Anna Pavlova dressed in her costume for The Swan, photographed by the pond at her London home of Ivy House. Copyright MOL. Early last month, barely a week before the world shut down and I was destined to be a quarantined historian rather than a travelling one, I visited the exhibition Ballerina: Fashion's Modern Muse… Continue reading A tutu or three … The Mystery of Anna Pavlova’s Dying Swan costume
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Adventures of a Travelling Historian
Welcome to my newly relaunched blog and website! Almost exactly 10 years ago I packed my suitcase and got on a plane to Winnipeg, Canada (in the depths of winter I should add) to start a costume traineeship with The Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Since I was a teenager I had wanted to become a costume… Continue reading Adventures of a Travelling Historian