Fashion signals to readers a time period, region of the world, and station in life—all without saying a word. We may look back on historical periods...
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Eighty Excellent Online Historical Collections
Happy International Archives Day! In the spirit of Fifty Fabulous Online Library Historical Collections, Sixty Sensational Online Historical Archive...
Q&A – Something You Don’t Like About the Period You Write In
In order to be an author of historical fiction, an author must get really down and dirty in their chosen timeframe. The more intimate the research...
Fashions for the Ages
I’m wearing cotton pants, a lightweight Smartwool shirt, and Rainbow sandals as I write this. My uniform. Fashion-forward? No. But comfortable. When...
Getting in the Fashion Groove for Historical Fiction
Clothes Make the man…and woman Clothing and fashion are more than part of the setting. Fashion reveals much about the characters, their...
Historical Fashion: the Worldly and the Weird
I didn’t have to do much clothing research for Judging Noa: a Fight for Women’s Rights in the Turmoil of the Exodus. About 3500 years ago,...
It’s All in the Underwear
Readers have different qualifications on what makes a historical fiction book “good.” As a writer, I worry about pacing, punchy dialogue (or punchy...
The Character Makes the Clothing
This July our PLW Tuesday blogs are dedicated to one of the most fascinating research rabbit holes ever—historical clothing. Throughout the month...
7 Things About Gilded Age Fashion
If you’ve been watching the new Julian Fellowes series The Gilded Age, you’ll know that the fashion of the late 19th and early 20th century...
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