I should have posted this here a while back - this blog has moved! A MOST BEGUILING ACCOMPLISHMENT At first, I was trying out Substack, but very quickly the whole "Substack promotes Nazis" ...
It looks like I made a Twitter thread on this back in February of 2020, and while I always intended to turn it into a blog post, I suppose it's not surprising that I, er, forgot about it. But I...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2024/02/late-georgian-hairstyles-fewer-buns.html
December 30, 1786 In the twelfth Book of the first Year, we showed four new Buckles, seen from the side, to mark the effect on the instep; we show three newer ones here, shown in full-face, ...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2015/03/magasin-des-modes-5e-cahier-plate-iii.html
I've just checked and realized that I never posted the "Grand Opening" draft, so ... it's not really an update, is it? Let me tell you about the things I have in my Etsy shop in general . The f...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2024/02/etsy-shop-updates.html
Queen Charlotte presented the young George III as a hard-working man with no interest in love or marriage, requiring his mother to seek out a spouse for him to ensure the continuation of the Brit...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2024/02/not-really-queen-charlotte-lady-sarah.html
Disclaimer: Lady Whistledown makes it very clear at the opening of the show that this is an alternate universe from reality, so I never expected it to line up with real history and I do not fau...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2024/01/review-queen-charlotte-2023-part-ii.html
This was originally posted at Substack, but as Substack's decided to stand behind its policy to allow Nazis to post and monetize on their platform, I'm coming back to Blogger! Synopsis A spin...
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January 20, 1787 PLATE II Dark green satin is no less used for men's full dress than for women's. This color, which suits the figure so well, cannot fail to be seized by both sexes. The ...
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January 20, 1787 So great is the quantity of redingotes, also called Franco-Anglomane gowns, that we've given, but it's necessary to do so again. Our Ladies have hardly any other dress. One...
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January 10, 1787 Two Busts of women. The Woman dressed in a pink gown wears a demi-négligé cap. This cap has a double ruffle of white blonde lace, in large pleats. Its crown or base, ver...
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January 10, 1787 PLATE II. An Englishman in hunting dress à l'abattue.* The English felt that coats trimmed with buttons told the gun dog to relax, to drop the trail, and even to go of...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2018/08/magasin-des-modes-6e-cahier-plate-ii.html
Hey, everybody! It's been a really long time since I posted anything substantial here, but this fall I was lucky enough to curate my first exhibition at the Fenimore Art Museum: Elegant New York,...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2021/12/wedding-dress-made-by-jane-warnock-1837.html
Hello, everyone! It’s Cassidy, Mimicofmodes here, on Twitter, on Tumblr, on Reddit, and on Etsy. Anyway, I have a small but fantastic collection of historic clothing. Antique historic clo...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2020/09/ca-1866-brown-gown-close-up-look.html
Hi, everybody – it’s Cassidy! I started this YouTube channel months ago but I’ve been really lax about actually making videos. But we’re far enough into the Coronavirus that I’m ready t...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2020/08/fashion-history-methodology-new-video.html
January 10, 1787 No-one can deny that our French Ladies cause their fashions to be adopted by Ladies of nearly all other Kingdoms; however, we must admit that there are restitutions that the...
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I haven't written anything here in a while! The main reason is that I started to take a pattern from a corset at work to share, as I don't have one in my notebook already for the 1830s, and then ...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-pink-pingat.html
Several years ago, mid-sixteenth-century Venetian gowns were fairly popular among historical costumers, but I don't seem to see them anymore. (Or maybe I'm just not looking in the right places?) ...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2020/01/sixteenth-century-venetian-dress.html
The chemise is the first thing you put on, so it's the first garment I'll be discussing. As in other eras, the chemise was used as an underlayer to soak up the wearer's oils and sweat and prote...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2020/01/hyde-hall-planning-1830s-chemises.html
Putting it in writing to make sure it happens - next summer, I'm going to be hosting an 1830s picnic in central New York! Hyde Hall - this was in April when it was still very cold, so it will...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2019/11/announcing-2020s-hottest-new-event.html
The Layette In an earlier chapter, marriage gave the lingère the work of making and furnishing a convenient trousseau. Once the wife is pregnant, she must still resort to the lingère: she c...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-art-of-lingere-chapter-vii-second.html
Lingères not only sell and cut linens, laces, etc., but as they are charged most often to make garments that are finished and ready to be worn, they send them out for seaming, assembling, mounti...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-art-of-lingere-chapter-vi-seaming.html
16 Vendémiaire an 7 (7 October 1798) YOUNG WOMAN ON A PROMENADE Blonde wig à la Naiad. The triumph that wigs have carried over natural hair will last a long time: it is more ornamental t...
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YOUNG PERSON IN MORNING DRESS Blonde wig à la Flore. The fashion of hair worn flat and cut à la Titus begins to pass. Now the hair is curled. Wigs that imitate this coiffure have been s...
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1 Vendemier, an 7 (22 Sept. 1798) TWO WOMEN DRESSED A LA ROMAINE. No. 1 Hair braided and arranged in a spiral, enclosed in a net of red wool. This coiffure imitates the antique, and goe...
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Somehow, I'd never made a bib-front gown before. But when I was given a length of cotton by a new friend at the 2018 regional CSA symposium, I knew it was going to be for something from Regency ...
http://mimic-of-modes.blogspot.com/2019/08/my-first-bib-front-gown.html