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Black or white-which color would you choose?
If you could choose between only black or white as a main color for costumes, home decor, etc and only gold or silver as an accent, what would you choose?
I realized that my tastes have changed over the past few years. Five years ago, I probably would have picked black & gold....now I'm really into white & silver. -
Aprons & suffragettes
Over the past few years, I've noticed that aprons, both in retro & updated versions have become big again. There is even a magazine out called "apron-ology". This sort of puzzles me...I'm one of those people who grew up with their mothers generation bent on tossing away their aprons as a symbol of getting out of the kitchen & into the workplace ( Read more... ) -
Online Accessories exhibit 1550-1950
The Rijksmuseum has an online exhibition of accessories from 1550-1950 at
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/formats/accessoires/index.jsp?lang=eng
The accessories are varied & are arranged in 50 year time intervals.
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Fashion through the Ages Auction
http://www.christies.com/ has an auction upcoming on Dec 3, 2009 titled "fashion through the Ages" with 321 lots from the late 16th century through the 20th. There are some very nice 18th century garments in the auction, plus clothing from Fortuny & Poiret. To find the online catalogue, go ( Read more... ) -
Danish websites I Like...
http://www.kongedragter.dk has an online collection of kings clothing from 1644-about 1863. To get more information on each garment shown, click on the little "i" at the bottom right for "laes mere" (read more). This will take you to an information page that contains a detailed ( Read more... ) -
More favorite websites...
Three Graces Jewelry ( Read more... ) -
V & A Beta Search
WooHoo! The V & A has put up their expanded Collection Search & about doubled the items. I'm having way too much fun searching for new additions to the costume & accessories items. There is some good new stuff there!
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A rhyme for costumers?
I found this while I was looking for something else entirely....
"When I'm a grown-up woman, with my hair up on my head;
I'll sit & sew till very late, & never go to bed".
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Antique Textile Website-Diane Thalmann
I found this through the "trouvais" blog. She specializes in high end 18th & early 19th century English & French textiles, costumes & shawls. If you click on the photo of an item, it will take you to a page with more photos & high res. images. She also has a small archive of sold items. The address is Read more... ) -
Beautiful 18th century blog-Trouvais
I just ran across this gorgeous blog...it's called "trouvais", which relates to "found" in French. It's another French-oriented blog, but the text is in English. The blogger has lots of photos of existing 18th c. clothing & accessories, as well as various interior, flea market finds, & architecture photos. One of the nice things is that she ( Read more... )