Rebecca Olds

Consultant Dress Historian Researcher, Maker, Teacher & Interpreter of Historical Dress @Timesmith Dress History

West Sussex, GB

I am a dress and textile historian with a particular focus on women\'s clothing circa 16••••90, especially the makers.In the course of research and consultancy, I reconstruct historical clothing of the 18th century and specialise in making research-based garments, underpinnings and millinery and in re-creating/re-constructing surviving originals held in public and private collections. I welcome consultancy work from museums, heritage sites and owners of private collections of historical dress who seek to better understand, document, display and interpret objects of historical dress in their collections. I can work with your team to produce full written descriptions of style, cut and construction and, where needed, make accessories or underpinnings to better display original garments. I particularly enjoy making reconstructions that serve to illustrate the original form of garments that may have experienced significant alteration or deterioriation in the centuries since they were made. Providing a replica that can be examined and handled by the public, when the original cannot, helps make precious, fragile objects (and the skills involved in making them) accessible to new audiences. Please note I do not make reproductions of film/TV costumes.Please visit my website for more details and price guides: https://timesmith.co.uk

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