You can see everything from Queen Elizabeth I’s court dresses to the Medicis’ extravagant attire at Atlanta’s SCAD FASH now through mid-January.

“I never studied fashion—that means I stay really free,” she tells Mental Floss. She began making vibrant hand-painted dresses and other outfits, which she’d either sell or wear herself.

Mentalfloss.com: Meet Isabelle de Borchgrave, the Belgian Artist Who Recreates Historical Fashion Using Paper