The Lost Art of Dress

Taking a Break For Now Ten years again this fall, my publisher, Basic Books, asked me to start a Blog on Tumblr named after my book, The Lost Art of Dress. I would then re-post the post on Face...

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Threads, Fall 2023 Threads is a magazine that specializes in teaching fine sewing techniques, everything from fabrics choices to fitting garments. It also has made an effort lately to offer one...

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Not Going Anywhere Fast in 1950, Vogue 1964 This 1950 ensemble with sleeveless dress and matched caplet captures the other skirt silhouette introduced by Christian Dior in 1947: the long and n...

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Pronged or Not Pronged: 4 Vintage Buckles I found this set of vintage buckles in an antique store. Though I had not exact plans for them, I sew and knit with brown and greens, and the blacks mi...

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Handstitched Worlds: The Cartography of Quilts | The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum | The George Washington Univ This show opens on Saturday, September 16th in Wash...

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If you’re hesitating between unraveling or using a quick fix that will leave a mistake in your work, ask yourself these questions: Will it be visible… or will you be the only to know? Will a ...

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Mittens & Socks From Around Norway by Nina Granlund Saether This book offers such cheery colors and patterns that I am feeling welcoming towards the cold weather which is headed my way. I am ...

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The Sweeping Ball Gown, Vogue 1963  This glamorous strapless evening gown dates to 1948 that has been re-issued by Vogue Patterns in modern sizes. It shows all of the luxury of post-war prospe...

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Homepage - Museo del Tessuto Italy, of course, has a long history of textile production and of fashion, but I only just learned about the Museum of Textiles in Prato, Italy, which is in Tuscan...

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Party Wear Early 1930s, Or Just Look at Those Seams (low whistle) Fashion does not actually work by decades, so these early 1930s gowns for sale at Augusta Auctions have some of the hallmarks o...

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When you embroider, crochet, or knit, there are centuries in your hands. You are a maker, doing the same thing others have done for several thousand years. Their ideas created the techniques you ...

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Lovely Lace Knits by Gabrielle Vezina It will soon be fall, so new knitting patterns and yarns are showing up and so are some books. I decided to offer this one on lace knitting because, on the...

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Nope, That Is Not a Blouse: Simplicity 9817 This set of re-issued accessories from the 1950s has some expected items and some unusual ones. Collars and cuffs that could be switched out, and thu...

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2023 National Design Award Winners | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Cooper Hewitt has named its National Design Awards for 2023, and the fashion design winner is Naeem Kahn. Click th...

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Peachy Keen: Evening Ensemble by Christian Dior, 1950s This lovely ensemble is part of an upcoming auction on September 20th, 2023 at Augusta Auctions which specializes in vintage fashion and t...

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Clothing coupons which looked such an imposing array when issued melted to nothing before the onslaught of a coat and skirt, or a winter overcoat. A new kind of gold-digging was evolved by women...

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Threads of Power: Lace from the Textilemuseum St. Gallen This well-illustrated book edited by Emma Cormack and Michele Majer accompanied an exhibition at Bard Graduate Center gallery and was na...

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The Gored Skirt in the 1970s: Butterick 4139 This skirt pattern shows you how some basic cuts come back again and again, with slightly different emphasis, to serve current purposes. In the 1930...

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DIVA - Exhibition at V&A South Kensington · V&A Now through April 7, 2024, the V&A Museum had a show on the Diva, and how she, or he, has been presented over time from the 19th century to thi...

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The Petal Hat for The Rose Bud Complexion This sweet, sweet hat turns the wearer’s face into a flower. You have to have a sweet face to carry it off, I think. The petal or more correctly sepa...

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