I find stories like this inside vintage garments I restore all the time! So, let me know how you enjoyed taking a look inside this one and if you want to see more?
This was a good one. Mens garments are the same. I find neat things hidden in old military uniforms all the time. Secret patches, notes, books of matches in hats.
I enjoyed this video very much. Our church had a Theatre group and in my younger days (1970's - 1980's) I along with my sister used to make the costumes. As the group had no money, we went to Jumble Sales and bought anything we thought we could use. We found all sorts of things when we altered them including one which had some coins sewn into the hem as dress weights. Regards Rowena 🇬🇧
It was bought in winter. When summer came the sleeves were removed. She became pregnant and had the side opened. As a viewer pointed out, it would be easier access for breastfeeding. She obviously took care of her clothes. But then again garments aren't made like they use to be, dyes, thread, fabric. Even as a plus size woman looking for clothes at second hand shops, I will purchase as I have more options. I bought a beautiful 1980s ( not that old) full length wool coat.
Yes please more- I have 2 slips from my mother in law that I adore. They were purchased in early sixties and one was hand sewn in Germany. I did some loving mending and adore them.
Love this! When I sew, somewhere on the inside of my garment I will embroider the pattern # and maybe the year I made it as I've always thought it would be fun for someone else to find one day ....
Beautiful nightgown! ... Reminds me of the pearly silk satin nightgowns & robes my mother used to always wear on Sunday mornings when I was growing up in the 60’s and 70’s . What was I thinking that a t-shirt nighty could ever replace these during my early adult years!!!
If the garment is from the 1930's, which it looks like, then there could be an interesting reason for the alteration. My grandmother was a seamstress and still made clothes for family after she married in the late 20's. During World War 2 no-one could get new clothes as everything went to the war effort for uniforms etc. Women could get maybe one new suit a year on ration. Tilla, my grandmother, said there was a lot of clothes swapping so that women could have something "new" to wear. Most women didn't have a lot to wear anyway as they were just coming out the Depression and some dresses were literally worn for 12 years or so. Some just wore out. And of course the alteration of these clothes was only as good as the person's sewing skills and alteration skills. Also children grew up in that time and new children came along. My mother was 10 at the start of the war, and skinny, like any child, and 16, and very, very busty by the end of it. Tilla had to refashion clothes, and then eventually trade with women for other clothes that she could remodel for Mum. And Mum's old children's clothes were passed down or traded. Now this nightdress would not have been for a 16 year old, but it may have been refashioned as a nightdress for a new, larger, bride. One of Tilla's sisters married an American GI and she said they all pitched in to make something for a new wardrobe for her. Tilla always said you could do amazing things with large tablecloths and curtains. Yes, she really made clothes out of curtains and tablecloths!
I just love this story! ❤ Wasn't clothing a treasured item! Something you love, and worth keeping and remodeling as time goes on and swapping with your friends from something new! Oh if only this were still true! I would like to think this item might have had this sort of life!
@@Evelyn__Wood I like to think so too. I can't really think of another reason for the unusual side slits, except for being sexy 😂. If fabric was plentiful then matching fabric would have been added to the side. I remember when I was little I was always at Tilla's place. She wasn't poor but she would still unpick any decent lace or trim, and cut off the buttons of any dress that was no longer wearable. And if parts of the fabric were still good she would make dolls out of them, or little head scarfs (this was the 60's). She said you never knew when you would need it again and what was the point of buying it if you had it on hand. It really is a lifestyle we have completely lost.
This was my favorite garment you showed us from your last haul. So interesting to see what may have been done. I inherited a quilt top made of blocks that had been carefully hand pieced out of 20's/30's era fabrics, then someone came along later and machine sewed the blocks together without regard to matching corners or putting in sashing or anything. It took me months, a little bit at a time, to get the blocks taken apart. I wish I knew for certain who had pieced the blocks, and who sewed them together.
Love this. Yes, I like looking inside my second hand garments. And I like adding my own alterations to it. Very seldom I buy new. I did buy a new linnen dress last year. It needed minor alterations. Great was my surprise to see that there had already been alterations in a different thread colour, old seams not completely taken out. It is fun turning clothes inside out.
That beautiful garment was a great thrift find. Garment Archaeology is very interesting. It gives one food for thought. Garments do have stories to tell. Yes, more please.
I was asked to alter a dress for a friend. She told me that a friend had designed and made the dress just for her, but that it needed to be taken in. So, unknowingly doing some "garment archaeology" I saw several (okay, many) indications that her friend did NOT in fact design or make the dress just for her. I could see where the original label was removed, where it had been taken in (poorly) and where odd folds and darts were made to make it fit. I fixed what I could, took it in where needed. I was unsure what to say about the truth of what I had found. In the end I didn't, especially when she said she knew it was falling apart but her friend had passed away and she couldn't bear to part with it. That is one secret her friend can have buried with her!
Fascinating! I was thinking about the age of the gown, and was thinking if it was really older, for example, a 1940’s garment, shouldn’t it have yellowed to some degree? And the fine stitching indicates that it is of a finer quality that might have been worn by a wealthy lady or maybe a screen star, who knows? I think it would be great to find more vintage outfits and tell a story! Interesting idea Evelyn! 😉
It is hard to tell the age, the style has been changed. It really depends on hour it was kept as to fabric discoloration. I have 1930s dresses that are perfect, and 50s dresses that are discolored
I think I have figured out why you find such tiny machine stitches inside vintage clothing. When there was only hand sewing they did very very tiny stitches. Tiny stitches are surprisingly strong. So, although the sewing machine was invented and in many homes, they needed time to adjust to not having to have stitches so small. I was watching historical sewing stitches - only one or two millimetres long. Love your channel and all the things you do. Yes, more please.
This is definitely one of my favorite things about old clothes! To see that someone loved the piece enough to modify it to keep fitting or changing the style so it suits them better I think is amazing. For that piece to have been so taken care of, whether the work on it is sloppy or neat, throughout the years makes me so happy.
I saw this on IG. Still interesting to watch. I like this 😄 I would like to see more. It really shows that old, well made garments can last a long time, and suit different body shapes with just some alterations.
I can't wait for a new episode of Garment Archeology! I love this so much, I always do some research with any vintage find, I find it as thrilling as the hunt! I wonder what it'll be of my handmade garments and what people will think of them, since I watched PTA's Phantom Thread I started stitching words inside them 😆😅
Haha another episode already!!! 😀 It is so thrilling to find a story inside! Stitching words inside is a very cute idea! I wonder what the generation after us will think?
An evening program at Yellowstone twenty years ago the presenter had found at a garage sale an early 1900s photo album of a family taking pictures of their train trip to and time at Yellowstone. It was pretty interesting when combined with all the history around the photographs, the background he found about the family, and so on. This dress may have more to tell, like how many weddings was it in, dance parties, fanciful events?
My guess on the side lace ups: They’re an alteration to make breastfeeding easier. You loosen the lace and move the garment slightly to provide access. Makes it easier at night because you don’t have to take off the whole gown. If it was just a weight issue, the person could have inserted a panel of fabric. Making eyelets (even poorly crafted ones) takes more time.
deltaflute03 I thought that, too, at first. But would any new mother wear a garment like that while nursing? I mean, you do have leakage and spit up and all that to content with. Not really practical, to wear a nightgown, that would surely suffer, if washed often and hot. Maybe the lady just had big boobs? An insert would have been an easier fix, of course...but maybe she just didn’t have a matching fabric or wanted to practice her eyelet making on a garment, where they wouldn’t be thoroughly scrutinized by other females 😉
@@raraavis7782 i guess she might gave been faced with the choice of making a brand new nightgown, or adapting one that she had. given that she may have several pregnancies, or be breast feeding for many months, i guess it makes sense to have a pretty nightgown that acommodates breastfeeding. anyway if she was upper class she may not have done her own laundry anyway
sarah shaw Wild guess - you don’t have kids? Just kidding. But seriously though. A pretty night gown, yes. But not cream colored, embroidered silk. It’s just way to delicate for the purpose. And if it had been the case, it wouldn’t be in such immaculate condition. It would have stains and look more worn. Silk stains like crazy and you can’t wash and spot treat it the way, you can cotton or linen. It would have been ruined in no time.
Fascinating and fun! I help with theater costumes at a local school and I'm trying to restore their collection. The original period clothing is interesting, but so are the quick fixes made to costumes by previous people . . 30 safety pins in one, duct tape in another and so on! Sleuthing and preserving goes to a new level! I'd enjoy more videos on this.
fascinating!!! I have found, after purchase, that some of my thrifted clothes have been altered. I have on the other hand donated upcycled and retouched clothes, so there is someone out there, probably wearing something I have altered myself =D
I love you sharing all that you have noticed. When some people are dating a garment they go by the zipper, shoulder pads, snaps up the sides, buttons. I feel compelled to them, and do, hahah that I change that stuff all the time. When something is so old it has had many lives and alterations.
Evelyn, you are so amazingly adorable :), haha! I love the name of this series, it's very creative! I would love if you continued with it because it is so fascinating to learn the history of garments.
This is so interesting Evelyn !I’ve never thought about this before but I will definitely be looking at all my vintage finds a little bit closer from now on! Thank you! Karina 🙂
Love the garment archeology. Want to see more. Btw when I was young, my mom and I would do a little of that in church. We would investigate the backs of the women and children sitting in front of us an try to figure out if the dresses were handmade or store bought, as we used to say.
Evelyn, I have a love affair with the beautiful light weight cotton and silk Salwar and Kamese outfits from India and Pakistan. I have several definitely Vintage ones with embroidery and glass work. Looking at the older ones I have been delighted to find seam widths of up to 2 inches. This is usual enough that i think it was a design feature to allow the garment to “grow” with the wearer, hand me down, or sale. Not being built like many Indians in the hips, I have put the extra seam allowance to good use!
That may have been at some point an evening dress that has been redesigned for different uses In Finland, many adult clothes were utilized and children's clothes were made of them and eventually they were used for quilting, which happened much during the shortage In Finland, during the war, fabric was made of human hair. The hair was collected from hairdressers where people were cutting hair
Thank you, Evelyn! What a cool video. You really hooked me into the mystery of it all! Yesterday I purchased a slip at an Estate sale and I could see that it had been taken in and I thought of you and the idea that you say vintage clothes have stories.
I think it is very interesting! I would love it if you talk about the type of hand stitching and the way they finished seams. How thick or thin the weave/fabric is. It would also be very interesting to see burn tests on some of your thrifted unknown fabrics. Finally, you don't usually talk about how to launder the refashion garments and that you be very helpful. (Some of my vintage collars had a piece that went under the garment with the collar over, that way you could just slide them off and wash them. )
That's a really good thought. I wish we could talk to the original owner. I always wish for time travel just for the chance to meet the people from the past lol
Super interesting Evelyn, you've given me a whole new appreciation of garments and sewing since I found out a couple of months ago when I started my sewing journey. You have excelled yourself with this video. Superb!! Thank you for sharing and teaching me so much😘💋❤
Very interesting Evelyn. I’ve got two garments almost identical to yours. They are French and both are silk satin but I’ve never known for sure if they are very chic night gowns or even wedding dresses.i can imagine Greta Garbo wafting around the boudoir with a glass of champagne wearing one of these. They could be both. But they too have been re worked I think. Lots of hand stitching and BEAUTIFUL smocking. I’ve also got an English cotton lace wedding dress too from about 1890 which had those little round buttonholes to allow it to be made bigger as yours was. Love this video so yes please do make some more. I hope to show you the nighties/wedding dresses next year and you can tell me what you think their history is. 😉😉
I didnt think of that! This one wont really change, just a clean, little tidy up (those extra holes from the store try ons!) A monday mending video perhaps!
Hi Evelyn, I have just discovered you and can’t get enough....I love your garment archaeology and would love to see more. I’m a Canadian and my daughter married a wonderful Australian guy and now lives in Brisbane too.......we love to go op shopping together when I come to visit, perhaps we have rubbed shoulders at the thrift stores ....who knows... great work and I love your channel.
I find stories like this inside vintage garments I restore all the time! So, let me know how you enjoyed taking a look inside this one and if you want to see more?
This was a good one. Mens garments are the same. I find neat things hidden in old military uniforms all the time. Secret patches, notes, books of matches in hats.
I bet you would find lots of customization in military wear! That would be fascinating to find!
I am an archaeologist and the way you talk is exactly how an archaeologist would assess the garment. Awesome work there! 😃
REALLY!! That is funny! And nice to know I might have it right! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I enjoyed this video very much. Our church had a Theatre group and in my younger days (1970's - 1980's) I along with my sister used to make the costumes. As the group had no money, we went to Jumble Sales and bought anything we thought we could use. We found all sorts of things when we altered them including one which had some coins sewn into the hem as dress weights.
Regards Rowena 🇬🇧
It was bought in winter. When summer came the sleeves were removed. She became pregnant and had the side opened. As a viewer pointed out, it would be easier access for breastfeeding. She obviously took care of her clothes. But then again garments aren't made like they use to be, dyes, thread, fabric. Even as a plus size woman looking for clothes at second hand shops, I will purchase as I have more options. I bought a beautiful 1980s ( not that old) full length wool coat.
Yes please more- I have 2 slips from my mother in law that I adore. They were purchased in early sixties and one was hand sewn in Germany. I did some loving mending and adore them.
Aww I'm glad you mended them!! ❤
Love this! When I sew, somewhere on the inside of my garment I will embroider the pattern # and maybe the year I made it as I've always thought it would be fun for someone else to find one day ....
Oh that is adorable!!! 😍😍
Genius and personable... and thoughtful ♥️👗♥️☺️
I love that touch. That would be nice to find in a handmade vintage garment.
Beautiful nightgown! ... Reminds me of the pearly silk satin nightgowns & robes my mother used to always wear on Sunday mornings when I was growing up in the 60’s and 70’s . What was I thinking that a t-shirt nighty could ever replace these during my early adult years!!!
There's no comparison right! 😘
If the garment is from the 1930's, which it looks like, then there could be an interesting reason for the alteration. My grandmother was a seamstress and still made clothes for family after she married in the late 20's. During World War 2 no-one could get new clothes as everything went to the war effort for uniforms etc. Women could get maybe one new suit a year on ration.
Tilla, my grandmother, said there was a lot of clothes swapping so that women could have something "new" to wear. Most women didn't have a lot to wear anyway as they were just coming out the Depression and some dresses were literally worn for 12 years or so. Some just wore out. And of course the alteration of these clothes was only as good as the person's sewing skills and alteration skills.
Also children grew up in that time and new children came along. My mother was 10 at the start of the war, and skinny, like any child, and 16, and very, very busty by the end of it. Tilla had to refashion clothes, and then eventually trade with women for other clothes that she could remodel for Mum. And Mum's old children's clothes were passed down or traded. Now this nightdress would not have been for a 16 year old, but it may have been refashioned as a nightdress for a new, larger, bride. One of Tilla's sisters married an American GI and she said they all pitched in to make something for a new wardrobe for her. Tilla always said you could do amazing things with large tablecloths and curtains. Yes, she really made clothes out of curtains and tablecloths!
I just love this story! ❤ Wasn't clothing a treasured item! Something you love, and worth keeping and remodeling as time goes on and swapping with your friends from something new! Oh if only this were still true! I would like to think this item might have had this sort of life!
@@Evelyn__Wood I like to think so too. I can't really think of another reason for the unusual side slits, except for being sexy 😂. If fabric was plentiful then matching fabric would have been added to the side.
I remember when I was little I was always at Tilla's place. She wasn't poor but she would still unpick any decent lace or trim, and cut off the buttons of any dress that was no longer wearable. And if parts of the fabric were still good she would make dolls out of them, or little head scarfs (this was the 60's). She said you never knew when you would need it again and what was the point of buying it if you had it on hand. It really is a lifestyle we have completely lost.
Aww such nice memories!! ❤
This was my favorite garment you showed us from your last haul. So interesting to see what may have been done. I inherited a quilt top made of blocks that had been carefully hand pieced out of 20's/30's era fabrics, then someone came along later and machine sewed the blocks together without regard to matching corners or putting in sashing or anything. It took me months, a little bit at a time, to get the blocks taken apart. I wish I knew for certain who had pieced the blocks, and who sewed them together.
Wow that sounds like quite a piece!! And you know who made them!! I'm glad you restored it! ❤
Love this.
Yes, I like looking inside my second hand garments. And I like adding my own alterations to it.
Very seldom I buy new. I did buy a new linnen dress last year. It needed minor alterations. Great was my surprise to see that there had already been alterations in a different thread colour, old seams not completely taken out.
It is fun turning clothes inside out.
That beautiful garment was a great thrift find. Garment Archaeology is very interesting. It gives one food for thought. Garments do have stories to tell.
Yes, more please.
Love the garment archeology. Please do more.
I was asked to alter a dress for a friend. She told me that a friend had designed and made the dress just for her, but that it needed to be taken in. So, unknowingly doing some "garment archaeology" I saw several (okay, many) indications that her friend did NOT in fact design or make the dress just for her. I could see where the original label was removed, where it had been taken in (poorly) and where odd folds and darts were made to make it fit. I fixed what I could, took it in where needed. I was unsure what to say about the truth of what I had found. In the end I didn't, especially when she said she knew it was falling apart but her friend had passed away and she couldn't bear to part with it. That is one secret her friend can have buried with her!
Oh my what a story! I think I might have made the same decicion in that circumstance. It's fun piecing the story together isnt it!
fascinating! I love the intense scrutiny and speculation on the former life of this garment :)
Yes, more garment archeology please.
Fascinating! I was thinking about the age of the gown, and was thinking if it was really older, for example, a 1940’s garment, shouldn’t it have yellowed to some degree? And the fine stitching indicates that it is of a finer quality that might have been worn by a wealthy lady or maybe a screen star, who knows? I think it would be great to find more vintage outfits and tell a story! Interesting idea Evelyn! 😉
It is hard to tell the age, the style has been changed. It really depends on hour it was kept as to fabric discoloration. I have 1930s dresses that are perfect, and 50s dresses that are discolored
I agree with you and I too am interested in the history of clothing.
I think I have figured out why you find such tiny machine stitches inside vintage clothing. When there was only hand sewing they did very very tiny stitches. Tiny stitches are surprisingly strong. So, although the sewing machine was invented and in many homes, they needed time to adjust to not having to have stitches so small.
I was watching historical sewing stitches - only one or two millimetres long.
Love your channel and all the things you do. Yes, more please.
This is definitely one of my favorite things about old clothes! To see that someone loved the piece enough to modify it to keep fitting or changing the style so it suits them better I think is amazing. For that piece to have been so taken care of, whether the work on it is sloppy or neat, throughout the years makes me so happy.
I saw this on IG. Still interesting to watch. I like this 😄 I would like to see more. It really shows that old, well made garments can last a long time, and suit different body shapes with just some alterations.
Thanks for watching! Yes indeed older garments were made to last, and designed to be altered!! Something very much missing in today's fashion!
Yes fascinating. The care and pride in work, just isn't in the ready wear today, love to see and learn from you.
Exactly!! This sort of thing just dosnt happen with the poorly made fast fastashion of today
I can't wait for a new episode of Garment Archeology! I love this so much, I always do some research with any vintage find, I find it as thrilling as the hunt!
I wonder what it'll be of my handmade garments and what people will think of them, since I watched PTA's Phantom Thread I started stitching words inside them 😆😅
Haha another episode already!!! 😀 It is so thrilling to find a story inside! Stitching words inside is a very cute idea! I wonder what the generation after us will think?
An evening program at Yellowstone twenty years ago the presenter had found at a garage sale an early 1900s photo album of a family taking pictures of their train trip to and time at Yellowstone. It was pretty interesting when combined with all the history around the photographs, the background he found about the family, and so on. This dress may have more to tell, like how many weddings was it in, dance parties, fanciful events?
I love this!
Right!!! You find so many thread colors, repairs and it's just facinating!!
Yes, please, more garmetarchaeology as you find those interesting bits and pieces! Very cool indeed!
Ghost#1: "She loves my embroidery!",
Ghost#2 : "She thinks I suck! A curse upon them all!"
Yes, more please.
Yes, more please Evelyn! :)
Yes, more please!
Yes please garment archeology
I LOVE vintage clothing that has been worn and enjoyed
My guess on the side lace ups: They’re an alteration to make breastfeeding easier. You loosen the lace and move the garment slightly to provide access. Makes it easier at night because you don’t have to take off the whole gown.
If it was just a weight issue, the person could have inserted a panel of fabric. Making eyelets (even poorly crafted ones) takes more time.
That is a very interesting idea! Perhaps this is the reason!!
i was wondering if they had been put in to allow for pregnancy, but the breastfeeding idea makes sense. maybe both?
deltaflute03
I thought that, too, at first.
But would any new mother wear a garment like that while nursing? I mean, you do have leakage and spit up and all that to content with. Not really practical, to wear a nightgown, that would surely suffer, if washed often and hot.
Maybe the lady just had big boobs? An insert would have been an easier fix, of course...but maybe she just didn’t have a matching fabric or wanted to practice her eyelet making on a garment, where they wouldn’t be thoroughly scrutinized by other females 😉
@@raraavis7782 i guess she might gave been faced with the choice of making a brand new nightgown, or adapting one that she had. given that she may have several pregnancies, or be breast feeding for many months, i guess it makes sense to have a pretty nightgown that acommodates breastfeeding. anyway if she was upper class she may not have done her own laundry anyway
sarah shaw
Wild guess - you don’t have kids?
Just kidding. But seriously though. A pretty night gown, yes. But not cream colored, embroidered silk. It’s just way to delicate for the purpose. And if it had been the case, it wouldn’t be in such immaculate condition. It would have stains and look more worn. Silk stains like crazy and you can’t wash and spot treat it the way, you can cotton or linen. It would have been ruined in no time.
Fascinating and fun! I help with theater costumes at a local school and I'm trying to restore their collection. The original period clothing is interesting, but so are the quick fixes made to costumes by previous people . . 30 safety pins in one, duct tape in another and so on! Sleuthing and preserving goes to a new level! I'd enjoy more videos on this.
Duck tape 😦😦😦😦 ..... I've seen staples many times, it must be frightening to find on so many!
fascinating!!!
I have found, after purchase, that some of my thrifted clothes have been altered.
I have on the other hand donated upcycled and retouched clothes, so there is someone out there, probably wearing something I have altered myself =D
This is so fun! I would love to see another video like this!
Yes, please do more digging, loved the history, the embroidery was gorgeous.
Yesssss! More of this, please!
Oh I'm glad you found interesting! I have more!!!
Yes, more garment archaeology, please! This video was delightful.
Yes! Do more!
I loved finding about the night dress it's beautiful I love the embroidery and the smocking . Would definitely like to see more garment archeology
Yes, more please 👏☺️
This is so interesting, please make more i love to see and imagine the stories behind those seams!! ❤️
Definitely do another one.
Loved this!
thanks for watching!!
I love you sharing all that you have noticed. When some people are dating a garment they go by the zipper, shoulder pads, snaps up the sides, buttons. I feel compelled to them, and do, hahah that I change that stuff all the time. When something is so old it has had many lives and alterations.
Yes do more please . I really love watching your tutorial . Keep on sharing
I would love to see more detective work on old garments. Like the one you also did for that dress where you replaced the cuffs and the collar
Yes!! That was a popular one! And very interesting I thought too!!
Do another!
Garment archeology is interesting. More please. I learned more about quality work when you walked us through the layers of changes. Thank you. 🤗💕🌈
Im soo happy that ur making this video on youtube. I have been waiting for this since your thrift haul.
Yes, please! More garment archeology!
I am the same way, it's as if the garment is showing us how loved or misused it has been. Thank you and would enjoy more.
Your the best. Keep filming more segments.
Yes! do more garment archaeology videos!
Evelyn, you are so amazingly adorable :), haha! I love the name of this series, it's very creative! I would love if you continued with it because it is so fascinating to learn the history of garments.
Loved your detective work on that beautiful night dress. Fantastic! Thanks Lynne Jones
Yes , keep up the great work or job.i really enjoy watching you 🥰
Yes, please! More about garment archeology. So incredibly fascinating.
This is so interesting Evelyn !I’ve never thought about this before but I will definitely be looking at all my vintage finds a little bit closer from now on! Thank you! Karina 🙂
Im sure you'll find some stories inside them!!
Love the garment archeology. Want to see more. Btw when I was young, my mom and I would do a little of that in church. We would investigate the backs of the women and children sitting in front of us an try to figure out if the dresses were handmade or store bought, as we used to say.
Lovely video, really enjoyed this, Would love to see more - also have to say your lashes look amazing today! xxJane
Evelyn, I have a love affair with the beautiful light weight cotton and silk Salwar and Kamese outfits from India and Pakistan. I have several definitely Vintage ones with embroidery and glass work. Looking at the older ones I have been delighted to find seam widths of up to 2 inches. This is usual enough that i think it was a design feature to allow the garment to “grow” with the wearer, hand me down, or sale. Not being built like many Indians in the hips, I have put the extra seam allowance to good use!
Ha ha 😅 Yes indeed I believe it is part of the design and that is the reason, it is designed to be altered!!! ❤
I have without saying so, I have done a lot of garment archeology over the years.
That may have been at some point an evening dress that has been redesigned for different uses In Finland, many adult clothes were utilized and children's clothes were made of them and eventually they were used for quilting, which happened much during the shortage In Finland, during the war, fabric was made of human hair. The hair was collected from hairdressers where people were cutting hair
Loved it.
Thank you, Evelyn! What a cool video. You really hooked me into the mystery of it all! Yesterday I purchased a slip at an Estate sale and I could see that it had been taken in and I thought of you and the idea that you say vintage clothes have stories.
😍😍😍 Yay!! How nice! I bet your slip has a few stories inside!!!
Thanks for replying, Evelyn!
This was just amazing, would love to see more!
Oh, please! Can we do this more often?
Loved this video and Yes, please do another on this subject!
Thanks for watching!! Good to know you enjoyed it!
This is so interesting! Please do more, I’m also fascinated by how garments are modified throughout their life!
I think it is very interesting! I would love it if you talk about the type of hand stitching and the way they finished seams. How thick or thin the weave/fabric is. It would also be very interesting to see burn tests on some of your thrifted unknown fabrics. Finally, you don't usually talk about how to launder the refashion garments and that you be very helpful. (Some of my vintage collars had a piece that went under the garment with the collar over, that way you could just slide them off and wash them. )
Yes! I'd love more of these videos😻
Wonderful video on what to look for in vintage garments. Thank you!
Loved this episode. Did not get to see other side. If it too was altered the same way, could it have allowed for nursing a baby?
Yes both sides have lace up. Someone else suggested this, it could be a possible reason I think!
That's a really good thought. I wish we could talk to the original owner. I always wish for time travel just for the chance to meet the people from the past lol
Love garment archaeology, it exists in prehistoric archaeology as well and anthropology, not to mention family history...
A really beautiful night grown! It would have been easier though to see all the different things you had found had it been ironed. 😊
You are probably right! But I got too excited to film it, and it need washing and some repairs before pressing in any stains!
Love this! Please do more like this!
Very interesting. 😎
Thanks for watching !
Super interesting Evelyn, you've given me a whole new appreciation of garments and sewing since I found out a couple of months ago when I started my sewing journey. You have excelled yourself with this video. Superb!! Thank you for sharing and teaching me so much😘💋❤
Loved this new little twist off the vintage sewing. neat little things others might not have noticed :)
Loved it. Please do.
Thank you! I enjoyed your deeper look at this garment. Please, show us more.
Love it do another one
Very interesting Evelyn. I’ve got two garments almost identical to yours. They are French and both are silk satin but I’ve never known for sure if they are very chic night gowns or even wedding dresses.i can imagine Greta Garbo wafting around the boudoir with a glass of champagne wearing one of these. They could be both. But they too have been re worked I think. Lots of hand stitching and BEAUTIFUL smocking. I’ve also got an English cotton lace wedding dress too from about 1890 which had those little round buttonholes to allow it to be made bigger as yours was. Love this video so yes please do make some more. I hope to show you the nighties/wedding dresses next year and you can tell me what you think their history is. 😉😉
Of fabulous!!! I think definitely night wear though for mine! I can't wait to see yours!!
Yes more PLEASE! 😗
Please do more garment archaeology. Very interesting!
This was fascinating! I’ve subscribed and hope to see more.
Yes! Please, another video on this theme!
Thank you for this video. I found the same odd things on my vintage clothes and wondered.
I'm glad you liked it! Good clothes have good stories!!
Yes please, can you show the "after Evelyn" as well please 😉
I didnt think of that! This one wont really change, just a clean, little tidy up (those extra holes from the store try ons!) A monday mending video perhaps!
So fascinating.
I'm glad you liked this one Gia!! It is so fascinating to see the story inside right! x
You remind me of Clara Bow. Love your videos.
yes more please
Hi Evelyn, I have just discovered you and can’t get enough....I love your garment archaeology and would love to see more. I’m a Canadian and my daughter married a wonderful Australian guy and now lives in Brisbane too.......we love to go op shopping together when I come to visit, perhaps we have rubbed shoulders at the thrift stores ....who knows... great work and I love your channel.
Loved it, as you said fascinating!
yes ! bloved looking into the history of the garment.
yes. it was good. do more if you please
Really interesting! I would love to see more of those videos!⭐️🌸
Very interesting. I love the history behind things of all kinds .