Renaissance costume design, fashion shows and educational presentations
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 »
Tweet On a recent trip to Milan I was lucky enough to visit the Giorgio Armani Exhibition which opened on 30 April 2015 – it is in Milan’s Via Bergognone 40 to mark 40 years […] Read more »
Tweet Yesterday I presented my Regency Costume Talk and Display ‘Enter the World of Jane Austen’ for Sunderland Embroiderers Guild. We had a splendid afternoon and the ladies said they really enjoyed my talk. I described […] Read more »
Tweet Hedgehog hairstyle – Changes to lower pouf In 1781, Marie-Antoinette lost much of her hair after the birth of the dauphin. Famous coiffeur Léonard Autie later claimed that he created for her the coiffure […] Read more »
Tweet The second half of the 18th century is an era particularly identified with hair and makeup these became such potent symbols of aristocracy during the Enlightenment and French Revolution. France was one of […] Read more »
Tweet I thought you might enjoy reading about the history of this most beautiful gown and how I designed and made my lavish pink silk Robe a La Francaise. Wrapping Gown When this most elegant […] Read more »
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 »
Tweet On my recent trip to Canada and the USA I had the pleasure to visit a splendid exhibition called ‘The First Ladies at the Smithsonian’ in the National Museum of American History In […] Read more »
Tweet Today I presented my new talk ‘Marie Antoinette and What to she wore to the Revolution’ at the Primrose Centre in Jarrow for the University of the Third Age. This is the third time I have […] Read more »
Tweet We presented my Regency Talk ’Enter the World of Jane Austen’ at the Mansion House in Doncaster yesterday afternoon. Doncaster’s elegant Mansion House,a focus for civic pride, has dominated the High Street for […] Read more »