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Christine Millar is a doctor with an interesting and unusual hobby. She recreates historical clothes, which serves as an outlet to relax and release her inner artist. She mainly looks at inspiration from the 1700s and creates her unique looks.

"My favorite images growing up were historical gowns, princess gowns, and just overall pretty dresses. So I started to try to recreate them. I love taking a museum piece, like the green redingote from the Rijks Museum, and trying to figure out in my head how they sewed it together and how the original artist embroidered it," the artist has shared how her fascination with historical costumes began. 

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Christine's journey into historical clothing was inspired by her involvement in the cosplay scene. She would create cosplays for various events like Comic-Con in NYC. However, she noticed that her true passion lied in historical movies, particularly costumes from movies like "Sleepy Hollow". After attempting to make the black and white dress from "Sleepy Hollow" she found herself captivated by the process. From that moment on, she became hooked on crafting historical gowns, and her fascination only grew stronger with each creation.

For Christine, sewing is a real joy, but when it comes to hand embroidery, it's not her favorite. Instead, she found a solution by using a machine for embroidery. "I draw out, or 'digitize' the embroidery on a computer, designating exactly where I want each stitch to be, and in what order. After that, I send it to my embroidery machine and have it stitched out. It's a lot of fun to see something you've made on a computer stitched out in silk."

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Katy McMouse
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this. It's not as intricate as the others, but that's what I like about it.

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When it comes to choosing which gown to create, Christine follows her instincts and feelings. "I always have a list of about 50 gowns in my head that I want to make. At some point, a whim or a thought comes to me that it's time to make that dress."

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually really love Regency wear. Despite the incredibly high waist I do think it looks flattering on different body types.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This dress looks like it is a historically accurate version of the American Girl doll Felicity's holiday dress Felicity-6...e5cf23.jpg Felicity-64c0033e5cf23.jpg

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LovelyLittleLesbian
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This might be my favorite. As soon as I saw it I gasped. It is so gorgeous and vibrant and you look absolutely stunning 💗

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