Today I am featured in the rather splendid Historia Magazine, talking about researching and making vintage fashion connected to my 1920s and 30s murder mysteries. If you’re curious about how I got started, and some of the resources I use, do have a read. https://www.historiamag.com/fashion-research-historical-novels/

I’ve been making another vintage dress. This one is a 1932 inspired Chanel evening dress in teal Crepe Georgette. It was a challenging make, not least because the instructions on these vintage patterns are so sparse! That and they seemed to have very skinny arms back in those days (well that’s my excuse and I’m going to stick with it.) This is the dress that Miss Clara Vale will be wearing in book 4 in the series, Another Class of Murder. Meanwhile, I will give it a test run at Crime Fest in Bristol next week.