Bursting @ the Seams

This looks fun: EVENT – Learn more about 19th-century textiles at Fulford Place Saturday, March 20, 2010 – 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with one hour f...

A friend of mine emailed me about a vintage purse given to her by her aunt (shown in the photos below). She wasn't exactly sure why it h...

This looks like fun and free: Victorian Costume: Demonstration and Talk Thursday, December 10, 7:30 pm Lorraine Ivey Shuttleworth Community ...

What do you know, Western has a tradition for medical students to be ceremonially presented with a white lab coat similar to the capping cer...

I haven't had much time lately to properly blog but I still come across fun stuff to share. Check out this awesome video on fashion hist...

I thought this was a fun video found on the Globe and Mail web site today. The video contains a segment with the Bata Shoe Museum about the...

The history of nursing uniforms is relevant today as we see some hospitals like the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children bringing back the nur...

Every so often I check out the online exhibit Blogmode: Addressing Fashion presented by The Costume Institute . It closes soon by the way, s...

To follow up with a previous posting on museums wanting artifacts back, I thought I would post these two really interesting video clips fro...

Just when you thought historic films were hard enough to review, The Other Boleyn Girl , based on the historical fiction book by Philippa Gr...

While reading Museum News, I came across an article that made my heart skip a beat. Bexhill Museum of Costume and Social History in East Su...

The Swanndri or "swanny," is a New Zealand garment with an interesting history as I found out today while creating a history secti...

It's been another lovely holiday season shared with family, friends and my favorite delectable goodies. But, it’s not over quite yet. It...

A Material Culture Study While at my university today I thought I was seeing doubles, no triples maybe even quadruples! It seemed every cor...