I am beyond excited, I started work in earnest on "The Domestic Lady's Dressmaker" today. I have great hopes and plans for this book, but mostly I want it to exist to help living historians to be able to re-create appropriate garments for daily wear/work. I am inspired by Janet Arnold's "Patterns of Fashion" books, Nancy Bradfield's "Costume in Detail" and the great "Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail" by Lucy Johnston, so I wanted to include all the things I always wished I had when recreating dresses. Each dress will have a pattern draft, a sketch with notes and photographs with more notes. This is my first go-around and I want to share it with you so feel free to download the file! |
domestic_lady_edwardian.pdf |