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  <title><![CDATA[Who Wore This? Reading a Costume With a Dress Historian]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[It Actually Fits]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[A J and J Baldwin’s Pattern Book]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Better Word Than Patriarchy]]></title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Vogue’s 20th Knitting Book, page by page]]></title>
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  <author>Snapdragon Jane</author>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A 1920s Piano Shawl Dress tour]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/a-1920s-piano-shawl-dress-tour/</link>
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  <author>Snapdragon Jane</author>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Victorian Stockings That Were Never Worn]]></title>
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  <author>Snapdragon Jane</author>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[When “Dilettante” Became an Insult]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/when-dilettante-became-an-insult/</link>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A 1930s B. Altman & Co. Swimsuit, Photographed Close Up]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/a-1930s-b-altman--co-swimsuit-photographed-close-up/</link>
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  <author>Snapdragon Jane</author>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:21:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A 1912 Bathing Suit, and the Women Behind Its Label]]></title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Townsend’s Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes, November 1830]]></title>
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  <author>Snapdragon Jane</author>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:33:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Discreet Art of Mending]]></title>
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  <author>Snapdragon Jane</author>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[I Was Still Hoarding]]></title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Cult of the Needle by Flora Klickmann 1915]]></title>
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  <author>Snapdragon Jane</author>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Modern Knitting Book by Flora Klickmann 1915]]></title>
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  <author>Snapdragon Jane</author>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Regrading a 1944 Cardigan Pattern (and the Blocks That Got in My Way)]]></title>
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  <author>Snapdragon Jane</author>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Knitted Sports Knickers from 1914]]></title>
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<p>I acquired <em>The Modern Knitting Book</em>, edited by Flora Klickmann and published in 1915, as part of research for the current Studio season.

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  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[1930s Triangle scarf]]></title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Red Lipstick Myths: What the History Actually Says]]></title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Maker’s Wardrobe: Swatching a WW2 Knitting Pattern]]></title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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