction and context of bodies, stays, hoops and rumps c. 1595-1795 - Years in the making, and I think we're all very excited to have it out at last! A little background, if you're not familiar with it: Janet Arnold wrote the original two Patterns of Fashion books (1660-1860 and … Continue reading Book Review: Patterns of Fashion 5!
"Corset Cutting & Making", annotated by Marion McNealy
Last year, I invested in the Kickstarter for Marion McNealy's annotated reprint of the 1924 Corset Cutting & Making, by William D. F. Vincent. And I'm very glad I did, because it's here and it's wonderful! The book starts with an introduction explaining the context of the original - it was probably started before World … Continue reading "Corset Cutting & Making", annotated by Marion McNealy
Mimic of Modes 