Comments on: Are You Wearing The Dress or Is The Dress Wearing You?

By: Oyin

Oyin — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 11:02:25 +0000

Thank you for this

By: Jennifer Rosbrugh

Jennifer Rosbrugh — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 16:42:21 +0000

In reply to Tiffany Kozash. Aw.. this warms my heart! You are very welcome. Thank you for sharing a milestone in your journey.

By: Tiffany Kozash

Tiffany Kozash — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 02:12:29 +0000

I realize this is an old article, but I just wanted to say thank you. I think you’re the first historical costumer I encountered outside of a renfaire… well over a decade ago, I think. Anyway, you’re one of my earliest costuming inspirations, and I wore my first 1860’s ball gown to my first Costume College gala last month. I felt like a princess. So thank you for inspiring my younger self to start on this creative path. <3

By: Why You Can’t Be 100% Historically Accurate

Why You Can’t Be 100% Historically Accurate — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:46:07 +0000

[…] We struggle to get as close as we can to sewing costumes and wearing them as clothing from the past. We can study history books and diaries and photos to bring that essence of the period to our character. But we can never leave ourselves out of the picture. […]

By: Jennifer Rosbrugh

Jennifer Rosbrugh — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 18:53:17 +0000

In reply to Lisa K. I feel that is the best kind of compliment - having someone say you look comfortable in it, as if you were merely wearing it as regular clothing. :-)

By: Lisa K

Lisa K — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 18:04:37 +0000

One of the best compliments I ever got was not how gorgeous my dress was, or what a great job I’d done on the period correctness of it, but that when I wore it, I looked ‘comfortable’ in it. Like it was my normal type of clothing, and I didn’t look stuffed into it, or miserably uncomfortable, or chronologically out of place, and THAT is what made her admire it and imagine that she could do it too.

By: fran b

fran b — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:46:24 +0000

Was reading about just this issue in ‘The Mirror of the Graces, or the English Ladies’ Costume’. It seems things haven’t changed that much from 1811!

By: Jennifer Rosbrugh

Jennifer Rosbrugh — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:16:35 +0000

In reply to Tangwystyl. LOL!