Homemade Tarts/ Juul Haalmeyer Designs

09/30/2024

09/29/2024

Daniel Radcliffe’s statement on Maggie Smith:

“The first time I met Maggie Smith I was 9 years old and we were reading through scenes for ‘David Copperfield,’ which was my first job. I knew virtually nothing about her other than that my parents were awestruck at the fact that I would be working with her. The other thing I knew about her was that she was a Dame, so the first thing I asked her when we met was ‘would you like me to call you Dame?’ at which she laughed and said something to the effect of ‘don’t be ridiculous!’ I remember feeling nervous to meet her and then her putting me immediately at ease. She was incredibly kind to me on that shoot, and then I was lucky enough to go on working with her for another 10 years on the ‘Harry Potter’ films. She was a fierce intellect, a gloriously sharp tongue, could intimidate and charm in the same instant and was, as everyone will tell you, extremely funny. I will always consider myself amazingly lucky to have been able to work with her, and to spend time around her on set. The word legend is overused but if it applies to anyone in our industry then it applies to her. Thank you Maggie.”
Ariana the wibblywobblytimeywimey Fangirl

09/28/2024

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04/29/2023

12/19/2022

Most especially during WWII and the privations that occurred afterwards there were consistent publications of things that encouraged women to make up-grades and changes to their costume that would not require massive amounts of new materials. This is a sample of one such effort to encourage women to stay current while also staying within guidelines of government restrictions.
A dress , apart from a person of larger size could not employ more than 2.5 yards of material. So, decorative embellishments were confined to what could be created from scraps.
This image from 1943 is giving home sewers a way to update and change their clothes with minimal cost of fabric.

12/06/2022

11/23/2022

11/20/2022

: The elegance of Ann Lowe’s ‘American Beauty Dress’ 1966-67 via Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
For more see also Museum at FIT Museum at FIT: https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1966-lowe-american-beauty/

11/14/2022

Though the idea of cutting cloth on the bias was in no way new, and in fact whole garments had been constructed in this manner long before, it is Madeleine Vionnet who gets credit for it. Clearly it was a matter of being in the right place and time for it to gain such extraordinary popularity. During the 1930s, bias cutting of clothing for women dominated fashion.
This is a wedding dress of Vionnet’s design from 1930. Made up in white silk crepe backed satin the dress is a perfect expression of what bias cutting can achieve. The effortless seeming fluidity of the draping is entirely because of cutting at 45 degrees to the fabric’s grain.
Interestingly, the matte finish bows at knee length are made of the same satin material, but with the crepe side facing outwards.
Collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.

11/06/2022