Fashion History Talks! In conversation with historical novelist Susan Holloway Scott

“Fashion history continues to be perhaps our most tangible link to people from the past.”  –Susan Holloway Scott Susan Holloway Scott is not your typical costume designer. Her designs do not appear on the theater stage nor on a movie or television screen. In fact, her creations do not even require fabric, thread or a … Continue reading Fashion History Talks! In conversation with historical novelist Susan Holloway Scott

Fashion History Talks! In conversation with fashion historian Lydia Edwards

“Since I was four years old and wanted to be a ‘knight in shining armour’ (definitely not a damsel in distress), dress history has been present in my life.” –Lydia Edwards I have said it before and I will say it again: clothing speaks, or as haute couturier Paul Poiret pointed out, they sing: “A … Continue reading Fashion History Talks! In conversation with fashion historian Lydia Edwards