Blogs I Enjoy

These are blogs with great content that I enjoy keeping an eye on.

Blogs marked with an * seem to have not been updated recently, though I still recommend them.

• All The Pretty Dresses * : Posts documenting extant historic clothing located around the internet
• Amanda’a Costumes: Posts about historic clothing construction and events attended
• American Duchess: Frequent posts regarding making and wearing historic clothing, as well as a source of reproduction shoes
• Andrea Schewe Design * : Frequent posts about sewing and making up the garment pattern cover samples for commercial patterns
• Angela Clayton’s Costumery and Creations * : Gorgeous and detailed historical creations, with the construction process shown in detail.
• Anna In Technicolor * : Posts about historic, vintage, and modern sewing projects
• ANTIcostume: Posts sharing photos of meticulously made recreation historical clothing, usually from the 19th and 20th centuries
• The Antique Sewist: Posts showing historical clothing projects usually from the 18th and 19th centuries
• A Sartorial Statement: Adventures in historic costuming with side trips into other costuming areas
• A Tailor Made It * : Posts mostly about making menswear from a super experienced theatrical tailor/cutter
• A Tender Nature: Posts about living an eco-friendly life, through making clothing, knitting, food, and more
• Atelier Nostalgia: Posts showing and wearing historical clothing with a lean towards Dutch history
• The Austrian Woman * : Posts about adventures in making and wearing historic clothing
• The Authentic Fashion Of Norma Williams: A continuation of The Ugly Dame blog, focused on vintage fashion and cooking
• Ballgown In A Backpack * : Posts usually about making and wearing historical clothing
• Beauty From Ashes * : Lots of historic clothing construction posts as well as posts about wearing historic clothing to events
• Before The Automobile * : Absolutely stunning historic clothing, with pictures showing construction, and events attended (with older blog content here)
• Bella Miss Ella * : Fun to read historic clothing blog
• Bobby Pin Blog: All about vintage hair and make-up styling
• The Bohemian Belle * : Posts about making and wearing historic clothing and related adventures
• Commitment To Costumes * : Close up looks at extant garments from the late 19th and early 20th centuries
• The Costumer’s Closet * : A lively and fun historic costuming blog
• The Couture Courtesan * : Historic clothing and re-enactments are the focus of this blog that is both fun to read and to look at
• Couture Historique * : Great info and pictures regarding historic clothes
• Dames a la Mode Blog * : Posts about making and wearing historic costumes from the late 18th and early 19th centuries
• Dames a la Mode Tumblr *: An immense collection of fashion plates from 1770-1830, these can be viewed year by year and decade by decade
• Death By Deco * : A blog about wearing and styling vintage fashion
• Demode Couture: Research, construction, and finished historic projects fill these posts
• Diary of a Mantua Maker * : Inspirational and insightful historic clothing related blog content
• The Dreamstress: Frequent and entertaining posts about a wide range of historic clothing with lots of pictures
• Dressed In Time * : Incredibly detailed posts about creating historic costume, with a focus on the 18th century
• Edelweiss Patterns * : Posts about historic clothing: making and wearing, as well as about Edelweiss Pattern Company
• Emily’s Vintage Visions * : Posts about making and attending historic events with a hefty portion of 1930s, 40s, and 50s vintage as well
• Eva’s Kleidertruhe: Lovely clothing and accessories as well as pictures of events attended, mostly Regency, but other times, too
• Experiments in Elegance * : Charming posts about historic clothes and other fun things
• Fabric & Fiction * : Detailed posts about constructing historical and cosplay costumes
• A Fashionable Frolick * : Picture-filled posts focusing on the 18th century but branching out into the 19th and 20th centuries also
• The Fashionable Past: Detailed and picture filled historic costume blog posts including construction posts about finished garments
• Festive Attyre * : Lots of picture and research filled posts about constructing and wearing historic costumes
• Fitting Sarah * : Posts about making and wearing historic costumes
• Flashback Summer: A vintage lifestyle blog with an intercultural twist and lots of clothing
• A Fractured Fairytale * : Wonderful pictures and explanations of historic costume making
• Fresh Frippery: Mostly adventures in historical costuming with side trips to other types of projects
• Frolicking Frocks * : Research, progress, and finished garment picture filled posts showing adventures in historic costuming, so far with a focus on the 19th century
• A Frolic Through Time: Very detailed posts about construction and embroidery, focusing on 1790s clothes; also a fabulous resource section with many easy to access digital sources
• Genteel Musings: A general focus on the 18th century, with posts about making and wearing garments
• Gilded Garb * : Posts dedicated to the construction and sharing of historic costumes and events attended
• Gwendolyn Grey * : Posts about making and wearing historic clothes with lots of pretty pictures
• The Hidden Wardrobe * : An intimate look at items in the Snowshill Collection, with lots of great, close-up photos and well researched and documented text and explantation of the various items’ place in history
• Historically Dressed * : Posts about historic clothing projects
• If I Had My Own Blue Box: Lovely posts about 19th century, especially mid-century, clothing and related things
• In The Long Run: Posts about the construction and wearing adventures of historic costume
• In The Past Lane: *  Posts about being a living historian, as well as wearing mostly mid-19th century clothing at events, and hopefully posts about historic foods
• It’s All Frosting: Posts about historical sewing, events attended, and lots of yummy baked goods
• Jane Fox Historical Costumes: Posts about making and wearing historical clothing
• Kitty Calash *: Posts about social history and 18th century clothing
• Kleidung um 1800: A fantastic blog about historic clothing from 1795-1820 with lots of great pictures, in German and English
• The Laced Angel * : Historic costuming adventures mostly focused on the 19th and 20th  centuries.
• La Chatelaine Chocolat * : Adventures in making and wearing historic clothes, with a tendency toward late the 18th and early 20th centuries, but sometimes the 19th, too
• The Lady Detalle * : Historical costuming from the 18th and 19th centuries with an attention on accessories and jewelry
• The Lady of Portland House * : Such lovely posts about historic clothing and events, generally focusing on Regency looks
• L.M. Sewing * : Posts about adventures in making historic clothing and crafty things
• Locks of Elegance * : Clear hairstyle tutorials (with lots of pictures!) for styles from Medieval to Edwardian
• Madame Modiste * : Posts documenting lovely historic costumes from the 18th through early 20th centuries, including many bustle styles
• Maggie May Fashions: Posts about making historical clothing from the mid-19th through early 20th centuries
• Maggie’s Costume Wardrobe * : Posts about wearing modern and historic costumes and finding accessories to go with them
• The Mended Soul * : Stunning and fabulous historical clothing worn in lovely places, and with posts about construction, too
• Miss Hendrie’s Workbook * : Historical and modern clothing sewing and knitting projects
• Miss Hero Holliday * : Pin up style with lots of petticoats, lovely outfits, and beautiful photo shoots
• Miss Temby: Historical projects and adventures, often from the Victorian period
• Miss Victory Violet * : Pin up style with lots of great hair and makeup tutorials as well as many lovely outfits
• Mode de Lis * : Posts sharing lovely vintage and vintage inspired modern clothing
• The Modern Mantua-Maker * : Beautiful vintage inspired modern clothing as well as posts about historic clothing
• My Fanciful Muse * : Wonderfully informative posts focusing on all things Regency, with many pictures and fashion plates
• Natalie Garbett – Marker of Historical Clothing and Costumes * : Lovely creations and research from the early 19th century
• Our Girl History * : Posts concerning living history, historical clothing, and materials culture.
• Plaid Petticoats: Whimsical posts about historic clothing and related costume adventures
• Polka Polish * : Posts about vintage and reproduction vintage outfits that are super cute with lots of pictures
• Pour La Victoire: Posts about making and wearing mostly 18th and 19th century clothing, and occasionally trying historical recipes
• Recreating Georgian Jewelry * : Posts about the history of Georgian jewelry and adventures in recreating it
• Recreating the Nineteenth Century Ballroom * : Posts about historic clothing, food, dances, etiquette, and fabulous historic places
• Redthreaded: Posts about making historical corsets and occasionally dresses, as well as about the Redthreaded pattern line and ready-made historical underpinnings
• Regency Tea Party * : Posts about mostly Regency events and clothing with lots of pictures of pretty places and well dressed people
• Rococo Atelier * : Gorgeous clothes and events focused on the 18th century
• Ruby’s Rags * : Beautiful costumes from the 19th and early 20th centuries, with amusing commentary
• Ruffles Not Riffles * : Adventures making and wearing historical clothing from the 18th and 19th centuries
• Saltpetre and Pins * : An emphasis on historic clothing with the addition of fun pictures of Revolutionary War reenacting
• The Sartorial Sleuth: Academic-oriented posts about historical clothing, textiles, and costume history
• Seam Racer: Lots of fun vintage projects from the 1920s to the 1970s
• The Secret Dreamworld of a Jane Austen Fan * : Fun posts all about Regency related things
• Sew 18th Century * : Research and clothing focusing on the Revolutionary War period, but with forays into other periods as well
• Sewaholic * : Posts about her pattern line, things made, and running a small business
• The Sewing Goatherd: Lots of posts about modern and historical sewing projects
• The Sewphisticate: Lively, well written posts related to making and wearing 19th century clothing, with side adventures in other textile arts
• Sew Something Vintage * : Mounds of images from magazines and pattern books from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1960s
• The Shadow Of My Hand * : Posts about making and wearing historic clothing mostly from the 18th and early 19th centuries
• Stepping Into History * : Costuming adventures generally focused on the 19th century
• Streets of Salem: Local Salem history outside of the usual focus on the 17th century
• Stylin’ a La Fleur * : Musing and research in the realm of modern and historic beauty and cosmetology
• Teacups In The Garden: Lots of posts about 18th century adventures, but branching into other centuries as well
• That Purple Dress * : Adventures in historic costuming with lots of lovely pictures and beautiful clothes
• Tickety Boo Tupney * : Vintage clothing made and worn, with lots of lovely knitted projects
• Time Traveling In Costume: Adventures involving making and wearing historic costumes from the 18th through 20th centuries
• Threading Through Time * : Sewing adventures in historical clothing
• The Ugly Dame*: Historical and vintage blog with a focus on 1940s German women’s wear
• Tuppence Ha’penny: Posts about vintage fashion with lovely photos, often from the 1940s & 1950s, as well as excursions into decor, fabrics, etc.
• Va-Voom Vintage * : Vintage outfit, homemaking, and craft posts with lots of photos and a positive outlook on life
• The Victorian Archivist * : Posts mostly about making and wearing Victorian clothing
• Vincent Briggs: Posts about making historic clothing and accessories, particularly from the 18th century
• Vintage Gal * : Gorgeous posts focusing on handmade and crocheted  1930s and 1940s clothing
• Wearing History: Frequent posts about vintage and historic clothes and the pattern line Wearing History
• Wee Needle * : Late 18th and early 19th century posts focused on clothing and living history
• What Would Nancy Drew Wear? * : A blog recording (mostly) vintage sewing adventures
• Women’s Fashion In WWII Germany: A continuation of The Ugly Dame blog, specifically focused
• 18th Century Stays * : A focused blog from Hallie Larkin, with lots of great information and pictures of extant stays