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    • A curved-front seam fitting method for a bust-supportive dress
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    • Drafting and sewing an early 14th-century-style martial surcotte
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Late medieval fashion redressed

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“Redressing What We Know”: slide-enhanced lectures in April

**UPDATE: The bust support and farsetto lectures are cancelled; in their stead there will be a grande assiette sleeve workshop. Please see the more recent blog post for details. Plans have firmed up for a day of lectures by Yours … Continue reading →

January 23, 2013 2 Replies

Examination in France

I made arrangements to visit the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Chartres, France on the 1st of July, 2011 to examine the pourpoint of Charles VI, a crimson-colored, padded and quilted jacket dated roughly to the late 1370s. This was planned … Continue reading →

November 7, 2012 1 Reply

Applying for the Janet Arnold Award

Most people reading this blog already know who Janet Arnold was. For those who do not, she was a clothing historian who brought gravitas and academic acceptance to a much-neglected aspect of material history. She published multiple books that brought … Continue reading →

November 5, 2012 3 Replies
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