Since the 23rd April 1995, schools and nurseries across the country have been celebrating World Book Day to appreciate authors, books, illustrators and reading. Children and teachers dress up as their favourite storybook character and traditionally take the book that their costume was inspired by into school. World book day takes place today this year so it is a little...
Costume Making
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Dress Fabrics for Period Costume
Period costume is a lucrative trade for many designers and costumiers who specialise in replicating historical dress. Dressmakers who are commissioned to create costumes for theatrical and screen productions take great care to depict a time period as accurately and consistently as possible; of course, this means taking great care when selecting the correct Dress Fabrics. Costume designers face a... -
Fabrics - Disney Princess Costume
Disney release their new version of Cinderella in early 2015. This week Disney have released the first trailer for the much anticipated remake of the classic fairytale Cinderella starring Cate Blanchett. The cast of Disney Princesses have delighted and enthralled many generations of girls (and boys!) and with the huge success of last year's Frozen starring Princess Elsa we... -
Haberdashery for Costume Making
In last weeks blog, we talked you through some of the most famous film costumes in Hollywood and the process involved in taking the ideas of a costume designer from page to screen. Of course, the main thing most people notice about a glorious costume will be the fabrics but as dressmakers we know that no outfit or costume would... -
Dressmaking Fabrics : Fabulous Figure Skating Costumes
Last week saw the launch of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and we were all thrilled when Jenny Jones of Great Britain brought home our first ever Olympic medal on snow by winning bronze in the snowboarding event. As a keen spectator, one of my favourite events is the figure skating which I have adored since watching Torvill and Dean... -
Fabrics : How Downton Abbey has inspired today's clothing trends
Downton Abbey is surely one of the most successful British Dramas of all time and was certainly the most watched Christmas Special of 2013. Since its debut in ITV on 2010, Downton has taken the world by storm, not only for its climactic story lines and breathtaking dramatic performances, but for the exquisite costume design. Downtown's stunning costumes have made... -
Haberdashery Treasures - Boning
An early corset, circa 1910. Boning is one of the most useful yet most overlooked items of haberdashery in our collection. When you think of boning you automatically think of bustiers and structured evening gowns and of course boning is an extremely useful way of adding light structure to your formal garments and for holding in place embellishments such...