by Ilse Gregoor | Aug 1, 2019 | Most Popular, Uncategorized
How often have you heard a version of these lines: “Oh gosh, that dress is so gorgeous. I wish I lived back then so I could wear that everyday!” or, “You don’t see things like that these day’s, something has gone wrong and we have to go back to the way...
by Ilse Gregoor | Oct 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last week I told you about my plans for making a Robe a la Francaise. And a historical costume is nowhere without the proper undergarments. So today I’m working on my new stays. (also, sorry for the bad quality of photo’s in this post, I was working on...
by Ilse Gregoor | Oct 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Like I mentioned in this post, about historical accuracy, how far you want to take historical accuracy is entirely up to you. But if you want your historical garment to look as historically accurate as possible, fabric choice is a big part of that. It is also the most...
by Ilse Gregoor | Oct 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
In the past years, I researched historical clothing a lot, and I plan to do even more so in the years to come. But in my research, the focus is almost always on women’s fashion. (And more specifically on the women’s wear of the upper classes) To a lesser extent, I’ve...
by Ilse Gregoor | Sep 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last week we had a lot of snow here in Holland, and with Christmas right around the corner, it inspired me to make a new wintery Christmasy costume. To me, Nothing says Christmas like Charles Dickens’ classic novel: A Christmas Carol. The classic story of the...
by Ilse Gregoor | Sep 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Empire or Regency dresses can seem quite simple. But as you can see in the video, there were still some layers involved in achieving the empire or regency style outfits. After posting this video, I got some questions what all those layers were for, because to our...
