Ready to wear (1640s style)

Last year I was lucky enough to visit the store rooms of Colchester Castle Museum and examine a coat in their collection. The coat was f...

It's been almost a year since I last posted here I'm afraid. I've been busy with other projects and have neglected rather my...

This is not really an article about clothing, rather a piece relating to customs. There has been for a long time in reenactment ...

Earlier this year I visited the Sittingbourne Heritage Museum which is housed in an old shop in East Street in Sittingbou...

Sue Sampson has produced a very good guide to civilian clothes of the 1640s for her reenactment group. It's highly recommended and the...

I've noticed that some 1640s wood cuts show an odd shaped coif worn by women. The linen headcovering is normal at ...

There are several schools of thought as to whether cloth buttons were used for soldier’s coats in the Civil War, as none have ever...