Happy holidays, readers! Today seemed like a perfect time to continue our exploration of dance in  Little Women  by venturing to a Christmas...

As I mentioned in our discussion of "The Laurence Boy", the two scenes in the novel where Meg attends parties make a nice pairing....

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 ...

If you're just tuning in, I recently completed a new 1860s ballgown, made out of silk tartan I recovered by disassembling my 2012 silk t...

My deep love of tartan fashion history began in college, when I spent a year at the University of Edinburgh (purportedly to do science, but ...

I reference dancing a lot on this blog, both because I love it and because moving in period patterns in period clothes really changes your u...