Welcome back, all! When we left off, I was sharing some thoughts on the major elements of mid-19th century dancing--today we'll move on ...

I have worked at Orchard House (home of author Louisa May Alcott, and the setting for  Little Women ) for almost half of my life, and spend ...

Last May when I was preparing for an adventure in Bath , I started exploring the early 1870s in depth to inspire an early bustle gown to...

My term is over today!! Two more papers to turn in and I'm home free to catch up on blogging and sewing and planning for some truly epic...

After the recent Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ball at Arisia (my favorite local SF/F convention), a hellish couple of weeks, and the up...

"Germans," or cotillions, were evenings (or late nights) of dance games where attendees would shuffle partners, win small party fa...

With the ball last night and the Crane Estate event last weekend, I am certainly learning to love the '20s. Today, while browsing the Vi...

Last night was the premier of The Great Gatsby , and it was so much fun! Getting a '20s look together is always weirdly time consuming f...