Time Traveling in Costume
My blogs
- Time Traveling in Costume
- Borghild Antonia Ingier Thorson
- France and England in a Day. Ok, Eighteen Days.
- 2018 Fall Colors Cruise
Blogs I follow
- Lady Carnarvon
- 1850s Michigan - RosetteBook.com - The Journal and the Novel
- A Day In 1862...
- A Fashionable Frolick
- A Frolic through Time: Period Costuming and the Occasional Side Trip
- Afternoon Tea Total
- All The Pretty Dresses
- American Duchess
- AN HISTORICAL LADY
- Andrea Schewe Design - Blog
- At the Sign of the Golden Scissors
- Aylwen Gardiner-Garden
- B*tch, Pelisse!
- Beauty From Ashes
- Before the Automobile
- Bella Miss Ella
- Born in 1808
- Bygone Elegance
- caeruleusberolinensis.wordpress.com/
- Christianne Bakewell - Blog
- Cogito Ergo Sew
- Costumes, Cats And The 18th Century
- Cottonopia
- Couture Historique
- Curse Words and Crinolines
- Dames a la Mode
- Delights of the Heart
- Dressed in Time
- Dressing the 1840s
- Edelweiss Patterns Blog
- Emily's Vintage Visions
- EvaDress
- Faking Purdy Locks: The Modern Hairstyle goes Regency | Road trips with the redhead
- Fashionable Forties
- Fashions of Time
- Festive Attyre
- Festive Attyre: Historical Costuming
- Frock Flicks
- Frolicking Frocks
- Graveside Musings
- Historically Dressed
- House of Poleigh Naise
- i love historical clothing
- Idle Hands
- If I Had My Own Blue Box:
- In the Long Run
- Isabel Northwode Costumes
- Isabella's Project Diary
- Isis' Wardrobe
- It's All About The Dresses!
- JennyLaFleur
- Kleidung um 1800
- krawcówna
- Lady Carolyn
- Latina Living History
- Louise Penny
- Madam Novice
- Madame Modiste Historic-ish Costuming (drinking champagne while wearing a pretty dress)
- Maggie's Costume Wardrobe
- Mennonite Girls Can Cook
- Miss Hendrie's Workbook
- Miss Spenser's Blog
- Ms1940McCall
- Musings of an Atelier
- My Soul is Fed with Needle and Thread
- Mystery Fanfare
- Nancy's Daily Dish
- Natalie Garbett - Maker of Historical Clothing and Costumes (Fichu)
- New York Traveler
- patterned on the past , adventures in vintage sewing
- Pride & Sensibility
- Romantic History
- Rosemary's Sampler
- Scene in the Past
- Serena Dyer
- Sew Modern Sew Historical
- Steph's Cup of Tea
- Suburban Pagan
- Tea Occasions
- Teacups Among the Fabric
- The Baroque Boutique
- The Broke Costumer
- The Costume Diva
- The Costume Parlour
- The Couture Courtesan
- The Deadwood Cemetery
- The Distracted Dressmaker
- The Dreamstress
- The Dusty Victorian
- The English Kitchen
- The Fashionable Past
- The Girl with the Star-Spangled Heart
- The Great Basin Costume Society
- The Informatician Extraordinaire
- The Laced Angel
- The Lady of Portland House
- the Lady's Resource CDVs
- The Oregon Regency Society ~ Northwest Chapter
- The Perfect Touch
- The Pragmatic Costumer
- The Relevant Tea Leaf
- The Roaming Redhead
- The Sewing Box
- The Story of a Seamstress
- The Victorian Mourning Blog
- This Old Life
- This Victorian Life - Blog
- Thread-Headed Snippet
- Threading Through Time
- Tongue in Cheek
- TwilaTee, On a Mission to Costume the World
- Undressing the Historical Lady
- Wearing History
- WearWhenWhy
- Where Mourning Meets Art
- Woodville Plantation
Gender | Female |
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Industry | Law Enforcement or Security |
Occupation | Retired |
Location | San Diego, California, United States |
Introduction | HI, my name is Val. I'm a member of Costumer's Guild West in Los Angeles, Dean of 2018 & 2024 Costume College; Past President of the San Diego Costume Guild, and a representative of the San Diego History Center. I also put on historical fashion shows for various groups. I make my own historical costumes but don't sell any unless I get tired of one.The eras I've made so far are 1770 up to 1918. My favorite is the 1880s bustle. |
Interests | historical costume, historical fashion shows, costume events, afternoon tea. Reading, writing. |
Favorite Movies | costumes |
Favorite Music | Classical, New Age |
Favorite Books | The Witching Hour, A Discovery of Witches, Outlander, anything by Michael Connelly, Anne Perry Victorian murder mysteries. |