A Stitch in Time (2018)
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.
A Stitch in Time: Season 1 - 6 Episode s
1x1 - Charles II
January 3, 2018
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.
1x2 - Arnolfini
January 10, 2018
Amber Butchart looks at Dutch painter Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait.
1x3 - The Hedge Cutter
January 17, 2018
Amber Butchart provides a portrait of a working man.
1x4 - Dido
January 24, 2018
Amber Butchart explores Dido Belle, the 18th-century daughter of an enslaved African woman brought up at Kenwood House in London.
1x5 - The Black Prince
January 31, 2018
Amber Butchart explores Edward the Black Prince.
1x6 - Marie Antoinette
February 7, 2018
Amber Butchart explores Marie Antoinette.