Welcome to Ricamo Strano, where artist and fashion historian Jacqueline Strano weaves history, memory, and personal story into handmade embroidery art. With a background in fashion, visual culture, and textile history, Jacqueline creates custom pieces that reimagine vintage and historical photographs through thread, giving new life to forgotten moments. Her work is a conversation between past and present, layered with texture, emotion, and meaning.

LEARN EMBROIDERY THAT SPEAKS TO YOU

Join mindful embroidery classes for creatives and beginners, led by artist and experienced instructor Jacqueline Strano. These calm, supportive workshops explore slow stitching as a path to creativity, presence, and personal restoration. Whether online or in-person, you’ll learn hand embroidery techniques while nurturing focus, emotional well-being, and self-expression. With years of teaching at institutions like Parsons School of Design, Jacqueline offers artistic expertise and a gentle, mindful approach in every session.

Floral Hoops

Elegant blooms stitched with intricate details.

Thread Art Frames

Contemporary threads crafted into modern art pieces.

Custom Wearables

Personalized embroidered shirts, jackets, and more.

Gift Sets

Hand-embroidered collections made for special ocassions.

Historical Costume Consulting & Research

Looking for expert historical costume consulting to ensure authentic, period-accurate clothing and accessories for your characters or productions? With over 20 years of experience in fashion history research and teaching, I specialize in detailed historical costume research and consulting for writers, costume designers, stylists, filmmakers, and creative professionals.

Services include historical costume research for books, scripts, and screenplays; costume consulting for film, theater, and photoshoots; fashion accuracy review and manuscript editing; and custom research on textile history and material culture. Whether you need help with period clothing authenticity, vintage costume sourcing, or culturally informed dress accuracy, I offer personalized guidance to elevate your storytelling and production design.

Blog

This Week’s Muse: Twiggy

Twiggy disrupted the silhouette. In the 1960s, her gamine frame and graphic lashes shifted beauty standards overnight. She represented youth culture, modernity, rebellion against the hyper-curved glamour of the previous decade. When I stitch Twiggy, I’m thinking about transition.How every generation redraws femininity.How style is cyclical — but power evolves. Thread becomes timeline. Engagement PromptAre you team 1950s siren or 1960s mod?

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This Week’s Muse: Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe is one of the most photographed women in history. And yet — the quiet moments are the ones that haunt me. In this piece, I wasn’t interested in spectacle.I was interested in stillness. The way she rests her face in her hand.The way her body folds inward.The space between persona and person. The flowers bloom at her feet — dimensional, unapologetically pink — as if emotion itself has weight and texture. The butterflies hover above her. Transformation is

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This Week’s Muse: Diana Ross

jmstrano March 3, 2026 4:03 pm