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The value of these simple and inexpensive instruments has been proved in too many cases to need any argument in their favour

Posted on February 12, 2016 by lholmes4keats

In which I make a cork Lifejacket… Continue reading →

Posted in Costume | Tagged Captain Ward, cork, Costume, Coxing, Cromer, drowning, Grace Darling, Henry Bloggs, Husband, Life Guard, Life jacket, Lifejacket, making, Nelson, pattern, portugal, recreation, Reenactment, RNLI, Rowing, Sea, sewing, Trafalger, Victorian, water, wine | 4 Comments

Caress the detail, the divine detail

Posted on August 19, 2015 by lholmes4keats

“Caress the detail, the divine detail” Vladimir Nabokov A couple of weeks ago I was showing a friend the sights in Peterborough, including our vintage shop, which is stuffed with cut price treasures, when we discovered this bodice. My first … Continue reading →

Posted in Costume, Vintage | Tagged 1880s, 1890s, Bodice, clothing, Costume, detective, Dress, Fashion, History, Holmes, investigation, mourning, mysteries, Peterborough, sewing, shopping, Victorian, vintage, Vladimir Nabokov | Leave a comment

Process and Collaboration

Posted on July 23, 2015 by lholmes4keats

This blog post is about process, and collaboration. The process of concept to finished artwork, and a collaboration between myself and the very talented hair stylist Toni Tatlow, who created the period inspired styles for my forthcoming book. Toni works … Continue reading →

Posted in Costume | Tagged 1920s, 1970s, collaboration, Costume, creative, draping, Fashion, hair, liberties, P Kai, Peterborough, process | Leave a comment

The finished WW1 Trench Coat!

Posted on September 6, 2014 by lholmes4keats

The trench coat is finished and on display at Whitchurch Silk Mill, here are a few pictures I managed to take before it had to be shipped, my husband very kindly agreed to model.

Posted in Costume | Tagged Burberry, clothing, Costume, fabric, History, men, Silk, trench, Trench Coat, weaving, world war one, WW1 | 3 Comments

Almost every man looks more so in a belted trench coat

Posted on July 16, 2014 by lholmes4keats

“Almost every man looks more so in a belted Trench coat” Sydney J Harris This is my second post on the trench coat I am currently making for Whitchurch Silk Mill. The design is complete and the fabric and notions … Continue reading →

Posted in Costume | Tagged 1914, Anniversary, bespoke, Boer war, buckles, Burberry, buttons, catalogue, centenary, coats, colour, Costume, cotton, cutter, d loops, design, designer, dirt, double breated, drab, drape, enlisting, equitment, fabric, fit, fitting, gabardine, Georgian, grain, great war, Hampshire, hand grenades, Haymarket, History, IWM, Khaki, menswear, officers, pattern, pattern cutting, project, raincoat, research, sewing, shape, Silk, silk mill, single breasted, size, soil, storm flap, straps, tailor, texture, The Crimson Field, Trench Coat, Trench warfare, uniform, War, waterproof, weatherproofs, weaving, weight, WW1 | Leave a comment

“The best sporting weather proof that the world has yet seen or is ever likely to see”

Posted on May 16, 2014 by lholmes4keats

Sometimes I get projects that are simple, client A wants costume X, I make costume X and everyone is happy. Simple. Sometimes however I get the chance to work on much more complex projects, projects that require research, thinking, … Continue reading →

Posted in Costume | Tagged Anniversary, bespoke, Boer war, buckles, Burberry, buttons, catalogue, centenary, coats, colour, Costume, cotton, d loops, design, designer, dirt, double breated, drab, drape, equitment, fabric, fitting, gabardine, Georgian, grain, great war, Hampshire, hand grenades, Haymarket, History, IWM, Khaki, menswear, officers, pattern, project, raincoat, research, sewing, shape, Silk, silk mill, single breasted, soil, storm flap, straps, texture, The Crimson Field, Trench Coat, Trench warfare, uniform, War, waterproof, weatherproofs, weaving, weight, WW1 | 8 Comments

love, loss and the unfinished

Posted on February 6, 2014 by lholmes4keats

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes work never begun – Christina. G. Rossetti All adventurous sewers have one. Mine is currently in the form of a large blue plastic laundry basket Every year in that fatty bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Costume | Tagged Art, Costume, distrust, Dress, dressmaker, fabric, Fashion, forgotten, lists, lost, Love, Museum, needle, random, Rossetti, sewing, stitch, taliman, unfinished, unfinished sewing projects, unloved, USP'S | Leave a comment

I am not afraid. I was born to do this.

Posted on January 11, 2014 by lholmes4keats

I am not afraid. I was born to do this – Joan of Arc I have been struggling a bit this week to come up with a good topic for a post. But having taken two months off to move … Continue reading →

Posted in Careers, Costume | Tagged career in costume design, Costume, costume design, costume designer, Dress, dressmaker, Fashion, film set, glamour, glitter, intern, Joan of Arc, Love, midsummer murders, moving house, Museum, novelty slippers, Oscars, panto, pins, skills, stitch, teaching, thread, volunteering | Leave a comment

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Category Archives: Costume

The value of these simple and inexpensive instruments has been proved in too many cases to need any argument in their favour

Caress the detail, the divine detail

Process and Collaboration

The finished WW1 Trench Coat!

Almost every man looks more so in a belted trench coat

“The best sporting weather proof that the world has yet seen or is ever likely to see”

love, loss and the unfinished

I am not afraid. I was born to do this.

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