WHAT IS COSPLAY? By Christine Skirbunt , Guest Writer First, let’s try to answer the seemingly simple question of “What is cosplay?” Cosplay (shorthand for “Costume Play”), in its simplest definition, is that it is the practice of dressing up as characters from anime (animation that first originated from Japan), manga (the art in comics [...]
Recollections is moving into the 21st century! (and we're not talking about clothes) A year ago, we set out on a mission to revolutionize our manual cutting processes. Each piece of clothing - be it a dress, skirt, blouse, or jacket - necessitated meticulous hand cutting using our decades of cherished patterns. It was a [...]
True, Victorian blouses are a common sight in period films and TV series, but did you know that they weren't in vogue throughout the Victorian era? They emerged in response to the Victorian Dress Reform movement. Tired of the discomfort of bustles, hoop skirts, and painful corsets, women gradually adopted a more refined corset. The [...]
Thank you to all of our wonderful customers who entered the Christmas - New Year 2022 Photo Contest. The panel of judges made up of members of the Recollections crew thought these first 5 photos best captured the spirit of the holidays! The runners-up follow. Visit us at recollections.biz – we design and manufacture history-inspired [...]
Offer a name for our nameless lasses We have over 500 dresses and gowns on our website. Most of them have been named, such as Tilly, Sophronia, Daisy, Desidera, etc. There are some orphan dresses who have never been given a name and this is your chance to name them. Below we have pictured the [...]
We welcome Spring this week with this caption contest. Your caption can be funny, thoughtful, or even a poem. Our panel of judges will choose from the entries to determine the winners. Each winner receives a $50 gift coupon to use on regularly-priced merchandise at our website! Enter your caption by midnight PT on Wednesday, [...]
Jane Austen wrote stories and poems to amuse herself and her family from a young age and eventually compiled 29 of them into three bound notebooks. These volumes provide a little glimpse into the author she would become. The “stories are full of anarchic fantasies of female power, licence, illicit behaviour, and general high spirits,” [...]
Jane Guthrie is an art director from Manhattan Beach, CA. She and many others came together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the USA at the 2020 Rose Parade. The passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution granted women the right to vote. Jane piqued our interest through photos [...]
Ellen is a writer, journalist, and self-proclaimed women’s history geek. Ellen was one of the 100 walkers who were part of the Pasadena Celebrates 2020 in this year’s 2020 Rose Parade on New Year’s Day. The entry celebrates the 100th anniversary of the enactment of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution. It was a [...]