Your friendly neighborhood gateway to dress history. This channel began as a personal documentation of my reconstruction experiments, as I endeavoured to learn about the history of humans through how their clothes were worn and constructed. Electric sewing machines aren't really my jam, so I tend to take on garment styles that pre-date WWI, using the hand sewing methods and historical machinery that would have been available at the time, as well as bringing those historical sewing methods into the process of making things for 21st century wear. Making stuff by hand tends to take a while, so between projects you can generally find me here talking about old clothes, looking at old clothes, busting some myths, exploring historical sites, investigating dress-related concepts, experimenting with techniques, historybounding, and introducing you to experts who continue traditional crafts.