Berrington Hall Having had a study session booked to see some of the Snowshill Collection’s Stays, we decided to go a day early to have the chance to walk about the National Trust Property first and see what was in the rest of their displays. In this […]
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National Portrait Gallery: Edinburgh We had a Study Session booked at the National Collection Centre in Edinburgh last week. So off we set, across the country to have a look at some Eighteenth Century Stays, Shifts and Hoops. On arrival into Scotland we found we had a […]
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Whalebone Stays: Who Wore Them – Part 5 Images of Plebeian Women that are Unclear We have so many images gathered which we thought showed signs of a more controlled body look or which we thought could be used be used for the non-wearing stay argument but […]
Read more →Totnes Fashion Museum (All Photos Courtesy of the Totnes Fashion Museum) I had the most amazing day with Julia Fox at the Totnes Fashion Museum when they were changing their displays. From a prior phone call she had 3 dresses waiting to be dressed onto their mannequins […]
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The Stomacher-Style Stays Problem: We are a bit bemused! (can we also just add here that we are currently unsure if this is a genuine dress – there seems to be no museum details ever attached to it and a Historian has looked at it and pointed […]
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