Perhaps you’ve been thinking about how to incorporate your love of historical fashion with your everyday lifestyle but find it challenging to wear a bustle dress to your weekly grocery store outing. You are not alone! So many of us in the historical costuming community have – for years! – been trying to add those styles of bygone days into our daily lives.
Jennifer gets us started in this episode with ideas on approaching this idea of #historybounding (a fairly new term) for our modern wardrobes with encouragement that YES! it can be done with comfort and functionality.
Show Notes and Mentions-Online classes at the Historical Sewing School
–Podcast episode 002 on being creative when you’re not a designer
-Book: the curated closet by Anuschka Rees
-Book: The Edwardian Modiste edited by Frances Grimble (yes, it’s really expensive now; look for a used copy or check your local library)
–Blog post on the Wearing History corset cover pattern made as a modern top
–Morgan Donner's blog post about HistoryBounding
-Movie: Kate & Leopold
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