Time to blog again after a hiatus to catch up posting customer research (although there are still more to go..!) Note the blog is posted here and autoposts to our Facebook Page, so you can catch it both places – but – you can only comment on Facebook (Silhouettes Costumes). …
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While we respect most of the world is now seen in a little rectangle & only “From the Waist Up”, The Buffalo Gals intend to be “Authentic from the Bum Up” as soon as, & as long as, we can. All Gals will have all new ensembles & characters by …
While taking a break from blogging, we’ve made quite a few ensembles and pieces. Check out the many new web pages and research here: notably a new section on nursing, the history of stays, and a whole lot on Colonial fashion. There are still many ensembles for which the research …
Women and girls living in the Colonies got most of their ideas on what to wear from England. The English got their ideas from France. The French had fashion designers and royalty who came up with the ideas. French Court fashion led the way in determining what women around the …
We’ve perfected the use of livestream fittings and measurements via Skype or FaceTime. Please give us a chance, and check out the many projects posted hereto get a feeling for how we work.. …and then send a message through any contact form at the bottom of any page – or …
…there were people from royal governors to indentured servants and slaves and everyone in between living in what would become the United States before, during, and after the Revolutionary War. In the 1770’s upper classes kept up to date on what was in fashion in England and France from imported …
…particularly those with ties to the English before, during, and after the War, still wore the elaborate styles through the 1770’s. Women of middle and high class status continued to wear the elaborate French Court styles long past when they had gone out of fashion in Europe, although they backed …
…French Court in his natural hair after forgetting his wig, became natural again. Colonists, by then calling themselves Americans, had been copying French fashion. The Americans along with the French and English pulled back to simpler and more comfortable styles in the 1790’s.
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