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A Stitch in Time

  • 2018
  • Ended
  • Documentary
  • ~30m / ep
  • 1 season

Fashion historian Amber Butchart fuses biography, art and the history of fashion as she explores the lives of historical figures by examining the clothes that they wore.

Latest: Season 1 · 2018

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  1. E1. Charles II

    Jan 3, 2018 · 30m

    Amber Butchart begins by examining portraits of King Charles II to draw up patterns for items of clothing that can be recreated using historical methods by tailor Ninya Mikhaila.

  2. E2. Arnolfini

    Jan 10, 2018 · 30m

    Amber Butchart looks at Dutch painter Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait.

  3. E3. The Hedge Cutter

    Jan 17, 2018 · 30m

    Amber Butchart provides a portrait of a working man.

  4. E4. Dido

    Jan 24, 2018 · 30m

    Amber Butchart explores Dido Belle, the 18th-century daughter of an enslaved African woman brought up at Kenwood House in London.

  5. E5. The Black Prince

    Jan 31, 2018 · 30m

    Amber Butchart explores Edward the Black Prince.

  6. E6. Marie Antoinette

    Feb 7, 2018 · 30m

    Amber Butchart explores Marie Antoinette.