The Edwardian Project with Isabella SaintOnge

Isabella SaintOnge is one of our undergraduate assistants in the PlayMakers Repertory Company costume complex. In pre-pandemic times, she was employed as a stitcher, hand-finisher, and occasionally performed other work related to the mounting of our shows. She's also taken several construction classes and participated in workshops we held for our graduate students.

Isabella received a grant to support a research initiative she's calling The Edwardian Project. She spent time in spring semester sewing a wardrobe of Edwardian clothing for herself, and this semester she's spending several weeks wearing the garments of a working-class turn-of-the-century woman while she goes about her daily life. She's documenting all this on her YouTube channel and Instagram feed.

Here's one of her videos, in which she unboxes a trove of donated antique clothing:

If this kind of thing interests you, give her a follow!