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busstop · 30 days
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Ryan Yip explains what a fabulous resource for sewers of all kinds the Royal School of Needlework Stitch Bank is.
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fatphobiabusters · 2 months
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(The finished garment measurement is the one to use for seeing if it comes in your size.)
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emojibankrepository · 3 months
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sewing / thread / embroidery pixels?
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I hope u enjoy these!
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bfpnola · 2 months
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Virtual Fibercrafts Skillshare THIS SATURDAY!
From our Climate Action Youth Advocate and General Volunteers:
BFP’s first Skillshare will be on Saturday 1/27 at 7:00 pm EST! Stop by if you want to learn how to make warm clothing to donate to your local community!
Here are the supplies you will need: Fibercrafts require very little to get started. For crocheting, you will need yarn (in this demonstration we will be using #4 worsted weight yarn, but other weights can be used, you just have to adjust the gauge), and a crochet hook (we will be demonstrating on a H/8 or 5 mm hook. Others will work, and if using yarn of a different size, be sure to check the standard gauges for your yarn).
For sewing, you will need fabric that is stiff enough to work with (fleece, flannel, and cotton will work,) sewing needles, some sewing pins, and thread.
A note on materials: cotton yarn is best for beginners as it is stiffer, harder to break, and doesn’t fray as easily, while aluminum hooks are best for beginners as they withstand pressure. Dollar stores and Walmart sell sewing kits cheaply, which are acceptable for beginner projects. You may have to buy extra thread, or pins separately. Nylon and polyester threads tend to be the easiest to work with. Some beginners also prefer double-sided sewing tape in place of pins.
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dresshistorynerd · 6 months
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Do you have recommendations for dress history youtube channels? I'm a very bookish person, an amateur historian of literature, and i want to understand the practical side of how clothes were made and worn. the pictures in my books only go so far.
Sure! There's some books that also go into the historical construction of clothing, most notably Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion series, which is an invaluable resource. Here's my most recommended YouTube channels who do historical costuming and talk about dress history in general:
Nicole Rudolph Abby Cox Morgan Donner Cat's Costumery Snappy Dragon Bernadette Banner priorattire Adelaine Beeman-White Karolina Żebrowska Samantha Bullat
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Anyone able to point me towards resources for choosing fabric to line a Tunisian Crochet coat?
I've never made a lining for anything I've crocheted before and my hope is to prevent as much stretching over time as I can but idk what cloth/fabric would work best.
Any help would be wonderful ^_^
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purringfayestudio · 1 year
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What advice would you give to someone who wants to start making plush? I've been making knitted toys for a few years now and would like to get into fabric plush, but it just looks super intimidating, especially the cutting/patterning part.
It's all a matter of perspective, since knitting shapes like toys looks super intimidating to me! But is some general advice I'd give to someone looking to start making plush with fabric:
Patterns: It's easiest to start off with a pre-made pattern, either a free one or one you purchase (links below). Start with something simple, meant for beginners, but interesting enough to motivate you. These come with fewer pieces and easier shapes. Once you get the hang of things, you can start researching pattern-making approaches and find one that works for you.
Fabrics: Start with something easy to work with. Felt and fleece are popular starter fabrics. I started with felt. Later you can explore minky and faux fur.
It helps if you organize your fabrics and pattern pieces beforehand. I make little piles of pattern pieces for every fabric color. That way I can trace and cut them all at once, and don't miss any.
Sewing: Look at it like a puzzle. You match up pieces one by one, and sew each seam one at a time. It's less intimidating if you only look at the next step, and just keep plodding along until you reach the last step, and voila, plushie!
Tools: You don't need anything expensive to start! Anything can be hand-sewn with just a needle and thread and scissors, available in any small cheap sewing kit. You'll probably also want a seam-ripper for inevitable mistakes (mine gets a lot of milage still!). Fabric can be old recycled clothing, or from the discount bin; stuffing can be fabric scraps or the guts of an old pillow. You can also get second-hand sewing machines that still work great.
If you're ready to dig into some more technical info, check out these comprehensive beginner's guides written by other skilled plush-makers. They've put a lot of time and effort into putting these together, and are much more in-depth than I could get into in a tumblr post. (Feel free to add more in the notes!)
NazFX: Naz's Beginner Plush-Making Guide (She also has video tutorials)
Makeshiftwings: Plush Making Resources (includes pattern sources, videos, etc.)
Metroidhat: Sewing techniques and materials guide for beginners
Cholyknight: Plush Sewing Basics
And remember there's no such thing as talent! Your first attempts may not succeed but keep working at it, and you'll get there.
My first plush (felt dolphin) with a recent plush (Red fox, 2022).
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ryllen · 1 year
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he who came to Splatville to depend on himself,
adores people who can be resourceful & skillfully depend on themselves for stuff he usually depends on other people (like, fixing stuff)
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lila-slaysss · 5 months
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Starting my first ever big project and my second ever non-amigurimi crochet project! I’m so excited! I bought this amazing fuzzy yarn originally for a sweater for a beloved family stuffed animal, but decided to repurpose for a cute scarf! Can I get a wooo 🥳?
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garaksapprentice · 3 months
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In search of compostable clothing closures
Making clothes that are 97% biodegradable is surprisingly easy. Pick a natural fibre fabric, buy some 100% cotton or linen thread, and you're there. (You can even get 100% cotton overlocker thread - though you have to go searching for it.)
Those last few percent, though? That can be tough. One of the biggest offenders is closures. While there are plenty of clothes that don't need something to hold them shut, I confess I like having the option. Below is a round-up of various closures, and their compostability.
Note: for the purpose of this article, I'm treating metal closures as "compostable", in the sense that they're 1) easy to remove before you compost the rest of the object, and 2) infinitely reusable on other things, unless they break - at which point they're usually recyclable using our current commercial systems. And remember, re-using things that already exist is always preferable to buying new, "better" items.
Buckles/Rings
While less common than other closure methods, I find buckles, D-rings and O-rings are great when used in the right context. They're usually metal or plastic, neither of which are compostable - but metal will last practically forever, if it's good quality. Plastic tends to degrade over time, especially if exposed to the sun.
I find rings especially quick and easy to use, and a set of D-rings can give a very fine-tuned amount of tightening. My favourite belt uses two square D-rings instead of a buckle closure.
Buttons
The humble button, while ubiquitous now, took a while to catch on. Buttons as a common method of closure didn't become popular in Europe* until about the early 1300s, around the same time that the tailoring revolution[^] happened.
Nowadays, plastic is by far the most common material that buttons are made from. It's cheap and sturdy, but obviously it doesn't compost. So what are some alternatives?
Liz Haywood, a pattern maker who focuses on zero-waste designs, has thought a bit about this conundrum here. There's photos of several different DIY compostable and recycled buttons in her post.
For a completely compostable garment, wood, leather, horn, fabric, and thread buttons are your best bet. If, like most sensible people, you remove the buttons from something that's about to be worm food before you ditch it, the options expand considerably - metal, clay, recycled bottle caps, even glass buttons are all possible. You can have a lot of fun with making your own buttons - to match an outfit, or contrast with it, or maybe you'd like a different button for every buttonhole...
Another, related option is cufflinks - 18th century shirts often used cufflinks on the sleeves and one or two small thread buttons on the collar. That way one set of cufflinks could be used on multiple shirts, showing off a bit of wealth, while saving them from the (admittedly harsh) laundry practices of the day.
[*]: I have no doubt that buttons became popular in other parts of the world, too, but unfortunately I don't know much about it. Europe in the 14-15th century is my main area of study, mostly due to the fact that the historical re-enactment group that I'm a part of operates in that time period.
[^]: The tailoring revolution refers to the period where garments for the higher classes underwent a dramatic change in the way they were cut out. The very short version is, fashion garments shifted from primarily rectangular construction to more form-fitting, using the precursors of many standard cutting practices used today.
Elastic
While elastic isn't technically a closure, it's used that way in many different objects. Most elastic nowadays is made from polyester and synthetic rubber. No composting there.
But, all is not lost! You can now find elastics made of natural rubber and cotton! (I was quite impressed by this, to be honest. I thought I'd have to give up elastic for good.)
The downside, as is usual when you actually give a crap about the planet, is cost. You'll mostly only find it for sale online (Etsy has several options), and it can be more expensive (especially factoring in shipping). Prices on the compostable elastics I found were comparable to a mid-range polyester elastic at Spotlight (before shipping). I think that's actually pretty good, all things considered. (I don't trust the cheapest elastic, it loses its stretch ridiculously fast. A fact I discovered to my sorrow only after buying a 20m roll of it.)
As a bonus, supposedly natural rubber elastic lasts longer than synthetic elastics - this has been my experience with many natural vs synthetic things, but I haven't tested natural elastic specifically to know for sure.
The biggest downside here is the rubber - if you're dealing with a latex allergy, this is not the solution for you.
Hooks and Eyes
While these have fallen out of favour over the years, they do have their uses in a compostable closet. They're easy to buy, and easy to make if you can get hold of the wire - all you need is a set of needle-nose pliers.
Being metal, the hook/eye can be re-used until it breaks - which takes a while. Like buttons, they're easy to take off a garment and move to another one. Unlike buttons, they don't need a buttonhole - you can move both the hook and eye almost anywhere on a garment, really refining the fit of an item.
They are, however, somewhat limited in that application - hooks and eyes work best if they're under a small but constant amount of tension, pulling in opposite directions. I once tried to use hooks and eyes on a loose-fitting medieval tunic, and it just didn't work.
Laces and Ties
Before buttons became The Big Thing in medieval Europe (and for quite a few centuries after), laces and ties were the closure method du jour. Why did they stick around so long? The same reason pyjama pants often have a drawstring in them - they add adjustability to garments in a simple and easy to use (and create!) way. Stays and corsets are one of the most recognisable examples of this concept in action.
Lacing does work better on some things than others, but just about anywhere that you'd put elastic nowadays can likely use a drawstring instead. And there are some patterns (YouTube link) for adjustable garments that use lacing as an integral part of the design.
The main downside for me? They can be slow to use, and awkward, if you have difficulty with fine motor control. Mine is variable enough that I'll usually opt for a different closure, unless lacing or ties really is the best or only option.
Snaps
Confession: I adore snaps. They're fast and easy to use when my hands don't want to co-operate, and they can be wonderfully decorative as well as functional.
There are two general types - those you sew into place like you sew on hooks and eyes, and ones that are applied to the fabric using a press. The former takes more time to install, but can be replaced relatively easily if they stop working. The latter can technically be replaced, but it's a LOT harder and you risk damaging the fabric behind it while you try. They're also more likely to rip out of the fabric in the first place.
As for material, it's pretty much just metal and plastic (sometimes a combination). From a sustainability standpoint, metal is the better option - as long as you recycle it at the end of its life.
Zips
Zips are everywhere nowadays. They're easy to use, but can be hard to replace when they break. Putting them in correctly isn't always a cake-walk either. And in terms of compostability, the answer is definitely "no".
The vast majority of zippers on the market use a polyester or poly-cotton tape, with plastic or metal teeth set into it, and plastic or metal tabs and pulls. Because of the mix of materials, and the size of a typical zip, most municipal waste streams can't take them for recycling. However, textile recyclers` such as Upparel usually take zips (and the things they're attached to!).
I also found a couple of different manufacturers creating zips out of post-consumer recycled materials - a pleasant surprise, and a strong move towards closing waste streams. 
[`]: Clothing retailers are increasingly taking responsibility for their part in reducing waste by offering recycling programs through their stores. Recycling Near You and Frankie list some of the major programs in Australia, though it's worth noting that most of those listed only want whole textiles or large pieces - to my knowledge, Upparel is the only place that will take scraps, broken textiles, and related.
If I've missed a closure type, or you know of places selling compostable or truly recyclable versions of any of the above, I would love to hear about it. While I'm (currently) a far less prolific sewist than the blog name implies, I want to be deliberate and thoughtful in my sewing choices going forward. 
Also, as a last random thought, I wonder if anyone has started making bioplastic versions of any of the above? *Wanders off to do some research...*
Originally published at my blog: https://garaksapprentice.blogspot.com/2023/09/in-search-of-compostable-closures.html
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kindadisappointed · 2 years
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Free binder patterns
Lately I've been needing a binder more and more, but I couldn't find somewhere that had my right size (large chest, small shoulders).
I'm trying these two patterns as soon as I get home, they're both free and I think this could help many crafty trans people.
As for materials, I want to try to make both in different ways to see the most comfortable ones:
the first one I'll make with powermesh and cotton/elastan jersey, probably in white or nude, as instructed (as I know that will work)
the second one I'll make with Lycra (doubled up in the back) and an additional cotton/mesh panel in front (something I've seen done by a few binder companies)
I'll update as soon as I make them, with results and annotated modifications for fit.
If anyone else has patterns to suggest or has experience sewing binders, please add!!
PS: I'm writing this because when you look up on google "chest binder sewing pattern" most of the results are bad diys with zippers and elastic tape, while there are limited resources for actual sewists who know what they're doing (I've been looking for a while and found only these two)
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aroworlds · 1 month
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For my twenty-first pride patch tutorial, I have another five-stripe alphabet set--one designed to work with an optional intersecting arrow for extra in-your-face aromanticism. There's even an additional set of a-spec symbols scaled to match the lettering plus a few text patterns to get you started in making your own.
(Yes, my pineapple attempt is highly questionable. It's a hard thing to accomplish in a space only fifteen blocks high!)
Because tall letters leave a lot of background to fill, this tutorial also discusses alternate background and edging techniques to save a little time on sewing.
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fatphobiabusters · 11 months
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Sewing patterns! Here's the Size chart:
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rowzien · 1 year
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Historical Resources
Fabric & Supplies
Fabricmart - often very nice and affordable fabric. They frequently have huge sales.
Fabrics-Store - Cheap Linens and other fabrics. *
Renaissance Fabrics *
William Booth Draper - Historical Fabric including historical interfacing *
Burnley & Trowbridge - fabric, cravats/scarves, tools, etc.
Wooded Hamlet - Recommended to me by the tailors at Colonial Williamsburg for tapes and braiding. *
I often thrift many fabrics locally.
Patterns
Kannik’s Korner - mostly undergarment patterns
Laughing Moon Mercantile - Best patterns I’ve used but only sells digital patterns now.
Mrs. Depew - Vintage and late 19th century patterns, original and copies *
1827 Tailor Drafting Guide
Sellers
Townsends - clothes, tools, buttons, kitchenware, book reproductions, etc. (they have a men’s shirt that is less expensive than a handmade one but still very nice.)
Revival Vintage - Vintage reproduction menswear
Retro Fairy - Women’s vintage and historically inspired outfits *
American Duchess - Shoes, of course, but also stockings and buttonhooks
Lady Detalle - Very pretty historical reproduction jewellery *
Letter Seals - Wax and Wax Seals *
Penny River - general historical accessories *
Schmalberg Flowers - Decorative flowers made with original Victorian tools
Samson Historical *
Little Bits - Apothecary/ historical beauty products
Resources
The Art of Tying the Cravat - Book written in 1828
Pinsent Tailoring’s Pinterest
Historical Sewing Supplies 101 - Video
Costumer’s Manifesto - Has many resources to historical sources for costuming including drafting manuals and catalogues for the early 20th and late 19th century.
* I have not personally purchased from them but still seems like a good resource
* Friends and other costumers I’ve met have recommended or liked
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charmsponies · 1 year
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My Little Pony basic dress sewing tutorial below the cut ^^ I am not the best at sewing or pattern making but all this info is free to use! I noticed a lack of ponywear sewing tutorials so I am going to try to fill that gap!
TERMS: Pattern is free to use or modify for whatever use you’d like (I don’t even mind if you wanna sell some homemade dresses) just please give credit to me for the original pattern! I would love to see whatever you make so feel free to tag me too 💕
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
-Basic knowledge of a basic sewing stitch (I pretty much only used backstitches for this pattern)
-Some fabric (I recommend two colors, one for the body and then one for the skirt, but you can use however many fabric colors you’d like if you’d rather only have one color or if you wanna have more fabrics for sleeves or extra layers or details)
-Velcro or a zipper (you could also maybe use buttons if you prefer but velcro or a zipper will be much easier)
-Sewing thread, needles. I recommend getting fabric glue as it will make attaching lace and velcro easier. Maybe some pins if they would help you!
-Optional: Embellishments such as ribbon, lace, buttons, sew on flowers, bows, ect. This is all up to how you want to decorate the dress!
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I am sorry I don’t actually know how to make downloadable patterns but here are the hand drawn patterns I’ve made for the chest piece as a reference (the left side is the baby pattern, the right side is the adult pattern.)
You will likely have to modify these patterns slightly based on the pose of your pony, their size, if they have wings, ect. I am also sure this pattern can be modified to fit other generations, sweetheart sister ponies, ect. (Quick note here about pegasus wings: You may want to make a looser fitting dress as if it is too tight it may look lumpy due to their wings. As you will see in this tutorial I started off using baby surprise as the model, but then I switched to baby glory as she was easier to work with due to her being a unicorn. I feel like you would have better luck making a dress for an adult pegasus rather than a baby one).
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Here’s basically what the pattern is showing: there will be one seam near the chest, and the top part will end up being the neck line. The holes are for the front legs, and the sides MUST BE LONGER so that you have enough seam allowance to hem it but also this is where the velcro will go! So you will want enough length on the sides for the pattern to overlap. As you are tracing/making the pattern with paper, be sure to test it with your pony to make sure the size is right! You’ll want to be testing the size of your dress frequently to make sure that everything fits correctly!
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Trace out your pattern (make sure to make everything a little bit bigger for seam allowance!) and then cut it out.
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Be sure to check the size if it fits or not!
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Next, you will want to fold the dress in half (good sides facing each other) and sew a seam along where this blue line is. depending on how curved you make this/how close to the legs/neck area you make this seam, the tighter or looser fitting the front of the dress will be, so you may want to adjust it a bit to your preference.
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It will look something like this.
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Next, we will hem the neckline.
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Then, you will hem the sides (Now is a good time to test on your model pony to make sure that the sides will be long enough to overlap with a piece of velcro!
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This is where I added lace to the neckline. You can sew it on or just use fabric glue. You don’t have to use lace if you don’t want to but it is very cute.
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I added lace to the sleeves too. If you want long sleeves, you can modify this pattern by sewing another piece of fabric for the sleeves. If you don’t want lacey sleeves, I’d recommend hemming the sleeves or covering the edges with ribbon or something so they don’t fray (I didn’t hem them here just because they are so small it would be hard to hem!)
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Now you will cut some pieces of velcro for the dress opening on the back. I recommend putting one piece on the outside of the dress and the other piece on the inside of the dress as shown, that way the fabric can overlap nicely. You can either sew or glue this in. You could also use a zipper, buttons, whatever else you’d like for the dress opening.
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Now we make the skirt of the dress! The pattern looks something like this, it is a little hard for me to explain but I will do my best ^^ . You will have to measure and test out the waistline yourself to make sure you have the best fit for your pony, just keep adjusting it until it works. You can also decide the length of your dress. To cut it out, you will fold your fabric in half twice and line up the pattern with the folded corner, before cutting it out.
If you’d like to see a video of someone doing something like this, here is the video tutorial that I originally learned how to make skirts from!
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Once you have the skirt fabric piece, you can sew the skirt to the body of the dress. Make sure that you’re doing it “inside out”, and that the good sides of the fabric are touching each other.
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It will look something like this once you turn it inside out again! Be sure to test the dress to make sure everything fits! (If you are struggling to understand how exactly to put it on: put all your pony’s legs, their tail and butt through the dress back opening, put her back legs, tail and butt through the skirt opening and her front legs through the arm holes before fastening the back. It was a little weird to figure out at first lol.)
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Now you will attach lace to the hem of the skirt! You can sew it or just use glue. If you don’t want lace, just hem the ends so it doesn’t fray.
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Test one more time to make sure everything fits!
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The final step is to decorate however you want! You could do a lot of creative things depending on what you have, buttons. more lace, ribbon, ect. For these spring yellow dresses I just added some yellow ribbon around the middle and I sewed some flowers to the back (You can find these flowers or little bows or other decorations at places like walmart).
And now you should have a completed pony dress! Thank you so much for reading and I hope that this helps someone out! If you follow this tutorial, reblog or tag me in a post with your dress because I would love to see it!! If you have any questions let me know! Thank you 💜
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dresshistorynerd · 1 year
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Dress History Corner Navigation
Welcome to the corner of the interned where I nerd about (mostly) Western dress history! This is the post I will update with all my more structured and researched articles. I have the same navigation on my blog, but it's only for the browser so I figured it would be useful to have navigation that work for the app too.
Some basics
An Introductory Timeline Of Western Women's Fashion
How I do my research into dress history
Dress History
Lacing in Western Fashion History
Dress Etiquette Thorough Western History
When Did It Become Acceptable For Western Women To Wear Pants?
When Did Skirts Stop Being Acceptable For Western Men To Wear?
Is Lingerie Going Backwards - A Rebuttal
The history of showing your boobs for fashion
Victorian Era
A summary of different kinds of corsets
Historical Finnish Clothing of Modern Period
Victorian Dress For Every Occasion - 1890s Edition
1890s Day Dresses
American Civil War era (1861-65) ball gown
Regency
Debunking the common narrative about Beau Brummel - The whole modern men's fashion is not the fault of One Guy
Gender non-conforming Regency styles
18th century
The Colonial History of How Cotton Became the Most Important Fabric
Mantua And It's Variants
Northern Italian countryside fashion in late 18th century.
Working Class Clothing In Late 18th Century France
Early Modern Era
Deep Dive into 15th and 16th Century Working Class Fashion in Western Europe
Medieval Era
Late 14th to Early 15th Century Bohemian and German Men's Fashion
Construction of Men's Hose
Codpiece
Construction of the French hood
Iron Age
Viking and Crusader Age Finnish men's dress
Historical Sewing
Sewing Medieval Bathhouse Dress
Historical Costuming
History of the Fantasy Corset
Met Gala 2022 Costume Commentary
Pride and Prejudice 2005 Costume Analysis
Ranking Men's Costumes in Renaissance Period Dramas - Part I: The Bad
Ranking Men's Costumes in Renaissance Period Dramas - Part II: The Good
Textiles
Hemp's properties
Sustainability
How to see through the greenwashing propaganda of the fashion industry - Case study 1: Shein
The Real Cost of the Fashion Industry
Architectural History
History of Sauna and Steam Baths
Historical Queer Figures
Julie d'Aubigny
History
Palestinian History Between Great Powers
European History Is Not White
Tag Navigation
#answers
#resources
Primary sources
#primary sources
#extant garment
#photograph
#painting
#illustration
#fashion plate
Pinterest Boards
Victorian Fashion
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