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 »

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 »

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 »

Muncaster Living History

Tweet Muncaster is a beautiful Castle near Ravenglass in Cumbria.  It is a historic haunted building set in 70 acres of stunning wild gardens set against the Lake District fells – it is also home […] Read more »

Regency at Royal Armouries

Tweet Following a very successful ‘Tudor Fashion Show ‘ presented at the Royal Armouries in Leeds I am pleased to  announce that ‘Julia Renaissance Costumes’ has been booked again to present a number of costume […] Read more »

Couture in Cumbria

Tweet I thought you may like to read about the Regency Costume Talk and Display I presented on 30 March 2015  for Cumbria-Westmorland Federation of WI’s. The excerpt below is taken from the WI Website – […] Read more »

A Regency Gentleman

Tweet Regency Gentleman’s Shirt I have created a Regency Outfit which is to be worn in 2015 as part of my talk ‘Enter the World of Jane Austen’. This elegant outfit comprises of a shirt, […] Read more »

Auckland Castle

Tweet Today we presented a Tudor Talk with Costume Display at Auckland Castle in the Long Dining Hall – it was an absolutely fabulous setting for my costumes. The Long Dining Hall is a lovely […] Read more »