The Costume Diva

The Costume Journal is dedicated to my adoration of luscious silks, bundles of historical patterns, sewing projects, and every costumed event that has ever given me an excuse to make a new outfit from a by-gone era.

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Monday, May 30, 2011

18 Century Stays Progress

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I'm working on a commission (also an 18th century pair of stays...I'll post photos when I'm done), so progress on my own half-bo...

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Monday, January 26, 2009

18th Century Completed Stays

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I hereby declare the never-ending 18 th century stays project complete!!! This is the first garment I ever made that was drafted and craft...

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Let The Costuming Resume!

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After devoting most of December to handcrafted Christmas presents for my family, I'm back to my costuming. It's definitely crunch t...

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Monday, December 08, 2008

Boning and Binding and Costume College

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For some reason, despite the fact that I have rotated these pictures with my photo viewer, blogger refused to upload them without rotating t...

Sunday, November 16, 2008

18th Century Stays Progress

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I am continuing to work on the pair of stays from my September workshop. I was really hoping to get them done in time to take them with me ...

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Monday, September 08, 2008

An Enviable Pair of Stays

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I went to an 18 th century workshop this weekend in Colonial Williamsburg to learn to make a custom fitted pair of stays (i.e. corset). I...

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Costume Diva: After seeing the Opera of Leningrad's costumes when I was 9, and a visit to the Musee de la Mode et de la Costume when I was 10, I was hooked. My sewing and historical clothing education have been through reading alone. I have a busy full-time career that has nothing to do with costuming - historical costuming is my creative outlet.

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