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by Jane Malcolm-Davies (Author), Ninya Mikhaila (Author)
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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Batsford Ltd; illustrated edition edition (30 Mar 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0713489855
  • ISBN-13: 978-0713489859
  • Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 22.6 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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A valuable sourcebook for costume designers, dressmakers and those involved in historical reenactments, this book contains all the information you need to create authentic clothes from the Tudor period. Computer-generated, historically accurate patterns enable you to make a wide range of garments, such as doublets, hose, bodices, skirts, hats and headdresses - even underwear. There are also plenty of ideas for decoration and embellishment such as ruffs, cuffs, collars, embroidery and other surface decoration. The full range of Tudor society is represented, including lower- and middle-class clothing as well as the more sumptuous costumes from the courts of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. In addition to the patterns, there are detailed drawings of each costume and information about historical context, including original paintings and source material.


About the Author

Jane Malcolm-Davies has a Doctorate in Heritage Interpretation and was responsible for costume interpretation at Hampton Court Palace from 1992 to 2004. She trains staff for historic properties, including Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, and consults for the National Trust. She lives in Godalming, Surrey. Ninya Mikhaila has run a business making reproduction historical costume since 1988. Her clients include The Royal Armouries, The National Trust, English Heritage and the Public Records Office. She lives in Nottingham.
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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful costuming volume, 23 April 2006
By ilkajonesing (San Francisco, California) - See all my reviews
I have had this book in my possession for less than a week and I'm already beating it up, creasing the pages and getting it dirty and telling everyone I know about it.

I used to be a hardcore renaissance faire actor and boothie, and I own the usual sources: Janet Winter's and Carolyn Savoy's "Elizabethan Costuming for the Years 1550-1580"; Janet Arnold's "Patterns of Fashion" and Herbert Norris' "Tudor Costume and Fashion." All are commonly relied on by ren faire/SCA participants, though all three have their commonly-agreed-upon weaknesses.

Ms. Mikhaila and Ms. Malcolm-Davies should be commended for the scope and depth of the manual they have created. The writing is succinct, intelligent and accessible. The book dives right in with an assessment of researching historical costume, the strengths and weaknesses of primary sources, and a thorough overview of what was being worn by whom and why. There is even a series of small line drawings (over 40) showing what was worn by the common people and the nobility, basic sorts of silhouettes to work from. The first chapters are filled with portraits, line drawings and photographs of actual clothing of the time period, including some works and pieces I have never seen reproduced in other art, history or costume volumes. There is an entire chapter on fabrics and garment creation and structure, including a table discussing the various materials.

Then the book plunges immediately into construction techniques. Although experts won't need the descriptions of stitches or instructions on using patterns, part of the appeal of this book is in its completeness and the details. The subject of Tudor costuming is covered meticulously, and yet, there are no wasted words, no filler, nothing that won't be useful, informative or entertaining. It's comprehensive, but not exhaustive. I read the entire book, cover to cover, in a couple days' time (admittedly, I read it at every opportunity, often foregoing sleep and whatever else that did not seem important).

Amazingly, the majority of this book covers the actual pieces of clothing to be made. It starts with the foundation pieces for both genders, moves along to all the various possibilities: hose, doublets and more for men; gowns, bodices, kirtles, partlets and more for women, plus ruffs, cuffs, collars, hats, even hair -- and each one is carefully described as to the construction, with careful illustrations and actual photographs of garments during creation. "Henrician" (I have not heard such term before), Elizabethan and late Elizabethan costumes are covered in equal detail. With all due respect to Ms. Winter and Ms. Savoy, I was floored by the instructions, and I felt far more confidence in the process than I did with "Elizabethan Costuming." I am not a beginner, but my feeling is that a novice with a basic sewing background, after carefully reading the instructions, could construct any of the described garments.

Has footnotes, a bibliography and a small but quality list of suppliers.

There are not enough superlatives to use to describe this delicious book. I disagree with the earlier reviewer; I think this book is approaching perfect. I highly recommend it, would give it six stars if the rating system would let me.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, thoughtful guide, 2 April 2006
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I'm very impressed. Over the years there have been a number of books published with the intention of being a resource for costumiers, amateur and professional, theatrical and academic, but this is best I have seen.

For the less experienced costume maker, re-enactor or Ren-Faire participant, there are the clearest instructions I've seen, including basic techniques which many books assume their readers already understand. The patterns provided are flexible and scaleable to help readers produce even more designs than the examples featured here.

For the expert costumier there is a wealth of advice and guidance on designing costumes, drawing on multiple sources to create composite costumes. Incidently the first chapter also addresses a particular bugbear of mine (the constant quest for "authenticity") with a more focussed and concise thesis than I could have ever managed.

All this is wrapped in a beautiful package, with about half the illustrations in full colour including glorious full page reproductions of some wonderful artworks.

It's not without fault. It could have been twice as long for a start, I feel the most interesting first three chapters are worth a book on their own. And despite a commitment to explore ordinary dress alongside the fashions of the elite, there could have been more full patterns and notes on diverse examples of lower class dress that are only hinted at in line drawings and some black and white photo. For example I particularly missed more on the academic style adopted by doctors, students and clerics than one tiny line drawing and the black and white upper body photo on page 141.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic and Useable guide, 29 Dec 2006
By Abigail Fisher "The Wise Rabbit" (Manchester) - See all my reviews
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I own several books pertaining to re-enactment costume and this is one of the first that I have found to be genuinely workable. There are no obscure and impossible to come by materials and the instructions are thorough and easy to follow.

As a British book, I also found it easier to follow as the authors referred to products by the names I am used to rather than the unfamiliar ones used by our american cousins.

The book is well rounded - it doesn't just teach you how to make the costume, it also teaches you how to wear it and even how to do your hair! Altogether a wonderful and brilliantly illustrated book.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not good enough
whilst there are some reasonable pictures, the instructions are not in-depth enough. Saying "sew down the seam" is all well and good; I'd like to know WHICH seam please. Read more
Published 3 months ago by B. Giles

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!!!!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant book
Since the other reviewers already said a lot I only wish to add that I just love this book.
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I bought this out of interest to help my daughter with a project on the Tudors. What a mine of information it proved to be! Read more
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