January! 1749 ‘Months’ by J.June and Published by Voisin Details include: – She wears a wide hooped petticoat – I love seeing these in action! -Her dress is of a strong red colour – although probably if these are prints then they could get coloured […]
Read more →Portrait Studies: Mdm Maisonnet by Liotard – 1755 We always meant to put up some of the images that just capture the attention when we do our research; really study into them and list what’s seen. This particular artist is always cropping up and Jean-Ettiene Liotard had […]
Read more →Study Session At the Hereford Resource Centre (All Images courtesy of the Hereford Museum Resource and Collections Centre) Just a quick post… What an amazing place! We STRONGLY advise anyone wishing to study costumes to get themselves down there – it’s a perfect blend of amazing staff […]
Read more →Caraco and Petticoat: At The Los Angeles Count Museum of Art (LACMA) We were just having a quick click through our 1770’s folder, doing some research on a dress to study at the V&A when we whizzed passed this little beauty. Dated c.1770’s, this light and […]
Read more →The Stomacher-Style Stays Debate: We think it’s become clear that this topic needs more in-depth research. So, please consider this little post as the new beginnings of our research! There seems to be two views on whether the decorated-front Stays that we find in our museums […]
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Berrington Hall Having had a study session booked to see some of the Snowshill Collection’s Stays, we decided to go a day early to have the chance to walk about the National Trust Property first and see what was in the rest of their displays. In this […]
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National Portrait Gallery: Edinburgh We had a Study Session booked at the National Collection Centre in Edinburgh last week. So off we set, across the country to have a look at some Eighteenth Century Stays, Shifts and Hoops. On arrival into Scotland we found we had a […]
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Whalebone Stays: Who Wore Them – Part 5 Images of Plebeian Women that are Unclear We have so many images gathered which we thought showed signs of a more controlled body look or which we thought could be used be used for the non-wearing stay argument but […]
Read more →Totnes Fashion Museum (All Photos Courtesy of the Totnes Fashion Museum) I had the most amazing day with Julia Fox at the Totnes Fashion Museum when they were changing their displays. From a prior phone call she had 3 dresses waiting to be dressed onto their mannequins […]
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The Stomacher-Style Stays Problem: We are a bit bemused! (can we also just add here that we are currently unsure if this is a genuine dress – there seems to be no museum details ever attached to it and a Historian has looked at it and pointed […]
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