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Judy Adamson's period pattern class just presented 1870s bustle ensembles, based on cuirass bodice shapes and with the more narrow, hobble-slender silhouette.

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This isn't exactly related to costume craftwork, specifically, but it's definitely costuming, and it's a pretty cool project.

The theatre i work for, the PlayMakers Repertory Company of Chapel Hill, NC, hosts as its biggest fundraiser each year a formal event called the PlayMakers Ball. This is an enormous black-tie affair held throughout six of ( Read more... )