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A collection of Ways to Tie a Necktie

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En cualquier momento esto me servirá

#ffr

fauvester

nice third coast afternoon, 1840s style

sewing-and-other-things

anyways, the 1840s jacq, from a different angle!

facesofthevictorianera

Mrs. Carroll c. 1870-75

State Library of New South Wales

#1875 #she got some weirdass hair things goin on

mortisia

Lovely Hats and Gowns in Les Modes 1908 – Beautiful fashion from Les Modes 1908. xx

#1905 #1910

daughterofchaos

Detail of Portrait of Cecilia Tower by James Jebusa Shannon, ca. 1889

#1885 #1890

I should stop making 1860s headwear that I have no occasion to wear

#1860 hat #I sewed that plait myself mfers

my whitework came, and it’s actually really, really nice quality. i’m pleased. and i cut out my bodice! it was a lot of slashing and spreading and piecing.

#white 1820

so, I’m putting together an outfit to go with my 1820′s Hat and im torn between

normal, appropriate late 20s sleeves

and UNBELIEVABLE 30S SLEEVES

features that im positive about: i need to make an underdress, possibly of of cotton or my cheap white silk, with short puff sleeves; the bodice is going to be gathered with those insertion details at the shoulders, gathering probably into the waist and not horizontally along the middle, the neckline will be bateau, and more square, like the first picture, the skirt front will be lightly gathered

#white 1820s

just ordered some cheap ass vintage rayon ribbon and some luxuriant $3 ostrich plumes

#this is the least ive dropped on millinery notions tbh #fauve sews

fauvester

They always look bigger when they’re actually on yr head

#1826 hat

I need bigger hair and more trim, but you get the picture. silk on chip-bergere hat, 1770sish

#hats

i’m still alive! shit’s still going on. i made a new cap and kerchief, and ill take pictures of the black silk hat that i covered tonight. just bits and bobs.

although i am slowly finishing my white silk gown, and i have a nice aurora pink silk for a petticoat and trim...

#update

making a bonnet is honestly so magical. about the time when you attach the brim wire it goes from a hot buckram mess to an honest to god piece of headwear

#im emotional abt soft crown bonnets #im honestly makin this pattern up as i go along ;I #brown bonnet