My Favorite Movies for their Costumes

Sometimes when I watch a movie, I'm just in the mood to look at pretty costumes. Aside from the fact that I'm a costumer, I'm a highly visual person in general. Character development is definitely important to me, and I like a good plot as much as anyone else, but having a beautiful set, good …

How to Research Historical Fashion

Hi everyone! I know it's been forever since I last wrote on this blog. Between college and my personal projects, I've had no time for blogging. But college is finally starting to wrap up for me, the entire world is shut down from the coronavirus, and I have no job due to the economy being …

How to Write About Corsets in Historical Fiction

Are you a writer of historical fiction? Do you have characters who wear corsets? Are you someone who pays attention to detail and wants your writing to feel real? If so, then this post is for you! I am a writer, amateur historical costumer and corset maker/wearer, so I'm here to offer my advice on …

Designing a Mini-Line for a Fashion Show!

This winter/spring, I embarked on a project that I have never attempted before: designing a line for a fashion show. My school now has a fashion club and they decided to put on a spring show which would feature local designers. So, instead of buying the pieces for my line like most of the other …

3 Ways to Develop Your Personal Style

Have you ever thought about your personal style as it regards to your clothing choices? Maybe you know exactly what your style is- what you like, what makes you feel the most like yourself. Or maybe you have no idea. Either way, developing your personal style doesn't just happen by itself. It takes experimentation and …

Making a Modern Corset: Lessons I’ve Learned in Corsetry

After making my 1910s corset, I knew my corsetry adventures would not end there. There's something so satisfying and addicting about corsetmaking- you get to see it form into shape and become firmer and smoother every time you add a bone to it. And you have complete control over the shape of the corset. So …

Tiny Corseted Waists of the Edwardian Era

If you research Edwardian fashion online for two minutes, you'll immediately find hysteria about the poor fainting women, oppressed by their corsets and struggling to breathe. This is due partly to all the photographs we have of women with exaggerated hourglass figures that many people today find unnerving. Then we tend to assume that the …

Photos of Lily Elsie: My Style Icon

If I had to look and dress exactly like someone else, excluding myself, for the rest of my life, I would probably choose to dress like Lily Elsie. She is probably the most photographed woman of the Edwardian era and she represents the fashion ideal from that time. A quick search on Pinterest for "Edwardian …

The Underrated Awesomeness of 1930s Fashion

The 20th Century is an era that most people know something about, regarding the fashion. A large percentage of the population today (myself included) was born in the 20th century, and we have a lot of popular media portrayals of the various decades. People often have a vague idea of the flapper fashion of the …

Making Edwardian Bust Improvers

If you have at all followed my research about the Edwardian era (1901-1914), you may remember that the era is defined by a very curvy, full-chested silhouette. In order to make this possible, having the proper undergarments is a must, especially for those of us who don't naturally have that kind of curvy figure! If …