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Tilda Lewis
Millinery and Costumes

Historical Projects
I have a passionate interest in dress history and original practice and use historical costuming as both a tool to better understand the past and to indulge a love of wearing historical clothes. I believe we can learn an infinite amount from using the same construction methods that were used in the past, a form of experimental archeology, as it were.
In this gallery you will find images of some of the purely historical garments I have created over the years.
Main image (above) photo credit: Carlos Adama

1780s striped silk robe a l'Anglaise
Photographer - Carlos Adama

1780s striped silk robe a l'Anglaise
Photographer - Carlos Adama

Red lawn 1806 day dress
Photographer - Starbit Photography

Red lawn 1806 day dress and bonnet
Photographer - Starbit Photography

1780s Jacket

1790s robe en chemise

1790s robe en chemise

1790s robe en chemise

1790s robe en chemise

Hand embroidered 18th c. pocket

Hand embroidered 18th c. pocket

Hand embroidered 18th c. pocket

Marie Antoinette Chemise a la Reine replica
Photo by Bel Aguas

Marie Antoinette Chemise a la Reine replica
Photo by Bel Aguas

1790s turban
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