Hi! I'm Maria, a historical costumer and sewist with a passion for recreating historical silhouettes. My main focus is the 18th century to Edwardian fashion and most of my content is from those eras. I have some professional training in modern clothing construction but most of my skills are from a lifetime of sewing, knitting and other crafts. I started historical costuming in 2019 and have been ever since deep diving especially into 18th century construction and technique. Most of what I do I try to stay faithful to historic technique but I do occasionally make things faster but I try my best to always do my homework and keep it a conscious decision when I deviate from historical accuracy.
Thank you for creating & sharing your videos! Your content is awesome! The clothes & how well they look when worn by you is excited to see!! Have you ever talked about how you wash & care for these beautiful vintage & historical pieces??? As well as storage of them!
One thing I love about historic clothing/fashions is the versatility they allow for weather, time of day, body fluctuations, activity, etc. Clothes were more expensive, harder to make, harder to clean... most had to find ways to make a few things work in many situations. I wish there was more of that mindset built into clothing today.
This was such an informative video! The bodices are so beautiful❤❤. Tbh I kind of like the idea of just wearing the same level of formality to every event but in reality I do wear more casual clothing to casual events and I try to dress up for special events
Really beautiful! I appreciated the in depth information about why certain styles and colors were worn.... (Could you make a little tutorial about decorative buttonholes or send one our way? Such a pretty little detail to go with the lovely beading!)
Thoroughly enjoyed the commentary that preceded the making-of portion. Glad that you are addressing the use of black, lilac and gray, plus matte vs gleaming fabric and trims, for both mourning and non-mourning dress. Capsule wardrobes make so much sense, then and now, and the bodices turned out so well!
Outstanding outfit - you look stunning!! No wonder so many young women are now realizing how beautiful they can look, when dressed in vintage clothes!! Bravo!!
My body type has really nothing to do with it though, in historical fashion if you don't have it you build it! So everyone will have the correct silhouette unlike in today's fashionable body parts era 😝
Fantastic work as always! That evening wear was dictated by artificial lighting moreso than actual time of day is the most interesting thing and somehow has never come up for me before. Learned a lot 💛
Wow, dressing in those times as a wealthy person seems to have been a full time occupation. Recently I was invited to a wedding and I had major difficulties in deciding what to wear, because everything nice in my wardrobe has the colour black and apparently that's exactly what one shouldn't do..... stressful 😅
I am not happy neither with the modern options, and I am trying these kind of things fro my period. I would had liked to know more on the cleaning part, and how easy is to remove the stains and how to do it. Thank you Also, this kind of fabric is durable when washing it by hand?
Sure, but I'd not bother washing it by hand 😅 cleaning is the same as with any sort of modern period panty, rinse in cold water with a stain remover like gallbladder soap and then through in the washing machine in the hot cycle. Or if you are lazy just the washing machine 🙈 As for durability, this is the traditional fabric for cloth diapers and burp cloths aswell so yeah it's durable
Thank you, the differences between 1890 and 1910 skirts was just what I was missing! And even better with the construction details. I actually took the popular Coquelicot patten and made a few alterations (length and making front as if I was making semicircle, back as if making a full circle, and pleated the back), and watching this video confirmed me that the result is indeed quite like 1890's skirt. Except for the lack of flatlining and hem facing! I still have to hem the skirt (weird how it's way longer than it should be according to the measured length) and don't quite know how the general silhouette looks like, but I'm now wondering If I'd still add the facing. This is also giving me an idea for finishing the hemline.
My Edwardian era walking skirt video shows one very common way of finishing a hem in both the Edwardian era and the 1890s that can be done after the rest of the skirt is finished 😊
Beautiful dress and very interesting information about the fashions in that era. You mentioned the type of backless bra to wear with this dress but could you please add a link with more information about the bra? Did you make the bra? Also where do you get original 1930s shoes??
@@c2442l these ones are a very random thrifting find. A video specifically on these bras in the works... I just need to finish a few things I've been working on for a long time 😅
tell the noseynews who pick on your fabric to buy you a bolt of Venetian silk made in the proper hand woven manner and then they will have a say but not until. Personailly I think your dress is lovely
