Re: historically evocative - I was at a sewing fair and this young lady had made a crazy large patchwork 1890's bustle gown - it wasn't "perfect" as a dress, You could see that it was obviously from cheap modern fabrics - including common chinese dragon brocade, dyed quilting cotton (it was blotchy) and shiny polyester satin but it was all in the same colour palette, it was so lovely, so evocative of the era. She just looked perfect. I complemented her and she was so reticent and shy. It was over 10 years ago and I still think about it.
Oooohh... I feel the need for a new sewing project coming on!! 😆 I'm currently working on a wrap skirt made by patchworking recycled silk business ties, so maybe a massive dress is the best escalation point from that? 😝
For me, the perfect example of a costume designer having an artistic vision that had very little to do with historical accuracy is the 2012 Anna Karenina. It also made sense with the directorial choices and set design, and it's such a delightfully weird movie. I've seen people complain the costuming wasn't historically accurate, and it's like... Yeah but neither was the set being changed on screen like it's a stage play while a band walks around playing the score 🙄
@@DAYBROK3 I love it, but I do want to warn you that it is a tragedy! There is suicide and infidelity, so if that is an issue for you, please be careful.
I have read the book lots of times and I love that movie. I think that it represents the book well enough, so much that the costumes did not bother me one bit. I also liked that it showed the Kitty-Levin relationship as well, that one is my favourite of the book and it is usually sidelined. I interpreted the whole stagegy thing as a representation of how fake Russian high society was, how hypocritical, which goes in like with what Tolstoi wanted to represent.
@@alejandramoreno6625 yes! I love that the people who worked on the film seemed to understand how important the Levin/Kitty plot is to the story. Without it, the tragedy of Anna is so much more hollow. And I agree with your interpretation of the stagey elements. If I remember correctly, the first time they were not on a soundstage was when Lenin went to the countryside. Everything in Russian society is so fake and put on while the farms and workers are much more real. I could talk about this book and movie and other adaptations (particularly the Helen Edmundson play) for wayyyy too long
I'm going to make a bid for cotton. I'm from the place cotton is from (México and only the most commonly planted species). Cotton has a huge cultural importance in historical textiles here, plus, not all countries can grow linen. So unless hemp can be brought back in a big way, those of us who do not live in linen producing countries, only have cotton.
It's less a local issue, and more the bigger global market problem of cotton being grown in places it shouldn't be. It can be VERY high quality and lovely to work with, but the only cotton that is easy to find in the US is quilting cotton that isn't the best quality or a good historic comparison! (We have also have the cotton industry do major advertising since the 1990s to get people to buy more cotton, so nearly all clothing and fabric is cotton) I have a few cottons grown and woven in South and Central America and they are vastly better.
Those of us who _do_ live in traditional linen- and/or hemp-producing countries currently _also_ seem to pretty much only have cotton. Hemp would be lovely, as it’s said to be stronger than linen when wet (hence why it was used in ropes on ships), making it more durable in the wash.
@@NicoleRudolph "1990s advertising" = "the touch, the feel.... The fabric of our lives!" At least it's better than the synthetics it replaced. I'd pick cotton over 1970s polyester any day.
@@NicoleRudolph The funny thing about cotton is that you mentioned that it was more expensive than wool. That might be country-dependent. In Australia wool is definitely more expensive, and it's not too difficult to find nice apparel quality cottons. Linen is also more expensive here than it is in some places - like Estonia.
''Are you gonna release patterns?'' Definitely not me silently waiting for you to hopefully release a pattern from that Edwardian Tailored Jacket video since 2020 >_>
Cotton is really not overrated here in Brazil because it's basically what we have. Linen is as expensive as natural silk (sometimes *more* expensive) amd natural wool basically doesn't exist (when you can find it it is twice as expensive as natural silk), so cotton it is. What I have found as an option is a mix of viscose and linen, which isn't exactly historically correct but at least it is a natural fiber and not plastic. But for 100% historical it is either cotton or spending half the price of a small apartment on an outfit.
If you can find good quality cotton, you live in the part of the world where cotton is native, so you have more appropriate traditional ways to use it, especially compared to Europe or North America, where it’s forced into the roles traditionally filled by linen or wool without actually being a good fit, and isn’t generally a good quality cotton either.
@@ragnkja In the parts of the world where cotton is native the good cotton get exported and only the bad cotton is sold to the masses. That is the case here, everything we produce here the best ones are exported, from cotton to coffee to soy beans.
@@NankitaBR So because the world isn’t producing enough of the other plant textiles to make them a viable alternative, hardly anyone gets good cotton. And because the spinning equipment and looms are all set up for cotton, the linen is also lower quality than it ought to be.
Girl, you are so right. Last time I decided to splurge a bit and buy a nice linen/cotton blend cambric for a project, 3m cost me about the same as a very nice dinner out for 2.
I even live NYS where cotton absolutely does not grow, and our linen is still ridiculously expensive. Enough linen for an 18th c. shirt would be probably $60. No thanks, I’ll just use cotton.
The three of you are such a riot. You mentioned the fabric you wanted to bring back and the other folks nodded and I was like “catawhatnow?” Can you tell us more about this material and why it was so awesome? Or did I miss a video? Oh. I probably did. Sigh. Life keeps getting in the way of keeping up on my RUclips watching!
Nicole! How are you just getting 100k?! Your videos are so we produced and informative. Your outfits and costumes are stunning! Congratulations on the milestone! I'm glad fewer people are sleeping on your channel and I hope the next 100k comes faster than the first. ❤️❤️❤️
Seriously!! There's nobody quite like Nicole when it comes to combining amazing deep-dive historical and socioeconomic research and amazing reinterpretation of vintage outfits... 🥰 and her presentation style is so calming! I wonder if YT algorithm has a part to play?? I only found Nicole through an appearance on Abby's channel - she didn't appear via YT recommendations despite my already following a whole chunk of other costubers. I've noticed the sane thing with guys' costuber channels and POC/indigenous creators - channels like Zack Pinsent, Dandy Wellington, Vintagebursche, Not Your Momma's History and Miah Grace. They also rarely crop up in "content you might like", despite having so much thematic overlap? It's really frustrating. Wonder if anybody anywhere curates an actual near-comprehensive list of costube creators to help out with thus problem?
Congratulations! This channel inspires me to do the little things, make a vent in sleeves, replacing a zipper, changing/adding fasteners. This is BIG for someone (I am not joking ) who almost failed 2 classes in high school, culinary arts and sewing. This channel along with Morgan's and Abby's gives me the encouragement and confidence to take a thrifted item and make it my own. Plus you guys are a lot of fun.
Unfortunately, my skin has major issues with wool. Even cashmere is itchy to me. It's a constant heartache for me as a lifetime knitter. So for sewing garments I think I'm going to be using a lot of cotton for anything that touches my skin. 😆
Historically, wool was not worn directly against the skin except for stockings/hose, and even there you find evidence of linen under-stockings or under-hose. So always wearing a barrier garment (typically linen until the 18th century, when cotton started to become more common) between the wool and your skin is 100% historically accurate. I wear a wool jumper/sweater most of the time, but with a long-sleeved T-shirt underneath as a barrier.
I am also pretty allergic to wool, but there's always at least one linen layer, if not more, between me and it. I've also found certain breeds and finishes affect me more/less. Alpaca doesn't itch, worsted is easier on my lungs than fuzzy woolen, etc.
Undergarments not only provide a protective layer, but there are also alternatives depending on the time period. "Wool" itself can be a misnomer because there were other animals used besides sheep and goat to make wool, depending on the time period. Just like Beaver wasn't the only animal used to make felting, it was just the cheapest and most plentiful. It is a bit of a deep dive though. I had a friend who did a study about different dogs that were breed for their fur which was turned into wool. This was over 20 years ago so I am uncertain to what type of fur was used. Since she was mostly interested in the Byzantine era though I am going to assume her information was from then. I do remember she had a Pyrenees and she would mix that with rabbit to make her wool. (not for her historical garments, just for her everyday stuff because she was severely allergic to wool)
@@ragnkja I can no longer do that. I used be able to wear a wool sweater with a shirt or long sleeved t-shirt under it but not anymore. I had wool suits too. It is marvelous fabric to work with for tailoring but at some point my skin will touch it. Knitting with wool feels like working with rough twine.
same problem here. wool feels nice to my hands where I would be working with it, but anywhere except my palms and fingers it feels stunningly itchy and slightly uncomfortable all the time, and that wears on you and is more trouble than it's worth. I'm making a wool coat for my husband and I'm so excited for it, but I don't think I could make one for myself.
CONGRATULATIONS, Nicole!!! "Good. Better. Best." has so many applications based on time, energy, mental capacity, and other projects. That's a Nicole quotable . . . & a good book title. :-)
Retro Claude uses this too. Being new to sewing, let alone costuming, I have adopted this outlook. I'm too prone to expecting myself to be perfect the first time I do anything (and the second, third, etc) and that's unrealistic and not great for my mental health
For those looking, Retro Claude has a fantastic explanation for it in her sewing while disabled video. I go back and watch it every few months in order to remind myself of the things I should be doing. I'm disabled, but also a perfectionist. So that video is something that I find so helpful.
@@kikidevine694 Definitely! I love what Liz Gilbert says about perfectionism: It's fear dressed up in high heels and pearls pretending to be a virtue. I use that to remind myself whenever that "voice" comes into my head. Will check out Retro Claude, thanks for the rec!
@@katherinemorelle7115 I like to think I'm a recovering perfectionist. Totally going to check out Retro Claude! Sounds like a very wise person. Thanks!
You are a true inspiration to us all. (And I deeply appreciate both your assurance that beginner projects won't/don't have to be perfect, and that you also love ramen. 😂)
When I was looking up pictures of her I saw mentions of an upcoming movie all about her life! And her niece is part of it, so there's hope it won't be horribly inaccurate just for drama.
Oh wow, I'd never heard of her but just the very fleeting shots Nicole included here have made me VERY much want to learn more! She looks like a lady full of unique character...
@@anna_in_aotearoa3166 unfortunately because of laws and rules, she could not play a love interest of someone who wasn't of the same race. That limited her roles. She even had a TV show in the early years of television.
Wow, your explainer on body modesty was really illuminating for me. I'm currently reading War and Peace, in which Tolstoi describes a scene, where the miserable and malnurished soldiers warm themeselves around a fire without clothes. And I immediately thought, how could that be possible in a strict and prudish society. Despite this situation being incredibly uncommon and desperate, surely being nude for example for taking a swim mustn't have been such an outragious and scandalous thing. Or asyou mentioned, getting changed, when you have to share you quarters with others.
Until the 60s my grandparents used a zinc tub in the living room. They had 5 kids and they all used that tub Saturday night. If they were feeling rich they would go to the bath house. Modesty is a rich people privilege.
During war, I think usual barriers can fall. My father fought in the Battle of the Bulge in WWII, famous for the frigid conditions the soldiers survived. For some reason my father always gave off heat when he slept and his friends wanted to sleep close to him for that reason. Men being physically close was certainly taboo at that time, but in war, survival trumps all.
"I love it on other people." I relate to that so much! When I live in Mexico there was this woman I knew with this skirt that was so pretty! I would compliment her everytime she wore it. But when I moved to a different city she wanted to give me a gift and she gave me the skirt, I felt so bad! I had no idea how to decline because I was new to the culture. I loved the skirt, but it just wasn't my style and I knew I would never wear it. I still haven't worn it...
Yes!! I have more than one clothing item like this. Some I have modified (for example cutting the skirt off of a dress to wear the bodice as a top with pants) but the others I just hold on to as mementos.
😄 These are good ideas. It's a long yellow skirt that is a lot like the Belle princess dress and I just had a little firl, so I was thinking I could repurpose it as a costume in a few years. We'll see what happens!
I concur on the French curve. I had one. It never fit where I needed it. My mother gave me a bendable ruler in the 90s but I usually do my curves free hand.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one to have experienced this! 😂 I bought one early in my sewing learning journey because it was listed as one of those "must haves", but so far no curves on me seem to correspond to ones on it! 🙈
I bet you had so much fun with this! What is Abby wearing and where can I get one? Also Stabby Awl was hilarious 😂. I thought the stays vs corset question was interesting because my answer is actually corsets for the exact same reasons Nicole chose Stays. I am LOVING Morgan's hair!
Congratulations! Also as someone who also hates the "what do you do" question (for wildly different reasons), "historian" does not sound boring. You could try "video editor," and then say you're "not allowed" to say who you edit for. (If you say you're not allowed, it's true!) They'll assume you're entirely behind the scenes and (I edit a podcast) editing itself is hugely boring. That should not get further questions, but if people want to talk software or something, to that will probably take less social energy for you? I tell people I run a small nonprofit that mostly runs on volunteer work, and then I talk about how badly most organizations treat volunteers and how easy it would be to improve that. Avoids all the awkward questions and speeches and occasional rants I would get otherwise, but I'm not actually lying!
This was a hoot! Love that Abby's garment is so reminiscent of something classical Grecian, very appropriate to summer weather and decadent celebrations ✨
"Fun flaps!" I can't wait for someone 200 years down the road (in the universe where the planet isn't on fire) to find crotchless panties and speculate on what medical condition they were for, given they were made of such irritating polyester filaments.
Congratulations on 100k. Love all your prodjects. Because of all you women, I have started sewing cloths in my era 1910 to 1920. Love all the information. I learn so much. Thank you all for everything.
Oh my goodness, that was fun! Wait...did someone say patterns?! Please, please, please do make patterns. Thank you, ladies, for a great video, xoxo's Sandie
I have only been able to catch one live but I enjoyed being able to chat with you! I think I have my friend Emma to thank for sharing a Bernadette video from which I found all of your channels. Congratulations on your accomplishment of reaching 100k!!
That good better best system is absolutely how I used to do prop building and other set dressing projects at work. CHoose what's vital and where we can cut corners a leeetle.
Congratulations and thank you for this video. Watching you three always makes me feel that I am visiting with close friends. Carry on with the real work and the hijinks both are so important.
CONGRATULATIONS 🎈🎉. I’M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!! Long time coming. Love your videos & you are inspiring!! You have many different skills & are so accomplished. A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH!!. WAY TO GO!! Cheer’s! 🥂🍻
Would love to hear your take on the 'sewing bee' and the social aspect to sewing back in the day, especially for women, versus 'sewing bees/social sewing' really not being a social thing for most people nowadays.
I'm 100% in agreement re:bustle dresses. I like the fashion plates from the time and I can appreciate the workmanship that goes into creating one, but IRL the overall frill and flounce of it all is not an aesthetic I enjoy. I hope someday you do write a book. That is one I'd definitely preorder!
This was fun, like hanging with my old costuming friends from decades ago. Fifteen years of SCA, mostly Viking, Saxon, and Norman styles, as they were more comfortable for camping. I hit up the best Museum Stores and artisans for accurate-looking jewelry and Hubby did leather work. And yes, sewing a pavilion...did that too. But since we bought and are still restoring an old house, sewing time has literally gone out the window. I do love the 1790s, and may one day dig into the historical patterns and fabric (yeah, I have a trunk of it) I buy during weak moments. In the mean time, it's great to visit you, Morgan, Abby, and Bernadette on RUclips for a costuming fix. Congrats, Nicole!
Congratulations on hitting the 100K mark!!! I'm currently in the stage of attempting the neat little princess stitches but being new to hand sewing and also low on patience so my stays have two inch strips of tiny, tiny back stitching for both the boning channels and seams but the rest is wibbly wobbly nonsense lol. I've also been joining your Twitch streams now and again and I've had so much fun! I attempt to work on my sewing projects while you chat and sew as well and it's been doing wonders for my productivity. So thanks so much! I look forward to seeing more!!! :D
YAY! CONGRATULATIONS! Yeah, women in suits. Also, it's so funny that humans have always been THAT way (stays with flaps, 🤭). Good, better, best. Yes, thank you for putting that into words. My oldest has been sewing for 23 days straight (with one final 20 hour push) to get five outfits ready for an event, and she felt very bad that she didn't do nice seam finishes for her kids' outfits, and that certain corners just got glossed over. I told her "Welcome to the Costuming/Sewing community." And told her, What can you really see from 6 feet away? Bernadette Banner pins her skirts, and so have I. And by looking inside old clothes, can tell you that slap dash stitching cause you just need to get this done is not only historically accurate, but so is not going back to fix it later. And don't feel bad because you ran out of time to get things done. The point is, you do what is necessary first -- the commission, and then you work down from there. Velcro and elastic work good on tiny kids, and sticky back velcro won't hold on fabric. Happy 100K!
Live watching y'all together. It cheers the heart. Thank you for letting us into your world and allowing us to be the avenue to enable you to do what you want to be doing. Very much looking forward to all of the new ventures and adventures coming up. Congrats on 100k!
Nicole, stumbling on your shoe-making videos was my first real introduction to the modern world of historical fashion on YT and I just fell in love. I don't sew, not more than an odd throw-together Halloween costume for the kid, but I did major in theatre and always wished I'd gone into historical fashion & costuming for the stage. It might be too late for me to do that (no, I'm too old to learn how to meticulously sew now, kids) but I live vicariously through all of you ladies. Thanks so much for the wholesome, occasionally raunchy &/or silly, but always wonderful diversions from reality. Love you girls! 💜
Happy 116K! You've gone up sub wise substantially since June. I'm glad to say I am one of them & have been marathon watching vids. I enjoy your content very much, you are very talented, knowledgeable, funny, and pretty to look at while learning not only fashion but history. I watch Abby & Morgan for the same reason.
Congrats on OVER 100K 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 A huge hug all the way from Curaçao Thank you for all the informative, interesting, inspiring content, which helps me unwind, destress so so much.
I just love watching/hearing you all together. I must admit I only actively listened to maybe half of the video (adhd yay) but it feels so nice. Like I'm in a house with friends and it's totally okay to just all do something for ourselves, but we're all still having a good time. I realize how lonely this sounds but I promise it's in the best way possible xD
I’d love you to do a video on sourcing linen ( and what to look for in a textile) to make your own sheets /bedding. Your knowledge is wonderful and I subscribed at the first video I watched - linen)
Your answer to the, ‘most over rated tool’. Has convinced me to take the French curve rule Out of my Amazon wish list. I have be sewing, and drafting my own patterns for decades. I have never had a French curve. I recently thought it might be useful. As I see it being used in so many videos. But your right. My clothing has always looked right till now. And no one will be putting a ruler to my clothing. Thank you!
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Re: historically evocative - I was at a sewing fair and this young lady had made a crazy large patchwork 1890's bustle gown - it wasn't "perfect" as a dress, You could see that it was obviously from cheap modern fabrics - including common chinese dragon brocade, dyed quilting cotton (it was blotchy) and shiny polyester satin but it was all in the same colour palette, it was so lovely, so evocative of the era.
She just looked perfect.
I complemented her and she was so reticent and shy.
It was over 10 years ago and I still think about it.
Oooohh... I feel the need for a new sewing project coming on!! 😆 I'm currently working on a wrap skirt made by patchworking recycled silk business ties, so maybe a massive dress is the best escalation point from that? 😝
For me, the perfect example of a costume designer having an artistic vision that had very little to do with historical accuracy is the 2012 Anna Karenina. It also made sense with the directorial choices and set design, and it's such a delightfully weird movie. I've seen people complain the costuming wasn't historically accurate, and it's like... Yeah but neither was the set being changed on screen like it's a stage play while a band walks around playing the score 🙄
i should find this movie sounds hilarious
@@DAYBROK3 I love it, but I do want to warn you that it is a tragedy! There is suicide and infidelity, so if that is an issue for you, please be careful.
I have read the book lots of times and I love that movie. I think that it represents the book well enough, so much that the costumes did not bother me one bit. I also liked that it showed the Kitty-Levin relationship as well, that one is my favourite of the book and it is usually sidelined. I interpreted the whole stagegy thing as a representation of how fake Russian high society was, how hypocritical, which goes in like with what Tolstoi wanted to represent.
@@alejandramoreno6625 yes! I love that the people who worked on the film seemed to understand how important the Levin/Kitty plot is to the story. Without it, the tragedy of Anna is so much more hollow. And I agree with your interpretation of the stagey elements. If I remember correctly, the first time they were not on a soundstage was when Lenin went to the countryside. Everything in Russian society is so fake and put on while the farms and workers are much more real. I could talk about this book and movie and other adaptations (particularly the Helen Edmundson play) for wayyyy too long
Yeah I didn't really like that movie (personal preference, there wasn't anything 'wrong' I just didn't enjoy it) but the costuming was stunning in it
I'm going to make a bid for cotton. I'm from the place cotton is from (México and only the most commonly planted species). Cotton has a huge cultural importance in historical textiles here, plus, not all countries can grow linen. So unless hemp can be brought back in a big way, those of us who do not live in linen producing countries, only have cotton.
It's less a local issue, and more the bigger global market problem of cotton being grown in places it shouldn't be. It can be VERY high quality and lovely to work with, but the only cotton that is easy to find in the US is quilting cotton that isn't the best quality or a good historic comparison! (We have also have the cotton industry do major advertising since the 1990s to get people to buy more cotton, so nearly all clothing and fabric is cotton) I have a few cottons grown and woven in South and Central America and they are vastly better.
Those of us who _do_ live in traditional linen- and/or hemp-producing countries currently _also_ seem to pretty much only have cotton. Hemp would be lovely, as it’s said to be stronger than linen when wet (hence why it was used in ropes on ships), making it more durable in the wash.
@@NicoleRudolph "1990s advertising" = "the touch, the feel.... The fabric of our lives!"
At least it's better than the synthetics it replaced. I'd pick cotton over 1970s polyester any day.
@@MsFitz134 I'm with you there!
@@NicoleRudolph The funny thing about cotton is that you mentioned that it was more expensive than wool. That might be country-dependent. In Australia wool is definitely more expensive, and it's not too difficult to find nice apparel quality cottons. Linen is also more expensive here than it is in some places - like Estonia.
''Are you gonna release patterns?''
Definitely not me silently waiting for you to hopefully release a pattern from that Edwardian Tailored Jacket video since 2020 >_>
Seriously. Even if they're only in Nicole size. I'd look at the pieces and make the changes to fit me.
I know that exact jacket and I’m right with you. I would wear it all the time if i had a pattern
Cotton is really not overrated here in Brazil because it's basically what we have. Linen is as expensive as natural silk (sometimes *more* expensive) amd natural wool basically doesn't exist (when you can find it it is twice as expensive as natural silk), so cotton it is. What I have found as an option is a mix of viscose and linen, which isn't exactly historically correct but at least it is a natural fiber and not plastic. But for 100% historical it is either cotton or spending half the price of a small apartment on an outfit.
If you can find good quality cotton, you live in the part of the world where cotton is native, so you have more appropriate traditional ways to use it, especially compared to Europe or North America, where it’s forced into the roles traditionally filled by linen or wool without actually being a good fit, and isn’t generally a good quality cotton either.
@@ragnkja In the parts of the world where cotton is native the good cotton get exported and only the bad cotton is sold to the masses. That is the case here, everything we produce here the best ones are exported, from cotton to coffee to soy beans.
@@NankitaBR
So because the world isn’t producing enough of the other plant textiles to make them a viable alternative, hardly anyone gets good cotton. And because the spinning equipment and looms are all set up for cotton, the linen is also lower quality than it ought to be.
Girl, you are so right. Last time I decided to splurge a bit and buy a nice linen/cotton blend cambric for a project, 3m cost me about the same as a very nice dinner out for 2.
I even live NYS where cotton absolutely does not grow, and our linen is still ridiculously expensive. Enough linen for an 18th c. shirt would be probably $60. No thanks, I’ll just use cotton.
The three of you are such a riot. You mentioned the fabric you wanted to bring back and the other folks nodded and I was like “catawhatnow?” Can you tell us more about this material and why it was so awesome? Or did I miss a video? Oh. I probably did. Sigh. Life keeps getting in the way of keeping up on my RUclips watching!
Seconded! I would love a video specifically on fabrics that are near impossible to find now.
I think maybe she was talking about Calamanco?
the videos on different fabric types (cotton,wool,etc) go into them!
Nicole! How are you just getting 100k?! Your videos are so we produced and informative. Your outfits and costumes are stunning! Congratulations on the milestone! I'm glad fewer people are sleeping on your channel and I hope the next 100k comes faster than the first. ❤️❤️❤️
Seriously!! There's nobody quite like Nicole when it comes to combining amazing deep-dive historical and socioeconomic research and amazing reinterpretation of vintage outfits... 🥰 and her presentation style is so calming!
I wonder if YT algorithm has a part to play?? I only found Nicole through an appearance on Abby's channel - she didn't appear via YT recommendations despite my already following a whole chunk of other costubers.
I've noticed the sane thing with guys' costuber channels and POC/indigenous creators - channels like Zack Pinsent, Dandy Wellington, Vintagebursche, Not Your Momma's History and Miah Grace. They also rarely crop up in "content you might like", despite having so much thematic overlap? It's really frustrating. Wonder if anybody anywhere curates an actual near-comprehensive list of costube creators to help out with thus problem?
Gotta say, the ever-changing volumes of champagne in the glasses was fun to watch!
Congratulations! This channel inspires me to do the little things, make a vent in sleeves, replacing a zipper, changing/adding fasteners. This is BIG for someone (I am not joking ) who almost failed 2 classes in high school, culinary arts and sewing. This channel along with Morgan's and Abby's gives me the encouragement and confidence to take a thrifted item and make it my own. Plus you guys are a lot of fun.
The dog crashing the interview at 27:57 and demanding cuddles and belly rubs made me laugh so hard it hurts!🤣
Unfortunately, my skin has major issues with wool. Even cashmere is itchy to me. It's a constant heartache for me as a lifetime knitter. So for sewing garments I think I'm going to be using a lot of cotton for anything that touches my skin. 😆
Historically, wool was not worn directly against the skin except for stockings/hose, and even there you find evidence of linen under-stockings or under-hose. So always wearing a barrier garment (typically linen until the 18th century, when cotton started to become more common) between the wool and your skin is 100% historically accurate. I wear a wool jumper/sweater most of the time, but with a long-sleeved T-shirt underneath as a barrier.
I am also pretty allergic to wool, but there's always at least one linen layer, if not more, between me and it. I've also found certain breeds and finishes affect me more/less. Alpaca doesn't itch, worsted is easier on my lungs than fuzzy woolen, etc.
Undergarments not only provide a protective layer, but there are also alternatives depending on the time period. "Wool" itself can be a misnomer because there were other animals used besides sheep and goat to make wool, depending on the time period. Just like Beaver wasn't the only animal used to make felting, it was just the cheapest and most plentiful. It is a bit of a deep dive though. I had a friend who did a study about different dogs that were breed for their fur which was turned into wool. This was over 20 years ago so I am uncertain to what type of fur was used. Since she was mostly interested in the Byzantine era though I am going to assume her information was from then. I do remember she had a Pyrenees and she would mix that with rabbit to make her wool. (not for her historical garments, just for her everyday stuff because she was severely allergic to wool)
@@ragnkja I can no longer do that. I used be able to wear a wool sweater with a shirt or long sleeved t-shirt under it but not anymore. I had wool suits too. It is marvelous fabric to work with for tailoring but at some point my skin will touch it. Knitting with wool feels like working with rough twine.
same problem here. wool feels nice to my hands where I would be working with it, but anywhere except my palms and fingers it feels stunningly itchy and slightly uncomfortable all the time, and that wears on you and is more trouble than it's worth. I'm making a wool coat for my husband and I'm so excited for it, but I don't think I could make one for myself.
CONGRATULATIONS, Nicole!!! "Good. Better. Best." has so many applications based on time, energy, mental capacity, and other projects. That's a Nicole quotable . . . & a good book title. :-)
Retro Claude uses this too. Being new to sewing, let alone costuming, I have adopted this outlook. I'm too prone to expecting myself to be perfect the first time I do anything (and the second, third, etc) and that's unrealistic and not great for my mental health
For those looking, Retro Claude has a fantastic explanation for it in her sewing while disabled video. I go back and watch it every few months in order to remind myself of the things I should be doing. I'm disabled, but also a perfectionist. So that video is something that I find so helpful.
@@kikidevine694 Definitely! I love what Liz Gilbert says about perfectionism: It's fear dressed up in high heels and pearls pretending to be a virtue. I use that to remind myself whenever that "voice" comes into my head. Will check out Retro Claude, thanks for the rec!
@@katherinemorelle7115 I like to think I'm a recovering perfectionist. Totally going to check out Retro Claude! Sounds like a very wise person. Thanks!
You are a true inspiration to us all. (And I deeply appreciate both your assurance that beginner projects won't/don't have to be perfect, and that you also love ramen. 😂)
I love Anna May Wong! Underrated in film history and memory!
When I was looking up pictures of her I saw mentions of an upcoming movie all about her life! And her niece is part of it, so there's hope it won't be horribly inaccurate just for drama.
@@NicoleRudolph she was also a costumer as she wanted accurate clothing when Chinese characters were portrayed, even if she didn't play them!
Oh wow, I'd never heard of her but just the very fleeting shots Nicole included here have made me VERY much want to learn more! She looks like a lady full of unique character...
@@anna_in_aotearoa3166 unfortunately because of laws and rules, she could not play a love interest of someone who wasn't of the same race. That limited her roles. She even had a TV show in the early years of television.
Wow, your explainer on body modesty was really illuminating for me.
I'm currently reading War and Peace, in which Tolstoi describes a scene, where the miserable and malnurished soldiers warm themeselves around a fire without clothes. And I immediately thought, how could that be possible in a strict and prudish society. Despite this situation being incredibly uncommon and desperate, surely being nude for example for taking a swim mustn't have been such an outragious and scandalous thing. Or asyou mentioned, getting changed, when you have to share you quarters with others.
Male nudity hasn't been seen as a bad thing, if women are not present. It's the whole all chaps together thing.
Until the 60s my grandparents used a zinc tub in the living room. They had 5 kids and they all used that tub Saturday night. If they were feeling rich they would go to the bath house. Modesty is a rich people privilege.
During war, I think usual barriers can fall. My father fought in the Battle of the Bulge in WWII, famous for the frigid conditions the soldiers survived. For some reason my father always gave off heat when he slept and his friends wanted to sleep close to him for that reason. Men being physically close was certainly taboo at that time, but in war, survival trumps all.
"I love it on other people." I relate to that so much! When I live in Mexico there was this woman I knew with this skirt that was so pretty! I would compliment her everytime she wore it. But when I moved to a different city she wanted to give me a gift and she gave me the skirt, I felt so bad! I had no idea how to decline because I was new to the culture. I loved the skirt, but it just wasn't my style and I knew I would never wear it. I still haven't worn it...
That's a sweet story. You could try turning it into something more useful for you, like a top or a pillow cover. 😊
Oh, or a lampshade 😊
Yes!! I have more than one clothing item like this. Some I have modified (for example cutting the skirt off of a dress to wear the bodice as a top with pants) but the others I just hold on to as mementos.
Is it possible to frame it and put it on your wall?
😄 These are good ideas. It's a long yellow skirt that is a lot like the Belle princess dress and I just had a little firl, so I was thinking I could repurpose it as a costume in a few years. We'll see what happens!
I concur on the French curve. I had one. It never fit where I needed it. My mother gave me a bendable ruler in the 90s but I usually do my curves free hand.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one to have experienced this! 😂 I bought one early in my sewing learning journey because it was listed as one of those "must haves", but so far no curves on me seem to correspond to ones on it! 🙈
I bet you had so much fun with this! What is Abby wearing and where can I get one? Also Stabby Awl was hilarious 😂. I thought the stays vs corset question was interesting because my answer is actually corsets for the exact same reasons Nicole chose Stays. I am LOVING Morgan's hair!
It's a pattern from Decades of Style that many of our friends swear by!
Caftan. Very popular in the early 1970’s.
Abby did a video on sewing this
It's one of her earliest
(It's the one I found first and it got me hooked)
What fabric is it?
@@tiredoftrolls2629
Abby’s is Washed linen.
Mine was thin polyester knit with a very hippy dippy pattern. 🙂
Congratulations on 100,000! And thank you for all the hours of information and entertainment.
Congratulations on 100K Nicole! I was super pleased I got to see you, Abby, and Morgan all together!
Congratulations!
Also as someone who also hates the "what do you do" question (for wildly different reasons), "historian" does not sound boring. You could try "video editor," and then say you're "not allowed" to say who you edit for. (If you say you're not allowed, it's true!) They'll assume you're entirely behind the scenes and (I edit a podcast) editing itself is hugely boring. That should not get further questions, but if people want to talk software or something, to that will probably take less social energy for you?
I tell people I run a small nonprofit that mostly runs on volunteer work, and then I talk about how badly most organizations treat volunteers and how easy it would be to improve that. Avoids all the awkward questions and speeches and occasional rants I would get otherwise, but I'm not actually lying!
This was a hoot! Love that Abby's garment is so reminiscent of something classical Grecian, very appropriate to summer weather and decadent celebrations ✨
I thought it looked like relaxed Japanese. Either way, I love how cool it looks.
If memory serves me, i think there’s a video on Noelle’s channel of her making the same pattern?
Making tents looks loads of fun, sarcastically says the woman who used to camp in a 16x16 marquee!
Okay, I'm dying a little of curiosity. What do you theorize that the flaps *were* for, since they weren't for nursing?
Umm, adult things. Cause fancy stays with impractical holes that would be covered if wearing a gown or jacket....
AH! Gotcha. They were fun flaps. Thank you! :D
"Fun flaps!" I can't wait for someone 200 years down the road (in the universe where the planet isn't on fire) to find crotchless panties and speculate on what medical condition they were for, given they were made of such irritating polyester filaments.
@@ishtarelisheba "fun flaps"!! 😂😂
Peek-a-boob pockets
Congratulations on 100k. Love all your prodjects. Because of all you women, I have started sewing cloths in my era 1910 to 1920. Love all the information. I learn so much. Thank you all for everything.
Congratulations to you, Nicole. Thanks for the fun chat!!
Oh my goodness, that was fun! Wait...did someone say patterns?! Please, please, please do make patterns.
Thank you, ladies, for a great video,
xoxo's Sandie
Omg yes. I want a general one for the time period that the historically accurate Malefecient came from. That looked cozy as hell
I have only been able to catch one live but I enjoyed being able to chat with you! I think I have my friend Emma to thank for sharing a Bernadette video from which I found all of your channels. Congratulations on your accomplishment of reaching 100k!!
That good better best system is absolutely how I used to do prop building and other set dressing projects at work. CHoose what's vital and where we can cut corners a leeetle.
Congratulations on reaching 100,000 people of good taste finding your RUclips channel.🥂🍾🎉
Abby opened that bottle like a champ.
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Next historical deep dive episode: the origin and evolution of the concept of body modesty.
Congratulations and thank you for this video. Watching you three always makes me feel that I am visiting with close friends. Carry on with the real work and the hijinks both are so important.
CONGRATULATIONS 🎈🎉. I’M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!! Long time coming. Love your videos & you are inspiring!! You have many different skills & are so accomplished. A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH!!. WAY TO GO!! Cheer’s! 🥂🍻
Would love to hear your take on the 'sewing bee' and the social aspect to sewing back in the day, especially for women, versus 'sewing bees/social sewing' really not being a social thing for most people nowadays.
Now I need a whole video essay about sl*tty ankles. I've believed that since forever lol. 'Splain me! Put the knowledge things in my brain
Congratulations on your much deserved recognition 🥳🥳🥳
I'm 100% in agreement re:bustle dresses. I like the fashion plates from the time and I can appreciate the workmanship that goes into creating one, but IRL the overall frill and flounce of it all is not an aesthetic I enjoy.
I hope someday you do write a book. That is one I'd definitely preorder!
Great people to celebrate the milestone with. Congratulations.
Congratulations on the 100K!! You deserve it.
Congrats to your 100k 🥂 I loved this, watching you three is like meeting with friends 😇
This was fun, like hanging with my old costuming friends from decades ago. Fifteen years of SCA, mostly Viking, Saxon, and Norman styles, as they were more comfortable for camping. I hit up the best Museum Stores and artisans for accurate-looking jewelry and Hubby did leather work. And yes, sewing a pavilion...did that too. But since we bought and are still restoring an old house, sewing time has literally gone out the window. I do love the 1790s, and may one day dig into the historical patterns and fabric (yeah, I have a trunk of it) I buy during weak moments. In the mean time, it's great to visit you, Morgan, Abby, and Bernadette on RUclips for a costuming fix. Congrats, Nicole!
👏Congratulations 👏 so happy for you ❣️
I enjoy seeing the Three of you together so much ❤️
I love it when you costumers get together for chats and other activities. Please keep doing it whenever you can fit it into your schedules.
Congratulations on your milestone! Love your channel, the history and skills you share with us , and your friendship videos with Abby and Morgan!
I love your chaos!! Congrats!! And remember we are Happy when You are Happy!!
Congratulations on hitting the 100K mark!!! I'm currently in the stage of attempting the neat little princess stitches but being new to hand sewing and also low on patience so my stays have two inch strips of tiny, tiny back stitching for both the boning channels and seams but the rest is wibbly wobbly nonsense lol.
I've also been joining your Twitch streams now and again and I've had so much fun! I attempt to work on my sewing projects while you chat and sew as well and it's been doing wonders for my productivity. So thanks so much! I look forward to seeing more!!! :D
I have a diamond needle awl I use primarily for beading I also call stabby awl.
Your Gonzo was brilliant. I love your videos on tailoring because I learn from your explorations.
CHEERS NICOLE! So happy for you 👍💖 here's to many more subs and more wonderful content
I wanna see an entire video of each of you displaying a series of all your outfits, costuming outfits or otherwise, like a movie montage.
YAY! CONGRATULATIONS! Yeah, women in suits. Also, it's so funny that humans have always been THAT way (stays with flaps, 🤭). Good, better, best. Yes, thank you for putting that into words. My oldest has been sewing for 23 days straight (with one final 20 hour push) to get five outfits ready for an event, and she felt very bad that she didn't do nice seam finishes for her kids' outfits, and that certain corners just got glossed over. I told her "Welcome to the Costuming/Sewing community." And told her, What can you really see from 6 feet away? Bernadette Banner pins her skirts, and so have I. And by looking inside old clothes, can tell you that slap dash stitching cause you just need to get this done is not only historically accurate, but so is not going back to fix it later. And don't feel bad because you ran out of time to get things done. The point is, you do what is necessary first -- the commission, and then you work down from there. Velcro and elastic work good on tiny kids, and sticky back velcro won't hold on fabric. Happy 100K!
Congratulations on 100k, you deserve it so much ❤️ Thanks for all the great videos, including this one (my three faves! 😍)
Live watching y'all together. It cheers the heart. Thank you for letting us into your world and allowing us to be the avenue to enable you to do what you want to be doing. Very much looking forward to all of the new ventures and adventures coming up. Congrats on 100k!
*takes French curve out of Amazon wishlist* THANK YOU!
Congratulations on 100k! I've learned so much from this channel and you're one of my favourite creators, I can't wait to see what the future holds! 🥂
Congratulations on 100k subscription milestone!
Love your videos. Especially the one on corsets. I love wearing them with my renaissance gowns.
Congratulations! I learn so much from you.
Congratulations on 100k! I can't wait to see what else you have in store for us!
The thumbnail! I love it! Morgan looks like the biggest heartthrob
Loved the video! You 3 are just a hoot when you're together!❤
Congratulations on 100K! This was so much fun to watch
CONGRATS!!🎉🍾🎈🎊
Yay! Congrats on 100k!
Wow the three of you together! Thank you ladies. I appreciate your talents and knowledge❤
Belated congratulations. Thank you for sharing everything you work so hard on!
congrats on the 100,000 awesome milestone
Nicole, stumbling on your shoe-making videos was my first real introduction to the modern world of historical fashion on YT and I just fell in love. I don't sew, not more than an odd throw-together Halloween costume for the kid, but I did major in theatre and always wished I'd gone into historical fashion & costuming for the stage. It might be too late for me to do that (no, I'm too old to learn how to meticulously sew now, kids) but I live vicariously through all of you ladies. Thanks so much for the wholesome, occasionally raunchy &/or silly, but always wonderful diversions from reality. Love you girls! 💜
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Congratulations and thanks for another entertaining video 😊
Happy 116K! You've gone up sub wise substantially since June. I'm glad to say I am one of them & have been marathon watching vids. I enjoy your content very much, you are very talented, knowledgeable, funny, and pretty to look at while learning not only fashion but history. I watch Abby & Morgan for the same reason.
Congratulations! My favourite thing of yours was the ochre jacket you made from an original of, I think, Abby's.
I'd love to have such awesome friends. You ladies are all wonderfully funny and interesting. What a beautiful sisterhood!
I love this caftan of abbys, it is just so elegant and classy and a slouchy flying squirrel at the same time!
Congratulations on 100K!
Congratulations on 100k! This was hilarious. And informative. 🥳🥳🥳
Congratulations on 100k!! I love q&as!
Congrats on OVER 100K 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
A huge hug all the way from Curaçao
Thank you for all the informative, interesting, inspiring content, which helps me unwind, destress so so much.
100,000 is amazing, but why is there no video on sewing a historically accurate 18th c tent? I have needs... 😆
I wonder if there IS such a video by Historic Williamsburg, since it was made there ?!
I love anything that brings you all together!
Congratulations! That was fun to watch. Buddy got some shameless tummy rubs, laid back his head and everything...
Love what everyone is wearing… including the ecollar!
Congrats, Nicole! I love your channel and are so proud of your big milestone!
Congrats and definitely well-deserved.
Congratulations on 100k!!!!! Such an exciting achievement!
Yeah, like a pro 👌 Congrats for 100K!!!! ❤
This was great, I always enjoy chaos shenanigans!
So much fun, enjoyed it.
I just love watching/hearing you all together. I must admit I only actively listened to maybe half of the video (adhd yay) but it feels so nice. Like I'm in a house with friends and it's totally okay to just all do something for ourselves, but we're all still having a good time. I realize how lonely this sounds but I promise it's in the best way possible xD
Congrats on hitting 100k!
I’d love you to do a video on sourcing linen ( and what to look for in a textile) to make your own sheets /bedding.
Your knowledge is wonderful and I subscribed at the first video I watched - linen)
Congratulation on the brand new, shiny YT Play button. Well done.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
Yay!!! Congrats Nicole!
This was great to watch and see your passion for your craft
Congrats on 100k!
Gratz Nicole!
Your answer to the, ‘most over rated tool’. Has convinced me to take the French curve rule Out of my Amazon wish list.
I have be sewing, and drafting my own patterns for decades. I have never had a French curve. I recently thought it might be useful. As I see it being used in so many videos.
But your right. My clothing has always looked right till now. And no one will be putting a ruler to my clothing.
Thank you!
Very fun 😁😁😁
I love when these three or two or any of this group of youtubers get together, it is always very fun.
I love your content 😍😍
Favorite dinosaur??
Nicole: raptor (raaaawr)
This made me laugh way harder than it should have. 🤣 Congratulations !
So great to see you all together. Abby's house is amazing. Congratulations on the milestone. I love the look of Goose Turd and Carnation...