My Artist’s World

Just finished my latest attempt at restoring an antique gown and this one was a challenge! I was drawn to it (1) because it was a wedding dress and (2) it’s one of my favorite colors-mauve.   A note was also included that gave the names of the bridal couple and the year.  I’ll tell you more . . . → Read More: Antique Dress Project

the first in . . . → Read More: testing adding a picture.

Now here we will get into my other passion, collecting!  I have loved historic fashion most of my life and began seriously collecting vintage and antique clothing in 1983.  I’m particularly fond of the Victorian era, so most of my collection is focused on that, but I have things as far back as 1820 and as . . . → Read More: Collecting Stuff!