To celebrate the beginning of summer weather, here is last year’s summer blowout with the Hemwick Regency Society! For an outdoor concert at the Van Dusen Gardens, I dressed as a high-fashion French Merveilleuse – wearing all of the best late 1790s fashion trends at once!
The weather outside is absolutely atrocious and i wish i were here instead.
I’m giving my 1790s summer accessories a glow-up. For a promenade with the Hemwick Regency Society, I shaped a new high-crowned Regency straw “Spanish” Hat!
One long piece of white lace trim with a moth-nibbled middle makes… two short pieces of white lace trim! Here’s a tutorial for a pair of 1790s chemisettes – one with ruffles down the front and one without, suitable for any early regency sartorial vibe!
My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen! I had been visiting with a Miss W– (lately removed to Virginia from the newly declared Republic of Chile) and together we attended a small – and very select – card party!
In which I take my 1790s printed cotton round gown, and this time, I finally get it all right!
In which I sew a 1790s printed cotton round gown, and make some really REALLY dumb technical decisions.
For the new year, I freshened up a 1790s round gown and sewed lots of new accessories to make a 1790s New Year Ensemble!
Northern America is colder and wetter than Northern Chile in January. I needed Pacific Northwestern 1790s style!
The glamour beneath the glitz: here’s the reality of what it’s like under the skirt of a pretty pretty princess!
