18th century – Not Another Costuming Blog

What is this “updating my blog” thing you speak of?

July 1, 2024July 1, 2024by notanothercostumingblog1 Comment

Hello! I did that thing again where I vanished! I promise I'm still making things and they are as wild and unnecessarily complicated as always. You may know, if you've been around here for a bit, that I work with historic textiles professionally as well as study and recreate them for fun. Last fall I [...]

18th century, Costume College

Flower fairy robe a’la francaise

March 18, 2018by notanothercostumingblog1 Comment

I have 100% accepted that this dress is a pretty pretty princess fantasy and not AT ALL accurate to the 18th century. I don't care, I think it will be lovely. I'm trying this new thing where I keep a costuming journal, so here's the plan: The stomacher/petticoat is a subtle pale blue-grey cotton shirting [...]

18th century, Corsetry

Stay-ing Alive

March 9, 2018March 9, 2018by notanothercostumingblogLeave a Comment

(Sorry, I couldn't resist) If you saw my previous post and you know anything about 18th century clothing you probably thought: Wait a second, she doesn't have stays! And you'd be right-- at least for now. I'm about 1/3rd of the way done with the JP Ryan strapless stays. Although I would've preferred the strapped [...]

18th century, Meditations

Dreaming of a robe a la francaise

March 6, 2018by notanothercostumingblogLeave a Comment

Pretty much the only thing that's going right in my life right now is costuming, so I'm dreaming of a robe a la francaise to try and keep from freaking out about everything else. What's making this complicated for me is that I'm not one for ruffles and floof-- it's just not me! And I [...]