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Edited by Serena Dyer and Sarah A. Bendall

Histories of fashion, dress, and textiles are not just found in texts, images, and objects. Scholars, students, curators, and makers alike have turned to their needles, dyestuffs, and looms to investigate how making can help us understand the garments of the past.

Joining the generations of conservators and experimental archaeologists who have employed similar methods, these maker-researchers are employing innovative techniques and practices to consider how retracing the creative processes of the past can reveal new dimensions to historical material knowledge. These Recreative Reflections articulate and communicate recreative practice approaches to dress and textile history.