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April 16, 2026
‘I like the cap; And it I will have’ Taming of the Shrew, act IV, scene 3
It is the season for spring cleaning and The Tudor Tailor is clearing out the basement.
December 11, 2025
‘We'll … show thee all the treasure we have got’ Two Gentlemen of Verona, act II, scene 4
A new set of six postcards illustrating reconstructed garments featured in The Typical Tudor makes a great last-minute Christmas gift.
October 17, 2025
‘Our interpreter does it well’ - All’s Well That Ends Well, act IV, scene 3
The Tudor Tailor team has been busy translating and editing text, researching images, designing pages, finalising the layout and proofreading for a new book.
September 11, 2025
‘No, no, the bell: 'tis time that I were gone’ Comedy of Errors, act IV, scene 2
Margery Dubbleday (variously spelt Dubblesay or Dubbleley) was a professional and very successful washerwoman working in Nottingham during the reign of Henry VIII.
July 24, 2025
‘So shall I evermore be bound’ - Merry Wives of Windsor, act IV, scene 6
Ninya is keynote speaker at the Corsetry Symposium in Leicester on 27 & 28 September 2025. Her paper is entitled ‘Borne out with whalebone: the earliest use of baleen and bent rope in foundation garments’.
June 27, 2025
‘The bug which you would fright me with I seek’ The Winter’s Tale, act III, scene 2
This week is National Insect Week – Monday 23 to Sunday 29 June 2025. It's a good time to be inspired by nature’s wonders and reach for an embroidery needle.
May 29, 2025
‘He hath … points more than all the lawyers in Bohemia can learnedly handle’ The Winter’s Tale, act IV, scene 4
The ‘merrie month of May’ is when the annual round of high summer fairs began.
May 1, 2025
'I speak of Africa and golden joys' Henry IV, part 2, act V, scene 3
The John Blanke Project is an art and archive venture celebrating John Blanke, the black trumpeter to the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII.
April 10, 2025
‘I never saw a better fashion'd gown’ - Taming of the Shrew, act IV, scene 3
An updated version of The TT’s Early Tudor lady’s gown pattern is now available.
February 27, 2025
‘The fashion wears out more apparel than the man’ - Much Ado About Nothing, act III, scene 3
The Tudor Tailor team has been reviewing and updating the range of patterns for men’s legwear recently.
November 28, 2024
‘Go, go, and I will look some linen for your head’ - Merry Wives of Windsor, act IV, scene 2
Did you know that your Thanksgiving dinner setting is the perfect place to improve your 16th century look?
October 30, 2024
'Ghosts did shriek and squeal about the streets' – Julius Caesar, act II, scene 2
Henry VII’s coronation as King of England was on 30 October 1485. Setting the crown on his head brought the Tudor dynasty to power for more than the next century.