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August 16, 2020

A Wedding Dress with a Difference

August 16, 2020/ Jacky Ingram
A Wedding Dress with a Difference

How to best use stunning fabrics to create a wedding dress with a difference. This post looks at the construction details of a 16th century, made to measure outfit for a wedding celebration.

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August 16, 2020/ Jacky Ingram/ 2 Comments
16th Century, Corsetry, Costume, Sixteenth Century, Re-enactment
August 09, 2020

In Search of a Style

August 09, 2020/ Jacky Ingram
In Search of a Style

When the Bride has the fabric but no idea of what style she wants, how to do make the perfect dress? This post is the first in a series describing how the wedding outfits of two very special people were created.

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August 09, 2020/ Jacky Ingram/ 1 Comment
16th Century, Corsetry, Costume, Dress-making
Silk, Kirtle, Wedding Dress
August 02, 2019

A Tudor Suit - The Doublet

August 02, 2019/ Jacky Ingram
A Tudor Suit - The Doublet

Making a new suit for a re-enactor requires some thought on what the re-enactment is and the character that the person will be portraying. This post describes the thought process behind and the construction of the doublet for a 1588 suit of clothes for an apprentice.

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August 02, 2019/ Jacky Ingram/ 4 Comments
Sixteenth Century, 16th Century, Re-enactment, Costume
Doublet, Elizabethan, Tudor, tailored

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