historicalfashion

fate-of-faye:

I finally finished sewing the bottom half (the woooorst half) of the binding on my stays! Almost there!
(Although unfortunately, some of my bones are slightly too long and the scissors I have at school with me won’t cut them at all. What a predicament!)

I finally finished sewing the bottom half (the woooorst half) of the binding on my stays! Almost there!

(Although unfortunately, some of my bones are slightly too long and the scissors I have at school with me won’t cut them at all. What a predicament!)

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courtroyale:

Later-half 18th century women’s hat reproductions

dailyreenactor:

How shall we stretch our eye, when capital crimes, chewed, swallowed and digested appear before us? (by One lucky guy)

I finished my 1861 shirtwaist!

fate-of-faye:

And so yet another addition is added to my trousseau for the Athenaeum Girl’s School :)

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fate-of-faye:

oh dont mind me just sitting here in my fifties dress that i made, nbd

Hopefully I’ll have pictures of the bodice to post soon, but for now here’s a peak of my newest ’50s dress!

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fate-of-faye:

Oh look right there, it’s my 100% hand-sewn 1861 petticoat!

I realized I’ve forgotten to post my most recently finished projects to my historical blog! Here’s my petticoat :)

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Gorgeous reproductions of 1950s undergarments from a lingerie company :) I wish I remembered where I found these photos!

EDIT: Thanks to purpleboots for letting me know they are from What Katie Did!