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 Events to see where Rebecca is scheduled to speak next.

“Dressing the Nation” Study Afternoon - 24 January 2020 - Inverness Museum & art Gallery 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 I…

“Dressing the Nation” Study Afternoon - 24 January 2020 - Inverness Museum & art Gallery
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.

A sample of talks given in 2019-2020 as part of the Isabella Project…