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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.
September 26, 2024
‘Carving the fashion of a new doublet’ Much ado about nothing, act II, scene 3
Autumn is the time for doublet renewal or refurbishment to be sure that the men of the household are well turned out for Christmas (and Thanksgiving)!
June 29, 2024
‘Like the shaven Hercules … his codpiece seems as massy as his club’ - Much Ado About Nothing, act III, scene 3
The Tudor Tailor’s King of Codpieces competition attracted a great deal of interest and amusement on social media.
May 30, 2024
‘... an ell and three quarters will not measure her [Nell] from hip to hip’ - Comedy of Errors, act III, scene 2
The 'Borne out with whalebone' event at Wollaton Hall last Wednesday demonstrated the unlikely practicality of women’s dress in the 1590s.
April 25, 2024
‘Marry, here's grace and a codpiece; that's a wise man and a fool’ - King Lear, act III, scene 2
Evidence for the construction of men’s legwear in the 16th century is fragmentary and difficult to piece together.
March 28, 2024
‘Didst thou not fall out with a tailor for wearing his new doublet before Easter?’ Romeo and Juliet, act III, scene 1
Easter was a time for new life and spring cleaning.