Sorry, lovelies. No Etsomnia™ this week. I just don’t have the bandwidth. I promise next week will be worth the wait.
These are the historical clothes faithfully recreated by fashion historian (or, as she puts it, extremely outdated fashion vlogger) Bernadette Banner. She’s such a traditionalist, she even uses historically-accurate methods to create her pieces.
I’ve been watching her YouTube channel for a few months now, and I find her videos very soothing. She is an expert at historical dress, and she makes herself truly gorgeous gowns and models them beautifully.
“I study the history of dress through practical experimentation and reconstruction, exploring historical eras preceding the introduction of the electric sewing machine because technology is weird. My reconstruction work is done by hand or using authentic machinery where appropriate, and I am simultaneously on an ongoing side quest to discover how we can implement historical practices in 21st century life in order to live a bit more sustainably.”
You can watch all of Bernadette Banner’s videos on YouTube and you can follow her on Instagram.
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April 30, 2020 at 7:35 am
I could stare with admiration at these creations for hours. Lucky for me she’s on insta!
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April 30, 2020 at 8:46 am
They are truly lovely, and she’s definitely figured out her best colors.
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April 30, 2020 at 7:51 am
I am always amazed at vintage clothing and how they were made before all of our modern machines etc. Go way back when cloth was hand made and the volume of cloth used is just mind blogging to me.
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April 30, 2020 at 8:47 am
That’s an excellent point about handmade cloth. Didn’t even occur to me. Fascinating.
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April 30, 2020 at 9:24 am
I love everything about this. It’s the most exquisite form of dress-up with lashings of talent and craftsmanship and a side of time travel.
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April 30, 2020 at 9:25 am
Yes, indeed! I love that she lives what she preaches.
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April 30, 2020 at 11:38 am
I once had a colleague who dressed and lived like it was the 1950s. She used technology at work but stepping into her house was like entering a time capsule and she had no mod cons. I couldn’t commit to anything like that but I did love her style.
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April 30, 2020 at 12:53 pm
How fun! I had a friend during my punk years who dressed and styled herself as Betty a pop every day. Cool, but so limiting!
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April 30, 2020 at 12:56 pm
I had another colleague who only wore purple, rode a purple bike, all her accessories were purple, and yes indeed her home interiors were all purple. All way too much for my taste but it made her happy.
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April 30, 2020 at 1:18 pm
She sounds like she was fun to look at.
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April 30, 2020 at 9:35 am
I am not going to say which one but one of these is my all time favorite. My wife was unhappy but she did model some. I love the computer age and today but I would love to go back to Royal Europe around 1880 just for a short visit. Just in my 79 years on this planet how things have changed. Its not totally gone but I miss’dye tie’ age. That was always interesting art. Thanks Donna = =Hal
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April 30, 2020 at 12:52 pm
I am fascinated by all period costume. I often wish I could see our little island when it was first settled at the turn of the century.
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April 30, 2020 at 10:30 pm
In my original post I said 1880, I meant to say 1780. I woudl love time travel and as long as I could return to this age. Love to see the tall ships from Europe come into port. If I can just watch, I would love to see travel of the wagen trains west. The first railroads. The first everything. If you could time travel, where would you like to go and what period? Hal
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May 1, 2020 at 12:10 am
What a cool idea. I am desperate to see the Art Deco period in person. The design from the most luxurious items to the most humble was just stunning. All those delicious geometrics! I’d love to see it all when it was new.
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