What it will cover
- Fibre and textile identification — burn test, hand test, weighted-silk diagnosis.
- Construction and stitching — seams, hems, closures, regional differences.
- Labels and union markers — ILGWU, RN, WPL, country-of-origin, designer label generations.
- Dating by era — Victorian through 1980s, decade-by-decade walk-through.
- Designer authentication — Worth to Mugler, with one guest lesson.
- Pricing and valuation — comp research, condition grading, market reading.
- Capstone — submit three identification writeups, get Margaret's signed assessment.
Price and availability
The course will be priced at $249, self-paced, with lifetime access and assessment of three student submissions by Margaret. We are filming in late 2026 and expect launch in 2027.
Waitlist subscribers get a $50 launch discount.
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