From mysterious knitting needles to strange silhouettes: recreating historical clothing
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Emily Briffet speaks to Jane Malcolm Davies, associate professor at the Centre for Textile Research. She is one of the researchers behind the Tudor Taylor, a project that unpicks historical sources and gives us a glimpse of what people really wore in the past. Here she discusses the challenges of learning the historical tools of the trade needed to recreate historical garments - and offers some advice to budding re-creators.
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