Historian
WORKSHOP STYLE
In-depth, historical, hands-on
ABOUT :
Sarah A. Bendall FRHistS is an historian of fashion, material culture and gender. Her work focuses on the production, trade and consumption of global commodities and fashionable consumer goods, particularly during the long 17th century. She also has expertise in recreative methodologies, such as historical dress reconstruction. She is a Senior Lecturer at ACU and was appointed as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2023.
WE SAY:
Sarah is the award-winning author of Shaping Femininity (Bloomsbury, 2021). Her current research projects examine the use of whale materials in fashion and she is completing her next book, The Women who Clothed the Stuart Queens, under contract with Bloomsbury. Sarah regularly appears as an historical fashion expert on Australian radio. She has been recreating historical corsets for over a decade.