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Jun 10, 2021

"Whatever Shall I Wear?" Review

"Whatever Shall I Wear? A Guide to Assembling a Woman's Basic 18th Century Wardrobe" is exactly what the subtitle says it is - a solid...

May 27, 2021

"Household Sewing with Home Dressmaking" Review

If you spend enough time in online costuming communities, you will inevitably hear about Bertha Banner, author of "Household Sewing with...

Oct 1, 2020

"Fashion in Costume: 1200-1980" Review

The curse of selling things at Half Price Books is looking around at the other books while you wait for them to look through your books....

Apr 27, 2020

"Dress in the Age of Jane Austen" Review

My mother gifted me with a copy of Hilary Davidson's "Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency Fashion" for Christmas last year. I was...

Mar 18, 2020

"How to Read a Dress" Review

How to Read a Dress: A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century by Lydia Edwards takes readers through 400 years of...

Feb 17, 2020

"100 Years of Fashion Illustration" Review

For my birthday last spring, my aunt gave me a book called "100 Years of Fashion Illustration" by Cally Blackman. The book looks at...

Jan 22, 2020

"Regency Women's Dress" Review

One of my Christmas gifts was a copy of "Regency Women's Dress: Techniques and Patterns 1800-1830" by Cassidy Percoco. I've been eyeing...

Nov 16, 2018

"Put on Thy Beautiful Garments" Review

A month or two ago I was in the midst of a Pinterest research trip, when one of the blogs I was reading mentioned a book I hadn't...

Aug 20, 2018

Persuasion

I took some time this July to read Jane Austen's Persuasion. A copy came into my care years ago, but I never got around to reading it. ...

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