Tweet Join me Julia Soares-McCormick for an entertaining, lively and informative talk demonstrating the design and construction of my handmade reproduction gowns, and a brief history of the people who wore them, including Elizabeth I, […] Read more »
Queen of Fashion
Tweet My latest talk is titled ‘Marie Antoinette and What She Wore to the Revolution. My talk included a costume display consisting of reproduction 18th Century underwear – chemise/shift, corset/stays and hooped underskirt called panniers. […] Read more »
Heighton WI
Tweet Last night we presented our Regency Talk and Costume Display for Heighton WI – Heighton is a very pretty village quite close to Newton Aycliffe.It was for a special WI event called […] Read more »
Tudor Talk
Tweet Last Friday 21 October we presented our Tudor Talk for a ladies group in Brancepeth. My talk included Tudor Underwear and costumes inspired by King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I and Mary Queen […] Read more »
Tudors at Thropton WI
Tweet Earlier this week we presented our Tudor Talk with costume display for Thropton WI. Thropton is a very pretty village in Northumberland which is next to the picturesque town of Rothbury. We were located […] Read more »
Victorian Vogue
Tweet Last Monday I visited Normanby Hall. Normanby Hall Country Park is a beautiful 300-acre estate set in the heart of North Lincolnshire. Open to the public every day of the year, the park offered […] Read more »
Border Textile Group
Tweet “Enter the World of Jane Austen’ Regency Talk and Costume Display” I presented my Jane Austen Regency Talk with Costume Display on 9 April 2016 for the Border Textile Group in Foulden. They have […] Read more »
Celebrating Shakespeare
Tweet It is the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare this year and his life and works will be celebrated over the country. William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in […] Read more »
Splendour at Sedgefield
Tweet My Jane Austen Talk with Costume Display was featured in the Northern Echo on Tuesday 10 November – please find excerpt below – AN insight into the fashion of Jane Austin has helped […] Read more »
At St Bartholomews
Tweet Really enjoyed presenting our Tudor Talk with costume display this morning for the Newcastle Embroiderers Guild – it had snowed heavily very late last night and we were worried that when we woke […] Read more »