Fashioning the Royal Court: Ballarat Book Launch
Date & Time: Friday 11 September, 2026 | 5.15pm – 7pm
Location: Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections, Ballarat
In this talk, Dr Sarah Bendall will discuss the lives of some of these remarkable women, whose labour helped create the enduring image of royalty and fashions that defined the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Sarah’s new book The Women Who Clothed the Stuart Queens (Bloomsbury, 2026) will be available for purchase at the lecture.
On display as part of this event will be an 18th-century Robe a l’Anglaise from Sovereign Hill’s Collection.
Fashioning the Royal Court: Melbourne Book Launch
Date & Time: Saturday 12 September, 2026 | 2pm-3.30pm
Location: The Johnston Collection, Melbourne
In this talk, Dr Sarah Bendall will discuss the lives of some of these remarkable women, whose labour helped create the enduring image of royalty and fashions that defined the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Sarah’s new book The Women Who Clothed the Stuart Queens (Bloomsbury, 2026) will be available for purchase at the lecture.
The Women who Clothed the Stuart Queens – Sydney Book Launch
Date & Time: Friday 27 November, 2026 | 6pm
Location: Gleebooks, Glebe
In Conversation with A/Prof. John Gagne
Hosted in conjunction with Medieval and Early Modern Collaborative Network (MEMC).
300 Years of Women’s Fashion – Workshop
2027
Join dress and material culture historian Dr. Sarah Bendall, along with museum experts at Sovereign Hill, for an engaging one-day intensive that explores 300 years of European and Australian women’s fashion. Participants will delve into the history of women’s dress and dressmaking through informative talks, dressing demonstrations, and an exclusive behind-the-scenes experience in Sovereign Hill’s Costume Department and Gold Rush Collections.