Costume Historian

For anyone with an interest in the history of clothing, dress, textiles, lace and embroidery, paricularly of the early modern period, 1550-1750

Showing posts with label mending. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mending. Show all posts
Thursday, 24 August 2023

Mending and alteration of clothing and accessories in the seventeenth century

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  There has been a tendency to regard making do and mending, as something specific to the Second World War, but people have always mended an...
Saturday, 29 September 2012

Make do and mend – early modern style

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 Turned collar and cuff Mending my partner’s shirt by turning neckband and cuffs on a shirt I made some years ago now, I thought th...
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