Acquiring clothes in the pre- and early-industrial age

Slippers have made their way out of the bedroom and into the street, finds Simon Mills–although not without precedent or formalities

SYNONYMOUS WITH THE PRECISE ART OF THE SUIT, SAVILE ROW’S BLEND OF HERITAGE AND FRESH TALENT CONTINUES TO THRIVE, FINDS TALLULAH RUSHAYA

The traditions of patchwork and quilting go back hundreds of years, though, as with other textiles, few pieces survive many generations, unless an item has been cherished and cared for. Initially, it

I’ve always loved handmade things. Whenever you encounter a hand-crafted object, whether it’s an antique watch or a stoneware mug, you are meeting something that is by definition unique. That’s becaus

“One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb,” goes the old proverb. The meaning is simple: if you are going to be punished for a small crime, you may as well commit the bigger one. In the early

One of the primary colours, red certainly packs a punch, and symbolises both negative and positive emotions. The colour of blood, it has long been linked with sacrifice and danger, but it is related t