Your Wardrobe Unlock'd

Sunny finishes her deciphering of a black velvet Teens evening gown, with the bodice opening and velvet tabard.

Sunny continues her examination and deciphering of a black velvet Teens evening gown, focusing on the bodice and sleeves.

Jennie demonstrates how to draft different styles of sleeves (long and short), skirts, and finishes up the 1812 dress.

The bonnet is the iconic accessory of the early nineteenth century: Serena shares how to construct a Close Bonnet of c.1810.

Taking the basic bodice slopers from part 1, Jennie provides several examples of how to transform them into a new design.

The calash bonnet is one of the most intriguing 18th century accessories. Serena makes a historically accurate example.

Tucks were a favorite decoration from the 1820s to Teens: here's how to create a mid-19th c.-style tucked petticoat, start to finish.

The art and science of hand sewn buttonholes, looking close-up at museum examples and then making our own in four simple stages.

Sunny continues her examination of a black velvet evening gown with many of the characteristics of Teens high fashion.

Sunny examines a very complicated early Teens black velvet evening gown with  many of the characteristics of high fashion in this era.

Last month, Sunny covered how the lower half of the dress was patterned and constructed. This time, she examines the bodice.

Serena takes us step-by-step through constructing an 1812 spotted muslin dress by traditional hand- stitching methods.

In our first Teens Double Period Project article, Sunny examines a fashionable striped wool dress from 1909 - 1914 in her collection.

Amanda analyses a rare find and compares it to museum examples around the world so that the techniques can be recreated accurately.

Early medieval clothing: a potato sack with a girdle? Not necessarily: here lies an astonishing wealth of fabric, colour & detail.

Charles Frederick Worth is remembered as the father of haute couture, and Suzi Clarke has a couple of treasures of his to show us...

Izabela walks us step by step through the creation of an 1785 riding habit, including gold embroidered buttons.

Lynn finds out whether several tools and machines are worth the money, or whether they just make a simple job more complicated. 

It's always worth revisiting the basic techniques that we give little thought to, just to check there's nothing we've missed...

Discussing the cut of a late medieval kirtle and a very popular V neck gown, often simply referred to as the Burgundian gown.