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THE TUDOR TAILOR - IN PERSON!
Saturday, June 9th, 2007 Vallejo Music Theatre will present a book signing and historic costume workshops by the authors of The Tudor Tailor. The two presentations on 16th century clothing will be held at 823 Marin St in Vallejo. Doors open at 10:00 a.m. and the first session "The Tudor Wardrobe" will begin at 10:30 a.m.; the second session, "Tudor Hair, Hats and Headdresses", will begin at 2:30 p.m. At the end of each session there will be a “meet the authors” and book signing; tea and refreshments will be served as well.
www.vallejomusictheatre.org/tudo....html
Tickets are available for either the morning session, afternoon session or both. Admission for a single session is $35.00; an all-day admission is $60.00. Refreshments are included. For more information and reservations call Vallejo Music Theatre at 707.649.2787. Seating is limited.
Session I - The Tudor Wardrobe
The book The Tudor Tailor ($40) and full-scaled patterns (for men and women), many styles, shapes and sizes of garments and headwear will be available (cash and cheques only). Join The Tudor Tailor for a lively look inside the clothes presses of ordinary and middle class people in 16th century England. Discover what evidence there is for their clothes, where their garments came from, and how they were made and maintained. This dressing demonstration compares and contrasts everyday wear with Sunday best and explains other clothing conventions of Tudor society. It also discusses some of the challenges of recreating historic dress for 21st century wear.
Session II - Tudor Hair, Hats and Headdresses
Join authors Ninya Mikhaila and Jane Malcolm-Davies as they share the secrets of constructing convincing Tudor headwear that is comfortable and stays firmly is place! This practical session will include opportunities to handle reconstructed hats and headdresses as well as trying out Tudor hairstyling. Ladies attending are asked to bring one yard square of linen (hemmed, if possible). This presentation will be followed by tea and a second book signing (with sales) for those unable to attend the morning session.
Biographies of the Authors
Jane Malcolm-Davies (author) is director of JMD&Co, a live interpretation consultancy. She managed costumed interpretation at Hampton Court Palace from 1992 to 2004 and was lecturer in leisure management at the University of Surrey until 2005, where she gained her doctorate through research into the educational benefits of costumed interpretation. Her current work includes training front-of-house staff for historic properties (including Buckingham Palace). Jane also undertakes interpretation, evaluation and other visitor studies for heritage organizations such as The National Trust and Historic Scotland - www.jmdandco.com.
Ninya Mikhaila (author) has been making reproduction historical costumes since 1988. She established her business in 1994 after gaining a Higher National Diploma in Costume Interpretation at the London College of Fashion. She has been the principal maker for JMD&Co since then. Her other clients include The Royal Armouries, Historic Royal Palaces, The National Trust, English Heritage, The Public Records Office and Gainsborough's House - www.ninyamikhaila.com.
Comments from Amazon.com
The Tudor Tailor - reconstructing 16th century dress (Batsford, 2006)
* 160 pages; * 80 historical illustrations, many in colour; * Over 100 specially commissioned line drawings; * 36 patterns with full step-by-step instructions and photographs showing finished garments worn by real people.
The first four chapters provide a social history of clothes in the 16th century, drawing on the latest research and primary sources such as ordinary people's wills and surviving royal records. There is discussion of the materials used, people's financial and social relationships with their clothes, and the changes in dress from birth to death. There is as much emphasis on the clothes of ordinary people as there is on high fashion. There is also general advice on choosing materials, construction methods, and an insight into the Tudor tailor's sewing kit.
Synopsis (from Amazon.com)
A valuable source book 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 one 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.
Review (excerpted) from Amazon.com:
"Outstanding, well-researched, beautifully realized volume, April 20, 2006"
Reviewer: "ilka" (San Francisco, California):
“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.
“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.
“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 highly recommend it, would give it six stars if the rating system would let me.”
Saturday, June 9th, 2007 Vallejo Music Theatre will present a book signing and historic costume workshops by the authors of The Tudor Tailor. The two presentations on 16th century clothing will be held at 823 Marin St in Vallejo. Doors open at 10:00 a.m. and the first session "The Tudor Wardrobe" will begin at 10:30 a.m.; the second session, "Tudor Hair, Hats and Headdresses", will begin at 2:30 p.m. At the end of each session there will be a “meet the authors” and book signing; tea and refreshments will be served as well.
www.vallejomusictheatre.org/tudo....html
Tickets are available for either the morning session, afternoon session or both. Admission for a single session is $35.00; an all-day admission is $60.00. Refreshments are included. For more information and reservations call Vallejo Music Theatre at 707.649.2787. Seating is limited.
Session I - The Tudor Wardrobe
The book The Tudor Tailor ($40) and full-scaled patterns (for men and women), many styles, shapes and sizes of garments and headwear will be available (cash and cheques only). Join The Tudor Tailor for a lively look inside the clothes presses of ordinary and middle class people in 16th century England. Discover what evidence there is for their clothes, where their garments came from, and how they were made and maintained. This dressing demonstration compares and contrasts everyday wear with Sunday best and explains other clothing conventions of Tudor society. It also discusses some of the challenges of recreating historic dress for 21st century wear.
Session II - Tudor Hair, Hats and Headdresses
Join authors Ninya Mikhaila and Jane Malcolm-Davies as they share the secrets of constructing convincing Tudor headwear that is comfortable and stays firmly is place! This practical session will include opportunities to handle reconstructed hats and headdresses as well as trying out Tudor hairstyling. Ladies attending are asked to bring one yard square of linen (hemmed, if possible). This presentation will be followed by tea and a second book signing (with sales) for those unable to attend the morning session.
Biographies of the Authors
Jane Malcolm-Davies (author) is director of JMD&Co, a live interpretation consultancy. She managed costumed interpretation at Hampton Court Palace from 1992 to 2004 and was lecturer in leisure management at the University of Surrey until 2005, where she gained her doctorate through research into the educational benefits of costumed interpretation. Her current work includes training front-of-house staff for historic properties (including Buckingham Palace). Jane also undertakes interpretation, evaluation and other visitor studies for heritage organizations such as The National Trust and Historic Scotland - www.jmdandco.com.
Ninya Mikhaila (author) has been making reproduction historical costumes since 1988. She established her business in 1994 after gaining a Higher National Diploma in Costume Interpretation at the London College of Fashion. She has been the principal maker for JMD&Co since then. Her other clients include The Royal Armouries, Historic Royal Palaces, The National Trust, English Heritage, The Public Records Office and Gainsborough's House - www.ninyamikhaila.com.
Comments from Amazon.com
The Tudor Tailor - reconstructing 16th century dress (Batsford, 2006)
* 160 pages; * 80 historical illustrations, many in colour; * Over 100 specially commissioned line drawings; * 36 patterns with full step-by-step instructions and photographs showing finished garments worn by real people.
The first four chapters provide a social history of clothes in the 16th century, drawing on the latest research and primary sources such as ordinary people's wills and surviving royal records. There is discussion of the materials used, people's financial and social relationships with their clothes, and the changes in dress from birth to death. There is as much emphasis on the clothes of ordinary people as there is on high fashion. There is also general advice on choosing materials, construction methods, and an insight into the Tudor tailor's sewing kit.
Synopsis (from Amazon.com)
A valuable source book 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 one 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.
Review (excerpted) from Amazon.com:
"Outstanding, well-researched, beautifully realized volume, April 20, 2006"
Reviewer: "ilka" (San Francisco, California):
“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.
“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.
“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 highly recommend it, would give it six stars if the rating system would let me.”
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