My newest design: the Minnie Tunic Blouse!

The Minnie Tunic Top by AC Clothing and Bags

These tunic blouses, inspired by the free styles of the 1920’s and named for one of my favorite musical artists of all time, Memphis Minnie, feature a sleeveless, softly fitting shaped bodice, a square neckline, a petal-like layered curved hemline which overlaps the front center panel on either side, and vintage and/or contemporary fabrics and embellishments.

It’s available with rolled hems, or bound in a contrasting color, both options shown in the photos; I can create it for you as a pullover, or with a hidden side snap up placket.

These tops are made to order by request; you may choose the fabric from my fabric shop, and I will select a suitable trim which suits the fabric for you, or you may choose one from my shop as well.

I have many more lovely trims than I offer for sale in my shop which I reserve only for my own designs.

Please allow 6 – 10 days from the time you order to the time your top is shipped

TO ORDER – Please convo me with:

1) your size request: small, medium,
or large
2) your favorite suitable vintage print fabric
from my fabric shop

NOTES for choosing fabric: must be a woven
(not stretch) fabric and lighter weight, such as shirting or calico

For sizing, please refer to my Size Guide & convo me with any remaining questions

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By Amy M Cools

Amy M. Cools is a historian, educator, researcher, and author. She is a Research Fellow in English and Creative Writing at Northumbria University, Newcastle, as a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow (2023-2026). She specializes in the history of ideas, African American and United States history (especially antebellum), the study of civil rights movements, biographical explorations of extraordinary people, the history of philosophy, issues in ethics and law, and other topics in history, philosophy, and intellectual history. Amy holds a PhD in History (2021) and an MA in Intellectual History with Distinction (2018) from the University of Edinburgh (2018); a BA in Philosophy: Ethics, Politics and Law, Summa Cum Laude from California State University at Sacramento (2013), and an AA in Humanities and Fine Arts from Riverside City College (1999). Her doctoral thesis, ‘The Life and Work of James McCune Smith (1813-1865),’ is the first completed book-length biographical study dedicated to this pioneering intellectual, scientist, and physician. Amy’s project as a BA Fellow at Northumbria is to compile and edit McCune Smith’s complete written works. She is also currently writing a biography of McCune Smith, under contract with the University of Georgia Press. A native of California, USA, she currently makes her home near Newcastle upon Tyne, England, with her beloved husband and dog

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