Category: Featured
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A great pattern review site
One of the hardest things, especially for beginners, is puzzling out a pattern, expecially older ones, so pattern reviews are a great help when figuring out which one to get when preparing to make your next masterpiece. One I recently stumbled across was the Great Pattern Review sire run by the Greater Bay Area Costumiers…
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So you want to go to a fantasy ball?
So you want to go to a fantasy ball but don’t know where to begin? Five years ago, when we were all coming out of the Covid lockdowns (can you believe it?) and scrolling through Facebook, a post popped up from a friend about attending the Costumiers’ NZ Fantasy Masquerade Ball Weekend in Rotorua. Straight away,…
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The origins of costumes
Part of my decision to create this blog was driven by a desire to explore the history of costuming. What is it about dressing up as someone or something different that fascinates us so much? When did clothing transform from mere functionality to a medium for expressing our creativity and identity? It turns out we…