I've always had a love/hate relationship with corsetry. I fell in love with Sparklewren and Morgana Femme Couture when I was fifteen and dreamt of the elegant, feminine, powerful silhouettes. But when I got my first Isabella Corsetry underbust at 17 my hipbones ached and it pinched my ribs and everything just hurt. A corset [...]
Author: notanothercostumingblog
Bio Engineer turned (hopeful) textile conservator
Minimalism in Costuming
Soooo I'm sick, and I got about two hours of sleep last night, and I still most likely will have to go to work today. As a result I'm reading costuming blogs to cheer myself up, and I'm 4 or 5 pages in to Terry Dresbach's blog of the Outlander costumes. Now I haven't seen [...]
County county stabby stabby
A short post for once! Yesterday I cut out the pieces from my Spanish Renaissance dress. Hey pattern companies! Everyone hates these stupid tissue things! Please observe Truly Victorian and use actual paper. I decided it made the most sense to do the "blackwork" embroidery before sewing everything together. Blackwork is in quotes as I [...]
Lacis Does Dickens
This Sunday I went to the San Francisco Great Dickens Christmas Fair with my Lacis co-workers, and it was lots of fun! I grew up going to Ren Faire but I had never been to Dickens before and honestly I prefer Dickens.... For one thing the Northern California Ren Faire is at Casa De Fruta [...]
Renaissance Cataluña Pt 1
By far the best thing about my job is the people I meet-- you get a fascinating array of folks wandering into a lace museum that sells obscure needlework supplies and vintage clothes. A couple Saturdays ago I met a very cool couple who are involved in the Society for Creative Anachronism, which is an [...]
Hello!
This is me: I used to do this: But now I work here: And I do this: And this: And this! Join me on my costuming, sewing and research adventures. Expect some weirdness and sarcasm.
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