I've been costuming and creating for many many years, but sometimes I'm still surprised by online resources that I've never heard of.

I’ve recently got into crochet and, naturally, for my first major project I wanted to make a sontag.

How familiar are you with Beau Brummell? I'd heard of him through cultural references, but it turns out I didn't know much about him at all.

Have you ever looked at a Regency dress and wondered how did we go from wide panniers to a smooth figure in just 20 short years?

Last year I posted a collection of lettering stencils, so this week I'm posting another collection, this time of embroidery designs.

This week, I'm focusing on the Victorian 'clean air' theory that some took to such extremes it led to self-destruction.

The wonderful thing about being into vintage clothing is that sometimes people gift you things that they think you might be interested in.

I bought this edition of 'The Housewife' from eBay some time ago. One page caught my eye; an an article on patchwork.

Hello darlings! This week, I thought I'd share a recent addition to my collection of antiquities- this edition of 'The Language of...

The last week of Georgian month, did you enjoy it? This week I’m going to be covering the Chemise à la Reine.

This week I'm going to be talking about the saque, one of my favourite dress styles of all time! Without further ado, let's get into it!

Today I'm going to be talking about the open robe; also known as a mantua, robe a l'Anglaise or English gown.

This month is ~Georgian month~ so I'm starting it off with a bang by presenting you a timeline of the fashions of the period!

Last week I wrote a post about Victorian love tokens, which led me to the rather delightful discovery of embroidered watch papers.

In honour of Valentine’s Day, I started looking into Victorian courting traditions which led to falling down a bit of a rabbit hole.

Assemblies in the Georgian period were where polite society (read as: wealthy people) met, danced, played cards and drank tea.

Recently I was gifted a box of vintage sewing items, and as I was unpacking it I thought that I might as well share the finds with you too!

A research collation post today; I've been collecting Victorian lettering stencils whenever I see them as they always come in handy.

I did not grow up in a sewing household. No, my passion for sewing is buried deep in my genes.

Hello darlings! I’ve long been struggling with feelings of fatigue, so when in one of these ‘slumps’ I thought I’d look into how fatigue...