Historic Seamstress - Spadina House

TORONTO, ON- SEPTEMBER 21 - Late 1860's Visiting Dress, worn at Colborne Lodge. The design is inspired by a fashion plate from Godey's Lady Book dated 1869. A- closure, the centre front closure is typical to the 1860's, it has a unique shape, opening the dress down the centre front bodice, across the waist for a few inches and then down the skirt for about nine inches allowing a woman to dress herself. B- Self fabric covered buttons were made to finish the look. They are decorative, hooks and bars do the actual fastening. C- Decorative bow is sewn onto the its own waist band/belt. D- Pockets were sewn into the dress, there is one in the seam on the right side of the skirt. E- The late 1860's have a distinctive silhouette which is elliptical. This was achieved with specially engineered hoops skirts as well as the cut of garments. Tracy Gorman sews away above what was the Austin family's garage with a view of their home, Spadina House. On staff with the City of Toronto, Gorman takes care of the 2700 costume pieces at the museums. In her 23 years with the city she has made close to 1000 of those reproduction costume pieces that range from 19th century dresses and jackets to shirt and petticoats to caps and neckerchiefs and cushions and bedspreads. Over the course of a year Gorman, who has Bachelor's degree in Home Economics specializing in Clothing and Textiles from Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, will make about 50 new pieces for the collection and perform alterations and repairs to another 20. The scope of her needle isn't limited to costumes, she also makes household textiles as part of museum re-restoration work. Her working includes sourcing historically accurate materials for the costumes. She does this through books on historic costume, researching artifacts from the time period through museum's online catalogues that include images and descriptions and referring to diaries and writings from the time. "In this way you can figure out what fabrics (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON- SEPTEMBER 21 - Late 1860's Visiting Dress, worn at Colborne Lodge. The design is inspired by a fashion plate from Godey's Lady Book dated 1869. A- closure, the centre front closure is typical to the 1860's, it has a unique shape, opening the dress down the centre front bodice, across the waist for a few inches and then down the skirt for about nine inches allowing a woman to dress herself. B- Self fabric covered buttons were made to finish the look. They are decorative, hooks and bars do the actual fastening. C- Decorative bow is sewn onto the its own waist band/belt. D- Pockets were sewn into the dress, there is one in the seam on the right side of the skirt. E- The late 1860's have a distinctive silhouette which is elliptical. This was achieved with specially engineered hoops skirts as well as the cut of garments. Tracy Gorman sews away above what was the Austin family's garage with a view of their home, Spadina House. On staff with the City of Toronto, Gorman takes care of the 2700 costume pieces at the museums. In her 23 years with the city she has made close to 1000 of those reproduction costume pieces that range from 19th century dresses and jackets to shirt and petticoats to caps and neckerchiefs and cushions and bedspreads. Over the course of a year Gorman, who has Bachelor's degree in Home Economics specializing in Clothing and Textiles from Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, will make about 50 new pieces for the collection and perform alterations and repairs to another 20. The scope of her needle isn't limited to costumes, she also makes household textiles as part of museum re-restoration work. Her working includes sourcing historically accurate materials for the costumes. She does this through books on historic costume, researching artifacts from the time period through museum's online catalogues that include images and descriptions and referring to diaries and writings from the time. "In this way you can figure out what fabrics (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Historic Seamstress - Spadina House
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Toronto Star
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21 september 2016
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