tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post5894662375508656823..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Another 18th c Gown Make-Over - With the Scraps to Prove itUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-27985154257248957972012-06-04T21:22:14.096-04:002012-06-04T21:22:14.096-04:00Anonymous, I don't search for these recycled d...Anonymous, I don't search for these recycled dresses. I wouldn't know what kind of search term to use, since usually the fact that the dresses are remade isn't in the description heading. I've just stumbled over them while looking for something else. Evidently there are far more of them out there than I realized at first!<br /><br />SusannahC, glad you enjoyed the post! The fact that the pieces were still with this dress was particularly fascinating, and raises all sorts of questions that we'll never know. Did the customer demand the pieces back so she wouldn't feel somehow cheated? Or did she have some other plans for the scraps, some sort of other project? Or was it the dressmaker who simply returned them as a matter of course? Mysteries in old clothes...!Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-29580005926154276132012-06-04T19:02:41.576-04:002012-06-04T19:02:41.576-04:00Excellent article, Susan! Like you, I'm intrig...Excellent article, Susan! Like you, I'm intrigued by the idea of remaking old gowns, and the ways different people chose to "re-invent" them into something fashionable.SusannahChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194996797992843070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-59369038597660304762012-06-04T10:13:17.808-04:002012-06-04T10:13:17.808-04:00Lovely as usual. How in the world do you search f...Lovely as usual. How in the world do you search for these? <br />I have often wondered if the ladies took all those gowns from the 18th century and used them in the 19th. Some of the material would have made lovely Spencers and pelisses even if the material had gone out of fashion for dresses.<br />I am not talented enough to remake garments and most today don't have enough material . However, I , along with Scarlet, have seen the potential in window hangings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com