These pictures show a selection of my work from the past twenty years. As far as possible I have only featured individuals who have given their informed consent; if you appear here and would rather not, please contact me to have the picture removed.

Galleries

Early Clothing (before 1350) Most late prehistoric and early medieval clothing is technically quite simple: the effect is in knowing how to wear it, and getting the finish right. Authentic construction methods are fascinating!	The Fourteenth Century The ‘Tailoring revolution of 1340’ was the beginning of truly fitted clothing. Fit was taken to its extreme (at least for men), before the inevitable fashion swing towards the unisex gown.	The Wars of the Roses The late medieval clothing of the 1460’s and 1470’s exploited the fourteenth-century fit for inner garments (doublets, hose and kirtles) while developing the sculptural qualities of broadcloth on the outer gowns. Appropriate headgear and accessories make each individual’s social position absolutely clear.	Tudor and Stuart ‘Tudor’ wasn’t just Elizabethan – the transition from medieval dress was technically complex, but this often gets lost in the dazzling surface detail. Oh, and those are boys, and neither of them is wearing a dress.
Later Clothing Eighteenth and nineteenth century tailoring, and even the odd bit of home dressmaking for a 1940’s evacuee. The convicts are from Lincoln Castle: a classic exercise in getting simple things right.	Linens ‘Body linens’ were a separate branch of needlework, but plain underwear isn’t very photogenic! A selection of the decorative seams and details copied from 16th- and 17th-century shirts.	And the rest Some things defy classification! To book the amazing Windebagge the Piper, see Links