You know, I've certainly gone through periods, once I got into this business, where I tried to adopt maybe a more sophisticated style, 'cause they give you all these free clothes.
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But with period clothes, people know less so they accept the pretty drawing that I give them.
And I guess I have a face and a look that sort of lends itself to period costume!
When I do period work, I really like to read about the period as much as I like to look at pictures because sometimes the written word is much better at conveying what their lives were really like and how much they had and where their clothes came from. Because, a lot of time, people dressed in their Sunday best to pose for a picture.
I've been known to create clothes that are very formfitting and feminine.
We've always wanted to do a clothing line, and I personally love doing stuff with my sisters; I think it makes the whole process that much better.
You know, the fashion business is this legendary repository of young girls on their way to getting husbands. I really wanted to work.
I'm a sucker for period pieces. There is always great opportunity for research and to delude yourself into feeling like you are in a different time and place.
Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
You can't do a machine without knowing something about how it's going to work. As for the romantics, the costumes bored me and I don't enjoy doing period clothes.
Fashion to me has become very disposable; I wanted to get back to craft, to clothes that could last.
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