About

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Sarah A. Bendall FRHistS is an historian of fashion, material culture and women. Her work focuses on the production, trade and consumption of global commodities and fashionable consumer goods, particularly during the long 17th century. She also has expertise in historical dress recreation methodologies. She is a Senior Lecturer at ACU and was appointed as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2023. Her work has been profiled in several media outlets including the Australian Financial Review, The Conversation and Daily Mail Online. She regularly appears as an historical fashion expert on Australian radio.

Her first book, Shaping Femininity, was published with Bloomsbury in 2021. It was shortlisted for the Society of Renaissance Studies (UK) biannual book prize in 2022 and awarded highly commended. Her second book, The Women Who Clothed the Stuart Queens, will be published by Bloomsbury in mid-2026. She has also co-edited the volume Embodied Experiences of Making in Early Modern Europe (Amsterdam University Press, 2024).

On this website you will find blog posts and tutorials that feature her research and recreative practice, as well as information about her latest projects and publications.