Fiona Buker

“I know I know.  Over the head over the head over the head.”  Fiona is the youngster of the group, and comes along with her mother to events.  She is also the most energetic, and the fastest at getting dressed.  When we first started, she got into a lot of …

Doty Flowers

“I’m sorry but I lost more weight.”  Doty used to have the ideal Edwardian figure, but she keeps losing weight and having to be padded out.  Fortunately, Edwardians did a lot of padding so it’s legit.  Like still waters with a strong current, Doty is the ideal woman of any …

Suzi Sellers

“Why were women so TINY??”  Designer, seamstress, historian, director, and business leader of Silhouettes, Suzi is also a Buffalo Gal, out on the hoof interpreting and performing.  She depicts older, larger women of history – not the fashion plates, but the REAL women. The challenge is in fitting everyone at …

Hanna Yaeger, Actress

“The authentic costume helped me get into character.  I was playing a gaudy ‘new money’ reporter, and that’s exactly what Suzi made for me.  The costume was very durable, comfortable under the hot lights, and moveable as I had to do a lot of preening and strutting to do it!”  …

Shelly King, Storyteller

“This is SO much more than making a pattern!  I’m inspired to seek out more performance opportunities, & I’m writing new pieces with different characters, to take full advantage of my beautiful ensemble.”  Shelly’s original character portrayal is her own relative, Hannah Boone who was the wife of Daniel Boone.  …

Suzi Sellers, Docent

“It was 95 degrees & humid, but I’ve never been so comfortable in my life as in full Victorian dress.” This experience was the reason Silhouettes was created.  Suzi was employed at a working 1880’s German dairy farm in northern Illinois as a docent & day camp teacher for children. …