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I have developed a new system for choosing the dresses I post. So when I got a blue 1950s dress, I hit the search engines and found this beautiful blue chiffon dress by Edith Head that wore in the 1954 film 'To Catch a Thief"

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2018-08-06

So inspired by these Bauhaus style, early sci-fi costume designs by Alexandra Exter for Aelita: Queen of Mars, 1924.

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2018-07-31

MORE ART I MADE THIS SEMESTER!! For my final project in my class, I wrote and illustrated a book about the ! What is that exactly? Go check out my website to see the full book and learn about some historical pop culture/fashion!!

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2018-06-03

Subtle satire on the fashionable silhouette of 1913 by Enrico Sacchetti. From 162/300 copies of the luxury limited edition pochoir album Robes et Femmes.

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2018-05-13

Twenty-first-century recreation of Marie Antoinette's dress from 1778-1789 that is like the one in her 1775 d’Agoty portrait.

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2018-04-14

New on All Things False Rumps!
'...he slyly pierced what nowadays is usually made from cork, when lo! A fountain of brandy played from the orifice...'
https://t.co/oYd8S88ndI

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2018-03-02

A stunning sculpture of Maria Cerri Capranica, a 22yo Italian beauty w/ many fashionable details: elaborate lace collar, long strand of pearls, and ringlets are also seen in Van Dyck's portrait of Henrietta Maria (1632).

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2018-03-01

Portrait of Mariana Victoria of Spain, by Alexis-Simon Belle, 1725. At the time, Mariana was 7 years old. Before the 20th century, children wore clothes that were similar to that of adults. Actually children were treated like adults.  

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2018-02-15

A dress c1830 in mint green silk shows marked similarities to a fashion plate of similar date described as a walking dress. The features demonstrate that although seemingly exaggerated, fashion plates were not so very far from authentic

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2018-01-30

Trends Magazine, the magazine for Canadian fashion retailers, has a nice little feature written by Kirsten Mogg on my new book, Behind the Seams.
https://t.co/aC5Kpo9qPW

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2018-01-30

New work, quick fashion sketch I created Sack Dress from 1957. Check out more of my illustrations here: https://t.co/Bu1cSXFldS

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2017-12-21

It's the 1st December, so wrap up warm! In the students at Ladies' College had to wear a green woolen overcoat that matched their tweed suits

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2017-12-01

Edwardian parasols.....are on my Christmas list (sigh). Someone take me back to the 1900s....😀#Edwardian

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2017-11-30

The Romanov family’s dress is some my absolute favorite in all of Beautiful juxtaposition of structured and delicate.

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2017-11-24

Pop in to at 55 Avenue Rd, Upper Level, in TODAY from 11:30-3:30. I'll be selling and signing my new book BEHIND THE SEAMS! I'm at the https://t.co/MiNwp5WzYy

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2017-11-15

So many beautiful pieces in the floral section of the Dior exhibit in Paris! The details! The history!

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2017-09-09