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The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking: How to Hand Sew Georgian Gowns and Wear Them With Style
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About The American Duchess Guide To 18th Century
About the Author Lauren Stowell started blogging in 2009 as a fun way to documentlearning historical costuming. While she loves a great many periods of dress,from the sixteenth century all the way through the early 1960s, Lauren's truelove has always been eighteenth-century clothing. In 2011, together with herhusband, Chris, Lauren began designing and offering reproduction eighteenth-centuryshoes for historical costumers and reenactors, which quickly grew into afull-time business manufacturing shoes, boots, silk stockings, shoe buckles andother accessories for all periods from the Renaissance to the Edwardian era.Throughout this time, Lauren continued to sew and blog about historic costume,experimenting, failing, succeeding and always learning more about old clothingand how it was worn and lived in. Abby's passion for dress history and sewing started in college whilestudying art history, theatre, and history (B.A. Indiana University-Bloomington2008). From there she pursued her passion, studying Decorative Arts and DesignHistory at the University of Glasgow (MLitt 2009), and was able to beginputting her passion into her work while employed at the Colonial WilliamsburgFoundation. Her final three years working for the Foundation were spent at theMargaret Hunter Millinery Shop, serving as an apprentice milliner/mantua maker.There she learned and studied eighteenth-century dressmaking techniques. Abbynow serves as Vice-President of American Duchess and Royal Vintage Shoes inReno, NV. American Duchess Inc., has been providing historically accurate lady's shoes since 2011. Their shoes and accessories have been used in productions all over the world, including ABC's Once Upon a Time, Starz's Outlander and American Gods, Broadway's Hamilton: An American Musical, Dangerous Liaisons and Cinderella. Their shoes have also been used by the New York Metropolitan Opera, Ford's Theater and have walked the red carpet at the Academy Awards. They live in Reno, Nevada. Product Description Bring History to Life Whether you wish you could time travel to the court of Versailles or the Highlands of Scotland, this comprehensive guide will walk you through how to make and wear your 18th century dream gown. Lauren Stowell and Abby Cox of American Duchess have endeavored to make the impossible possible by bringing historically accurate dressmaking techniques into your sewing room. Learn how to make four of the most iconic 18th century silhouettes―the English Gown, Sacque Gown, Italian Gown and Round Gown―using the same hand sewing techniques done by historic dressmakers. From large hoops to full bums, wool petticoats to grand silk gowns, ruffled aprons to big feathered hats, this manual has project patterns and instructions for every level of 18th century sewing enthusiast. With Lauren and Abby’s guidance, you’ll feel as if you just stepped out of an 18th century portrait. The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking demystifies 18th century fashion and sewing techniques so that you can wear these beautiful gowns with confidence and style. Review “In this must-have volume, the American Duchess ladies solve your costuming worries,sharing solid yet accessible research, inspiring images and tips from the sewing trenches in a style that makes historically accurate 18th century sewing more achievable and fun than it's ever been.” –Cathy Hay, CEO, Foundations Revealed “Finally we have a book to span the gap between academic research and hands-on sewing instruction for the 18th century. It takes the mystery out of historically accurate technique and presents it in a beautiful and achievable way, grounded in the authors’ years of experience in hands-on research.” –Cynthia Settje, Owner, Redthreaded Costumes & Corsets
