Loose Threads: Yet Another Costuming Blog

I recently came across an article in Piecework magazine called "The History of the Beret." The Piecework article may be read her...

I have spent too much time being, alternately, busy, exhausted, and sick, to want to blog much. But the discovery I made on the Internet to...

Common modern lucet. "Lucet" (or "lucette") is the name given, at least in English-language sources, to a type of device...

Now that our local election is over (don't ask) and I have less pressing law business, maybe I can resume at least posting about histori...

Happy September! During the summer I was too busy to think about historic costume, let alone blog about it.   So it was a delightful experie...

The video embedded in this post is from a newish YouTube channel called Imperium Romanum . The presenters are based in the Netherlands, an...

Happy Easter!  It's been a long time since I've had time to blog and the energy to blog at the same moment. Today I found an interes...

Today's collection of One Afternoon Tutorials focuses on  a few specialized accessories, such as Victorian watch fobs.  They are short p...