Costume Historian

Currently there is a temporary exhibition at the British Museum in Room 90, on the 4 th floor, of some beautiful drawings dating fro...

1870s photo of the Van Dyck portrait Everyone is aware of the modern idea of the super-rich woman being someone who thinks nothin...

The Mompesson Tomb  This magnificent tomb is of Sir Richard Mompesson (d1627) and his third wife Katherine (d.1622). The colours ...

Figure 1 - Collar from the 1630s At the weekend I visited Platt Hall for the first time, I had never been to Manchester before ...