Tag: 1850s
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The Kirsten Project | Kirsten Saves the Day
Grab your foraged berries, sit down and join me for the latest installment of The Kirsten Project. For this edition, we’re going into the woods to recreate Kirsten’s summertime ensemble based on her story Kirsten Saves the Day. For much of this book, Kirsten spends her time in the woods near her family farm, collecting…
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The Kirsten Project | Happy Birthday, Kirsten!
Spring has arrived! The chickens are laying a rainbow of colorful eggs, the redbuds have popped and the fruit trees are blooming! Warmer days lead us outside to play and prepare our gardens for the summer ahead! Between these moments, I’ve been sneaking away time here and there to finish my 1850s spring dress, based…
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The Kirsten Project | Tiered Skirts of the 1850s
Fashion Plates from Top Left to Right: Le Bon Ton 1856, Les Parisienne 1859, Journal des Demoiselles 1854, Le Bon Ton 1856 In planning the style of dress to make with this edition of the Kirsten Project, I knew I wanted to do more than the standard drop shoulder, high neck, full skirt and sleeve…
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The Kirsten Project | Dress Inspiration
dress, late 1830s, metropolitan museum of art, daguerrotypes of women and girls in mid 19th century dresses The real root of The Kirsten Project has been for me to try to untangle the mystery of how each aspect of Kirsten’s costume came together and to make my best guess on what Pleasant Company used as…
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Introducing | The Kirsten Project
My pleasant company edition of meet kirsten (1986, when it was just her, samantha and molly!) from childhood plus original outfit. Over the course of the past year I’ve returned to one of my childhood passions with historic costumes. It was only after going to my first Jane Austen Festival did I remember how I…