Need a Speaker or Workshop Teacher at your event?
Guest speaking
Rebecca offers talks, lectures and demonstrations on a variety of topics connected with 18th century dress, from textiles to cut and construction to fashion consumption.
She is available for study days, public events and internal development programmes at museums, heritage sites, academic conferences, schools and universities, costuming and historical societies.
Talks are tailored to YOUR requirements, whether you need to fill a 10-minute ‘lightning’ slot in your conference programme, or a dress history specialist to round out a panel about a range of historical subjects, or a keynote speaker for an audience with a thirst for in-depth details on aspects of 18th century dress.
If you have an 18th century historical dress topic you’d like Rebecca to speak to your audience about, please Contact Us to discuss further.
Calls For Papers especially welcome! Please send us full details of the types of submissions you seek.
Meanwhile, check out Upcoming Talks & Events to see where Rebecca is scheduled to speak next.
Study Afternoon for Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, January 2020.
Photo by Sally Tuckett shows Rebecca explaining the pleated back structure of English Gowns of the 18th century, by reference to her team’s 2019 recreation of the tartan dress worn by Isabella Mactavish in January 1785 for her marriage to Malcolm Fraser. The original dress is on the table, the recreated dress on the floor.
Hands-on Sewing Workshops
Rebecca teaches historical sewing and construction techniques specific to the 18th century.
She regularly holds workshops in her own workshop in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
She has also taught a number of very successful gownmaking workshops for private groups, varying from 2.5 to 6 days in length.
Keep an eye on the Upcoming Talks & Workshops page to see times and locations for scheduled classes or feel free to
Contact Us if you want to organise a workshop near you on a subject of your choice, with Rebecca as your guest instructor.
Private workshop on long sack back gowns for National Trust for Scotland, taught on site, April 2024.
Photo by Leia Caldwell.