1880’s Fashion Articles

Fashion in 18th-Century Paris

Get dressed in 18th century Paris! Period costume designer and artist, Maxwell Barr, walks us through what is so interesting about French Fashion in the 1700’s in conjunction with the exhibition "Paris: Life & Luxury". We live in a t-shirt generation, so the grandeur...

Historical Costume Books Part 1 (featuring a minor tangent into the Ditchley Portrait).

How do you research historical costumes? Which books are useful, and which ones aren't? Today I thought I'd take you through some of the books I have that deal with fashion history. I can't go through all of the books I'd like to share with you in one go, so these are...

Reconstructing my ancestor's Shabbos dress without… anything? Fashion history with no photos

Sewing my Victorian ancestor's best dress for Shabbat-- without a pattern, photos, or anything but fashion history research! I'm reconstructing my family's Jewish immigrant past through dress history. Time to delve into the process of researching, designing, and...