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Sashiko sampler: Designed and made by Diane Hawkins. [Diane Hawkins]
Sarli burgundy silk:
Mark Wallis: Gentleman's acessories
Pearl flash ballgown:
Gentleman's accessories:
Umbrella table:
Umbrella handles:
Cocktail dress:
Lady Morley: Lace collar
Knave's shoes:
Victorian costume:
Indigo Shibori:
Rachel - Countess of Bath:
Jazz Age Dresses:
Macaroni - My son Tom:
Lord Foppington:
Beau Brummel:
Red breeches dyed with cochineal Charleston Museum "Killer Fashion": [Photo: Carol Bell]
1961 Mary Quant Knickerbocker dress: [Bath Fashion Museum]
Regency reproductions at Stourhead: [Photo: Fiona Starkey]
Royal court coachman - Alexander Benois' costume design for Petrushka: [Photo: Jill Hazell]
Lace sample from new book "Musée de la Visitation": [Publicity photo]
Blue feather fan : From Charleston Museum "Killer Fashion" exhibition [Photo: Carol Bell]
C17th glove cuff detail : From the twilight talk on "Historical Gloves Status and Splendour in the 1600s" at the Museum [Photo courtesy of the Bath Fashion Museum ]
Tartan pipers walk past: From the talk "Branding the Global Body: Tartan and Beyond" [Photo: Jonathan Faiers]
Straw bee detail of 1850s bonnet in the V&A collection: [Photo: Fiona Starkey]
1950s red cocktail dress designed by Madelaine Faith from the "Killer Fashion" exhibition Charleston Museum: [Photo: Carol Bell]
Georgian waistcoat detail: [Photo courtesy of Historic Royal Palaces]
Norwegian cleric's ruff, contemporary: From the collection of Jenny Tiramani [Photo: Fiona Starkey]
Saint Margarita: Opus Anglicorum: From the Wells Cathedral exhibition "The Ornate and the Beautiful" [Publicity photo]
Wells Cathedral altar frontage - modern: From the Wells Cathedral exhibition "The Ornate and the Beautiful" [Photo: Anne Brown]
Cope inspired by cathedral ceiling: From the Wells Cathedral exhibition "The Ornate and the Beautiful" [Photo: Liz Booty]
Cope and hood, late C15th : From the Wells Cathedral exhibition "The Ornate and the Beautiful" [Photo: Fiona Starkey]
Pectoral cross in amethysts: From the Wells Cathedral exhibition "The Ornate and the Beautiful"
A Morse from Wells Cathedral Ornate and the Beautiful exhibition: From the Wells Cathedral exhibition "The Ornate and the Beautiful"
Goldwork cope with Opus Anglicorum embroidery: From the Wells Cathedral exhibition "The Ornate and the Beautiful" [Photo: Fiona Starkey]
Jolly & Son bolt label sample: From Lucy Morgan's Christmas 2015 talk
Detail of Mrs Dunch costume made for Avebury Manor volunteer with input from WECS members on construction:
Mrs Dunch costume made for Avebury Manor volunteer with input from WECS members on construction:
Lace item from Bath Fashion Museum's "Lace" exhibition:
Panniered court dress from "The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined": [Barbican Centre exhibition publicity photo]
Lace collar from "The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined" : [Barbican Centre exhibition publicity photo ]
1840s mourning bonnet: From Snowshill Althea Mackenzie's talk "Get ahead, get a hat" Autumn 2016 [From National Trust book Hats and Bonnets]
1630 linen and silver bodice from Platt Hall, Manchester: [Photo Fiona Starkey]
C17th Red silk embroidery: From Rebecca Quinton's October 2017 study day talk [From the Burrell collection]
1881 Blue day dress from 'Waisted Efforts' Chertsey exhibition: [Photo: John Chase released as Chertsey publicity photo]
Lace dress from Bath Fashion Museum's Lace exhibition: [Photo Fiona Starkey]
Coronation robes from 'House Style' Chatsworth House exhibition 2017: [Courtesy of Chatsworth House]
Dress worn by Helena Bonham Carter for Room with a View, using original Edwardian lace for the close ups.: WECS visit behind the scenes at Cosprop. [Photo: Jill Hazell]
Cleopatra collar for the Globe Shakespeare production. Leather, Play-doh and gold paint!: WECS visit behind the scenes at Cosprop. [Photo: Jill Hazell]
BBC's Pride and Prejudice, Colin Firth - THE shirt.: WECS visit behind the scenes at Cosprop. [Photo: Jill Hazell]
Elizabeth I costume made for Flora Robson, shown as part of the Dressing the Stars exhibition at the Fashion Museum, Bath 2012. :
Dents gloves.:
An 1883 costume from the book Les Petites Dames du Mode, by John Burbidge.:
Crewel work sample 1750.:
Chris Seals (Farthingales Costumes) with friends, circa 1805.:
Costume for Rufus Sewell in BBC's Charles II : The Power and the Passion.:
Feathered ballgown by Alexander McQueen Dress of the Year 2012.:
11th Hussar Jacket 1854, collar detail. Made by Chris Seals, Farthingales Costumes.:
11th Hussar Jacket 1854, made by Chris Seals, Farthingales Costumes.:
Kerchief from Heather Toomer's private collection from the talk 'Luxurious and Fashionable', spring 2012.:
Stage costumes for the Royal Shakespeare company from the exhibition 'Dressing the Stars', Bath Fashion Museum 2012.:
Jean Shrimpton from the M Shed's exhibition 'An Eye for Fashion'.:
The Hodson Sisters, from The Hodson Shop collection at Walsall Museum.:
Costume for Keith Michel as Henry VIII at the 'Dressing the Stars' exhibition, Fashion Museum Bath 2012.:
Glamour display at the Fashion Museum, Bath 2012.:
Family photos table at the 'Ordinary People' study day in 2012.:
Stitching table at The Weald and Downland Museum. Visit autumn 2012.:
Stitch samplers for the volunteers at Weald and Downland Museum visit 2012.:
1640 Chief steward outfit from Llancaiach Fawr manor house, Wales. Visit 2010.:
Sport and Fashion ski wear from Fashion Museum, Bath.:
Sport and Fashion ski wear from Fashion Museum, Bath.:
Scarf edging from Heather Toomer's private collection, shown as part of her 'Luxurious and Fashionable' lecture on whitework.:
2012 Raffle prizes!:
Queen Mary's bodice, embroidered in bugle beads from the 'Dressing the Stars' exhibition at Bath's Fashion Museum.:
The Pope's shoes from the 'Red' Study day's Shoes lecture.: Red to symbolise the blood of the martyrs, handmade by one Adriano Stefanelli, a custom cobbler in northwestern Italy and not Prada, as wicked tongues had suggested.
Mid C19th from the ModeMuseum 'Living Fashion' exhibition in Antwerp.:
Grubby doublet found in a chimney breast in 1990. 'Before' photo from textile conservation in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.:
Egret Feathers from Feather wars: surviving Fashion exhibition, 2011.:
Samples table, Coldharbour Mill visit, autumn 2010.:
Dye samples, Coldharbour Mill visit, autumn 2010.:
Raw cotton sack in Coldharbour Mill visit, Autumn 2010.:
C16th blackwork from shirt in Fashion Museum, Bath.:
Ballgowns from British Glamour since 1950 exhibition.:
Tudor farm house from Weald and Downland museum visit 2012.:
Spinning demonstration from Ordinary People study day.:
An example of cartridge pleating in C16th skirt waist, Weal and Downland museum visit, autumn 2012.:
Yorkshire Fashion Archive wedding dress photo, C20th.:
Chertsey Museum early C20th knitted bikini from circa 1948-1951.:
Poster from Coldharbour Mill's wall of fabric samples.:
Sense and Sensibility in 'Dressing the Stars' exhibition, Fashion Museum, Bath.:
Costume for Helena Bonham Carter in Room with a view.:
New England Regency style.: [Photo: Ann Brown]
Mailoor, India. Jill Hazell's photo of family for 'Ordinary People' study day.:
Knitting needle bundle, shop display.:
Hat display at Killerton House museum visit, summer 2011.:
William Morris curtain detail, Kelmscott Manor visit, October 2011.: [Image: Henry Kerton]
Stays from 1780-90, part of the collection at Leeds City museum:
1830s poke bonnet, restored and part of the collection at Leeds City museum:
Kelmscott Manor visit, October 2011.:
Breton Fouesnant headdress, early C20th.: [Photo: James Holland]
Contemporary Breton coif being worn at the checkout.: [Photo: Pat Poppy]
Sketch and swatch from Sarah Dallas archive at the Fashion Museum:
Uniforms on display at Waddesdon Manor, 2011:
Patchwork dressing gown/evening coat from Hand Made Tales: Women and Domestic crafts at London Metropolitan University.:
Sunday best in Tasmania 'The Dress of Ordinary people' study day:
Shibori pattern, used as tie-dye and quilting pattern for Japanese indigo dyed fabric.:
Shetland lace, so fine it will fit through your wedding ring.: [Photo: Caroline Ness]
Miser purse from the Study Day talk: 'Yarns of Love and Money' by Barbara Burman:
Working loom demonstration at The Museum of Science and Industry.: Part of WECS visit to Cottonopolis (Manchester) in 2013.
A volunteer from the Weald and Downland museum stuffing one of their mattresses with straw.: WECS visit 2012.
Tablet weaving braid: used as decoration and as belts in C16th and earlier. This example from Weald and Downland Museum. : WECS visit 2012.
Swatch book from Trowbridge Museum.: WECS visit behind the scenes 2012.
Period applicable sewing boxes from the workshops at the Weald and Downland museum, Chichester.:
Red evening dress by Belville Sassoon to accompany 'The Glamour of Belville Sassoon' exhibition at the Fashion Museum, Bath.: Article in Wardrobe Autumn 2013.
17th century Russian mitre from
Red boots worn by one of the speakers at the 'Red' Study Day, spring 2013.: Catherine Leonard's talk was 'Red shoes from Hans Christian Anderson to Christian Laboutin'.
The Duke of Wellington's hat: The Hat Works museum, Stockport. Part of a weekend visit to Cottonopolis (Manchester) 2013.: [Photo: Ann Brown]
1957 Embroidery panel for Queen Elizabeth II's state visit to France from Hartnell to Amies exhibition 2013. :
Items from Dents Museum. WECS visit Autumn 2013.:
Black work embroidery on the cuff of the reproduction of Eleanor of Toledo's chemise. Janet Arnold Study Day 2013.:
Lanvin dress from Chertsey Museum. WECS visit 2013.:
Catherine the Great's 'Officer's Dress', from an exhibition review in Wardrobe, Autumn 2012. : [Photo: Courtesy The Hermitage Museum]
Embroidery examples from Buckinghamshire County Museum's 'Splendid stitches and exotic embroidery' exhibition 2013. :
1805 costume made for Janet Arnold Day 2013 as part of a regular programme of Study Days.:
1805 dress and uniform reproductions for the Janet Arnold Study Day 2013.: Both outfits were made by members of the society, from the underwear out.
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