Services & Seminars
Services
Lavender's Green makes each garment to dressmaker standards, one at a time, to fit you and your color preferences. Most projects require from four to eight weeks’ lead time, and at least a 50% deposit before work begins. We can work long-distance, if given clear instructions and accurate measurements. These garments are considered semi-custom, and are available at the prices shown.
We can also custom make a dress or other garment for you from a photo or fashion plate you may have, based upon your own inspiration, or copied from an actual vintage garment. Design and pattern charges are added for the more challenging assignments. We can offer suggestions regarding color, fabric, trims and other options depending upon your needs; for example, a ball gown to be worn once a year could use more delicate fabric and trims than a work dress you will wear at a historic site every week. We can send you swatches for your approval before work begins, along with sketches if you want a custom design. Please call, write or send an e-mail for a bid. Please call, write or send an e-mail for a bid.
Consulting & Seminars
All seminars and consulting is conducted by Lavender's Green owner, seamstress, fashion designer & historian, Kay Demlow.
Travel expenses are additional, and not included in quoted fees.
Fitting/Consulting Fees
The first fitting or consultation
of ½ hour
or less is free. The second and all later fittings on the same project
are $25 per hour. If I go to your house or historic site, it is the hourly
rate plus travel time.
“Make a Dress in a Day”— $300
In
this workshop, I will demonstrate how to cut out, sew, fit and finish
a basic 19th century work dress. I will provide the pattern, appropriate
for your time period, plus the fabric, notions and sewing machines. You
provide the workspace. At the end of the day, the audience will have seen
helpful tips and techniques for authentic 19th century dress construction,
and you will have a finished dress (valued at $150) to keep.
Specifically
For Museums: Inventory and Documentation of Your Collection — $50 per
hour
I can meet with your museum’s curator to study the
items in your collection.
Training sessions — $50 per hour
I will teach
your museum staff how to date the garments in your clothing collection.
I’ll
share my reference books and help you learn what clues to look for when
examining 19th and early 20th century clothing.
Fashion Talks — $75
A one hour presentation covering evolution of ladies’ 19th
and early 20th century clothing styles, illustrated with samples and/or
overhead transparencies, while I am costumed appropriately for the theme
and era of your event.
Fashion Talk with model — $100
A fashion talk as described above with
a model wearing several styles for your audience.
Fashion Shows — $300
A one-and-a-half to two hour presentation of vintage
and replica fashions worn by volunteer models from your organization.
I will work with you to provide appropriate clothing for your theme, and
to fit your volunteers. I will meet with the models beforehand for fittings
and a dress rehearsal.