Zack Pinsent. Photo: BBC
Why dress up in jeans and a t-shirt if you can go along to Tesco dressed as Napoleon or something?
Zack Pinsent, British tailor who specializes in Regency period clothing.
Zack dresses full time in period clothing. He’s a part of a new BBC television show, My Friend Jane, which is all about modern day fans of Jane Austen.
Speaking of period clothing, later this week I am on my way to Costume College. For the very first time I’ll be joining the ranks of other period clothing enthusiasts for three days of fashion history lectures and workshops such as:
- Making the Phantom Bustle
- 18th Century Coat Construction
- How to Set an Authentic 16th Century Ruff
… just to mention a few.
I am most interested in fashion history so I’ll be headed to the lecture classes. I’m looking forward to learning about 18th century fabrics, changes in women’s fashions 1774-1784, Hanbok – modern historical Korean dress, and much much more!
Costume College is an annual “costuming arts conference” brought to us by Costumer’s Guild West, Inc.
You can be sure I’ll be writing about this and posting on Instagram.
Follow along #overdressed4life.
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Have fun! It’s supposed to be wonderful. You’ll have to share with me what you learn.
Thanks, Paula. I’m attending mostly fashion history lectures and one workshop on fabric testing. It should be an interesting weekend.