Please be aware that most costumes will have a suitable hat or head-dress and footwear which it is usually not possible to show when costumes are photographed on a dress stand. Some of these are shown separately under shoes and hats
This list cannot be comprehensive as it is possible to use elements from several costumes to produce a whole new look. If you have something specific in mind, please don’t hesitate to call me.
Many if not most costumes need to be accessorized to give that authentic detailed look. I keep wigs, socks, gloves, tights, ties, scarves, spectacles, caps and aprons, petticoats, some hooped, bags and purses. I have umbrellas, fans, walking sticks, belts and braces and so on.
...or if you are looking for something specific you can find a list of some of my adult costumes below...
Costume List
Norman men's and women's
Chain mail
Clothes from the reign of Henry IV/Henry V
Clothes from the reign of Henry VI and Edward IV
Clothes from the Tudor and Elizabethan periods
Charles I and the civil war
Clothes from the reign of George III, variety of styles here as George reigned quite a long time
Victorian clothes, working class or rather smart, including one evening dress, and a bathing dress.
Victorian men's frock coats.
Victorian countryman's smock
Edwardian clothes, including one evening dress
Twenties clothes, including 'flappers', men's sporting clothes, e.g. plus fours, Fairisle pullover, woolly socks, Norfolk jacket, or boating striped coat with cream trousers. Also some clothes from the British in India.
Thirties clothes, including 'sharp' chalk- or pin-striped double-breasted suits, sporting wear, floaty evening dresses, and women's daywear.
Forties utility clothes, Mrs. Mop overalls, tweeds for women with fur boas, cotton dresses.
Uniforms for men and women see separate section. Land girl's dungarees. Some evening wear.
Fifties circular skirts and evening wear. Fur coats. Also drape coats, leather jackets and drainpipe trousers, fifties policeman.
Sixties mini-skirts and dresses, men's leather jackets worn with polo-neck top. Coloured evening shirts. Seventies hippy clothes, bell-bottom trousers for men and women in bright colours, floaty dresses and 'maxi' skirts for women, also hot pants, waistcoats and tank tops, kipper ties, very narrow-cut tight jackets and shirts for men. Eighties shell suit, power suits for men with cartoon characters wide ties, various women's dresses with big shoulder pads, leggings with oversize tops, punks.
I also have a stock of men's evening wear, in various sizes. The style of evening wear did not basically change for many years. From Victorian times it comprised black tailcoat, evening trousers, white waistcoat, white shirt, white bow tie with appropriate accessories. In the fifties 'black tie' became more popular except for very grand
occasions. This comprised black dinner jacket, evening trousers, white shirt, black bow tie, again with accessories.
I keep women's blouses, men's shirts, waistcoats and knee breeches in various sizes to so we can mix and match.
Uniforms
I have Army Navy and Air Force uniforms, for men and women. Also police, academic gowns, doctors and nurses, and a set of ecclesiastical clothes. Also schoolboy and schoolgirl
Foreign
Flamenco dancer, real dress from Spain
Ancient Greeks/Romans
Egyptians
Arabs
Indian dresses
German Lederhosen
Eastern European national dresses
Chinese
French painter
French Maid
Japanese Emperor and Empress
Cowboys and Indians
I have a good selection of clothes from the wild west, including fringed jackets and trousers, waistcoats, shirts, chaps, gingham dress for the Oklahoma look. Red Indians
Other Costumes
Aladdin
Professor
Elves
Gypsy
Sultan and Temple Dancer
Minnie and Mickey Mouse
Jessie and Woody from Toy Story
Peter Pan
Snow White
Ringmaster
Pierrot
Joseph's Technicolour Dreamcoat
Jack - all purpose principal boy
Prince Charming (woman's outfit)
Dorothy
Snow Queen
Zorro
Witch
Wizard
Marilyn Monroe
John Bull
Father Christmas
Little Miss Christmas
Venetian Carnival Costumes
Zoot Suits
Puss in Boots
Red Riding Hood
Pirates
Sandy from Grease
Sailor Girl
School Girl
School Boy
Chauffeur
Ugly Sisters/Panto Dame
Cinderella
Oberon and Titania
Clown