Salon Society of Chicago is the brainchild of Christine Millar, better known as Sewstine on Instagram and Youtube. It is a branch of Sewstine, LLC, designed to throw events that help build up the historical costuming society.

The philosophy behind Salon Society is the belief that a great way to build a historical costuming community is to offer exciting events that community members can plan, look forward to, and make (or commission) art to wear. With that in mind, events will have a long lead time, of at least six months, ideally a year for a ball, 3 months for a smaller event.