There can’t be too many people who get as thrilled as I do when variations of knit combination suits come up in original period sources! And another geeky love- when the combinations mention what the type of combination was for. There’s a modern misconception that combination undergarments were only worn *under* the corset, but as […]
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If you’re a long-time blog reader, or a personal friend, it may come as no surprise that 1908 is one of my favorite years in all of fashion history. The Edwardian era is what originally drew me into historical fashion. Since I was a teen I have been studying Edwardian fashion through primary resources. Our […]
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Hey! I actually documented a finished project! Yay! Can I even tell you how long I’ve needed to make myself an Edwardian petticoat? My wedding ones are way too tiny now, and my originals are beautiful, but I feel bad wearing them all the time. I thought this was a good excuse to try out […]
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First of all, THANK YOU for your sweet comments on my blog post yesterday about my finished 1930’s dress! I can’t believe I have two projects to post in a row! That almost never happens! I had been working on this on and off, and just had a few finishing touches to put on it […]
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>Part of my trousseau as well as for the Underwear Breakfast at Costume College.This was constructed in one and a half days using French machine sewing techniques. The pattern is Folkwear’s Edwardian Underthings. I had cut these all out previously to use as the lingerie for my Edwardian wedding dress but then found that the […]
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>The princess slip and the chemise are finally done!The pattern was scaled up from Frances Grimble’s The Edwardian Modiste book. I looked at a period princess slip and the wedding petticoat I have in my collection for ideas of how to make it. The ruffle at the top was for those of us who are […]
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>I can has a ruffle for my princess slip. Kinda. Minus the cutting out the lace and gathering it bit.So for underwear so far for a trousseu, minus this, I have…*chemise*corset with 6 detachable garters*peach drawers*combinations*vintage petticoat (x2)And I still want to possibly make the rest of the peach undies that are all cut out, […]
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