Audrey Stuck-Girard a.k.a. Abigail Adams

I started Cuffed & Coiffed in the summer of 2020 as a small showcase of my skills pertaining to the intersection of history, costume, and public engagement. My educational background in theatre and stagecraft, coupled with my life-long fascination with history, led me to begin my career as a costumed interpreter at the newly re-opened Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum in 2012. Before long, I was researching and hand-sewing my own 1770s wardrobe to wear on tours and in interactive performances, as well as to reenactments and living history events outside of work. Within a few years, I co-founded the museum’s wardrobe department, where I honed my talents in historical garment research, patterning, sewing, alterations, hairdressing, and wig dressing.