Women’s Ready-to-Wear Multiple Retailers 1860–1914: H. J. Nicoll and Alfred Stedall This paper offers a case study of two London firms active in the production and distribution of women’s ready-to-wear clothing before 1900, H. J. Nicoll and Alfred Stedall. The sources used are reg...

Highly Commended:
Clare Rose: 'Women’s Ready-to-Wear Multiple Retailers 1860–1914: H. J. Nicoll and Alfred Stedall', available at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Redrafting Domestic Life: Women Textile Designers and New Professional Enterprises in Early 1970s Britain This article considers screen printed home sewing kits and domestic items in Britain in the early 1970s, focusing on women designers and their customers negotiating the demands of domestic and work...

Highly Commended:
Frances Robertson: 'Redrafting Domestic Life: Women Textile Designers and New Professional Enterprises in Early 1970s Britain', available at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Walls of Cloth: Tentergrounds and Cloth Production in Bruges, c. 1200–1600 The example of the tentergrounds in late medieval Bruges shows how landowners—both public and private—profited from unfavourable geo-morphological conditions to create vast industrial spaces used f...

We're delighted to announce the latest winners of the Pasold Prize for Textile History!

Winner:
Mathijs Speecke: 'Walls of Cloth: Tentergrounds and Cloth Production in Bruges, c. 1200–1600', available at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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