Author: Sarah Bendall

Research Publications

The Women Who Clothed the Stuart Queens: Book Release and Discount Code

Sarah Bendall

There is just over a month to go until my next book The Women Who Clothed the Stuart Queens is released in the Northern Hemisphere (23 July 2026) and two months until it is released in the Southern Hemisphere (20 August 2026). I'm so excited for you all to read it! See my video below… Continue reading The Women Who Clothed the Stuart Queens: Book Release and Discount Code

Eighteenth-century fashion, Research Publications, Seventeenth-century fashion, Stuart

Queen Anne: Dowdy and dull, or early 18th-century fashionista?

Sarah Bendall

Modern and historical descriptions of Queen Anne (r. 1702–14) have left us with the caricature of an overweight, awkward and prudish woman whose court was unattractive to artists, courtiers and politicians, and whose reign was marked by ill-health and an over reliance on her court favourite Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough.[i] The general Whig picture… Continue reading Queen Anne: Dowdy and dull, or early 18th-century fashionista?

16th century, Elizabethan, Research, Research Publications

Queen Elizabeth I as Mother, Nurse and Caregiver of the Realm

Sarah Bendall

Depicting Elizabeth I as mother of her people featured in many discourses during the Tudor queen’s reign. She had responded to her minister’s inquiries about marriage only days into her first parliament in 1559 by stating that she was content to remain a virgin and ‘a good mother of my Country’ until the time came… Continue reading Queen Elizabeth I as Mother, Nurse and Caregiver of the Realm

reconstruction, Research, Research Publications

New Publication + Free Preview

Sarah Bendall

I'm delighted to announce that my new edited volume, Embodied Experiences of Making in Early Modern Europe: Bodies, Gender, and Material Culture, co-edited with Serena Dyer, has been published by Amsterdam University Press. You can read the foreword and introduction for FREE, here. This volume focuses on the body of the maker to ask how… Continue reading New Publication + Free Preview

16th century, public talk or workshop

Make a 16th-century Farthingale with me!

Sarah Bendall

Come and make a 16th-century Spanish farthingale with me using historically accurate materials and methods, including hoops of bent!! 🧵 🪡 On Saturday the 15 March, I’m teaching a one-day workshop at the Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades in a partnership between Australian Catholic University in Ballarat, Australia. Int he workshop you will… Continue reading Make a 16th-century Farthingale with me!

17th century, Bodies and Stays, pattern, Seventeenth-century fashion, Stuart

Top 5 Books for Making 17th-Century Dress – New YouTube Video!

Sarah Bendall

I've decided to launch a YouTube Channel where I will be talking about all things early modern dress, fashion and material culture. I've just released my first video on my top 5 books for those wanting to make 17th-century dress. https://youtu.be/_ubdtSEiXVg?si=8uwFzwoJHdLsILIs Please like and subscribe!