The Tudor Tailor: Reconstructing 16th Century Dress

By Jane Malcolm-Davies and Ninya Mikhaila

A valuable sourcebook for costume designers, dressmakers and those involved in any aspect of historical clothing, The Tudor Tailor: Reconstructing 16th Century Dress contains all the information you need to create authentic clothes from the period.

The Tudor Tailor: Reconstructing 16th Century Dress includes historically accurate patterns to make a variety of garments, such as doublets, hose, bodices, skirts, hats/headdresses, and underwear, plus ideas for embellishment, such as ruffs, cuffs, collars, embroidery and more.

The full range of Tudor society is represented, including lower and middle-class clothing, as well as sumptuous costumes from the courts of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Includes information about storing and looking after your finished clothing, and information about historical context.

The first four chapters provide a social history of 16th century clothing, drawing on recent research and primary sources, such as wills and surviving royal records. There is discussion of the materials used, people's financial and social relationships with their clothes, and the changes in dress from birth to death. There is also general advice on choosing materials, construction methods, and an insight into the Tudor tailor's sewing kit.

The Tudor Tailor: Reconstructing 16th Century Dress features:

• 160 pages with 80 historical illustrations and over 100 specially commissioned line drawings
• 36 patterns with step-by-step instructions and photographs showing finished garments.