Dress in 18thC Stockholm

Research into 18th century European (Continental and Swedish) clothing and fashion, period patterns and fabrics.

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28 April 2017

HSM 2017 #4: A very wide apron

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Maid plucking a bird (Pehr Hilleström, circa 1776) A while back, I found a piece of vintage linen with nice selvages at the local thrif...
14 April 2017

Durán Textiles: new cotton prints in May

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Durán Textiles are discontinuing their current line of screen-prints, to introduce a new line of block-prints. Here's what their site s...
09 April 2017

The Peacock Scale

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In thinking about how to grade historical accuracy, I realized that not all aspects of accuracy are equal. If the over-all impression of a ...
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22 November 2015

Mid-18th century fabric samples

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A new book showcasing a whole 1500 Swedish fabric samples from the mid-18th century has just been published. This is not a proper review, be...
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31 October 2015

HSM 2015 #10: The 'Secret Date' Shift

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Today, there are books, patterns, and blogs, that document the construction and sewing techniques of garments that have survived for centuri...
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Anna-Carin
I enjoy reading about clothes of the past, and speculating about how they were cut and sewn at a time when fabrics were much more expensive than they are today.
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