Archive of Our Own ^beta

Summary:

It starts as a hobby.
Stede has been in love with fashion and fabrics since he was twelve years old, but he didn’t think he could earn money with it, not until he was in his early thirties and first went to an exhibit about historical fashion. There he saw a plaque that mentioned the person who had restored the dress in the case, and that one line changed the trajectory of Stede’s life. It might be dramatic, but it made Stede look into historical costuming and fabric restoration, and in the process, he found a whole new life.

 

Stede receives a mystery parcel with a gorgeous mantua in it, all for him to restore.

Written for the Auxiliary Wardrobe zine, a collaboration between fpwoper and hideplueshi.