Your Wardrobe Unlock'd
The Costume Maker's Companion
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Shoe Re-Covering Masterclass
Make your own 18th century shoes to match your outfit with Loren Dearborn's edited, updated and improved shoe re-covering masterclass |
Costuming Actors
Read all the behind the scenes gossip from the Royal Shakespeare Company as Suzi Clarke takes us behind the scenes and gives us some pointers about fitting
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Research for the Historical Costumer, Part 3
Kendra van Cleave adds websites, books, journals and conferences to our arsenal of research resources, recommending the most useful ones, showing us how best to use them, and telling us what to look out for |
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Handmade Trims - Fancy Braiding
Vicky Clarke shows the possibilities for period trims in fancy braiding - no more buying the same old fabric store trims for you! |
Book Reviews - Pattern Drafting
Marion McNealy introduces us to the best patternmaking and drafting books on her bookshelf - which ones are the most practical and useful? Which is the best for a beginner? |
Interview: Laura Mellin, Extreme Costumer
In this month's interview we talk to a costumer who's no stranger to Holy Grails - with her more modest projects clocking in at 300 hours or more, she knows a thing or two about what's possible and shows us how to go about choosing and carrying out ambitious projects successfully |
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Research Website of the Month: Google Books
Starting this month, we will be having two websites of the month.
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Website of the Month
Learn about tailoring and watch a half hour documentary on the work of a Savile Row veteran who's made suits for Prince Charles. See him sharpen his chalk and work with the fabric! |
Ask The Experts, July 2008
Ask The Experts takes on a new role: a range of experts answer your questions. What would you like to ask fifteen of the web's best costumers? We have two questions this month, one on using velvet for a Robe a l'Anglaise and one on starting a business. |
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