The Start of an 1890s Journey
I know many of the people who read this blog will have come here because they know me as either friend or family. They will know that I have a degree in history and for the last several years, I've been working as a museum professional and spend quiet a lot of my time dressed in my own late 18th century clothes, teaching people about life in the American colonies, the War for Independence, and the early United States. I make quite a lot of my own clothing for that work, so I am resemble a woman working and living in Virginia in the last quarter of the 18th century (c. 1770-1800). Why, then, am I embarking to create an ensemble of clothing for the 1890s, almost 100 years apart from my "usual time"? First of all, while my professional life is focused on the 18th century, I am under no such obligations to always keep myself there in my own time outside of work. I've long enjoyed studying the history of clothing and fashion in tandem with other aspects of history....
