Tag: history

  • Costumes – a gift between two countries

    Costumes – a gift between two countries

    While researching one weekend, I came across a small news item from 1898: I immediately launched a new browser tab to see what I could find out. The story behind the gift became fascinating to me. Emails to fashion educators I followed on Instagram ensued and provided a couple of leads but they ran cold…

  • Bess of Hardwick – the third player in the struggle between Elizabeth and Mary

    Bess of Hardwick – the third player in the struggle between Elizabeth and Mary

    The upcoming feature Mary, Queen of Scots chronicles the rivalry between two women battling for the throne of England. During the Tudor era, Elizabeth and Mary lived in one of the most brutal times of British history, some say the most. While not the focus, there is a third woman in this story who was…