The Prince's Shirt

A rather different detective story connected to laundry marks, I found this fascinating reading: 'In many instances clothing worn is...

A fascinating programme, Pride and Prejudice - Having a Ball  was shown this evening on BBC 2. This is a documentary  'celebrating the 2...

Over the past few months I have read an enormous amount about costume related subjects. From fashion research theories, costume histories an...

From BBC 4's series Elegance & Decadence presented by Lucy Worsley, here is a little clip about the  fashionable men's costume o...

... well not our current monarch, but yesterday I did get to look at Queen Victoria's underwear during a special research visit. The lo...

Something for comparison; a clip from the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride & Prejudice with Colin Firth (in the shirt!). Although thi...

This morning I had the opportunity to visit The Gallery of Costume at Platt Hall, Manchester. I arranged to look at their collection of s...