This is me
My name is Olive Medlock.
I’m an experienced historical costumer, focused on bringing the details of Tudor fashion back to life, with a skill set in historical pattern drafting and construction techniques. I've got my Associates in Apparel Design & Development from Seattle Central College and have interned with a fantastic, award winning local corsetry company, Period Corsets. I just recently returned from the UK where I studied the History of Fashion & Design at the University of Brighton.
I've got experience designing, patterning, and constructing for a wide range of eras from Elizabethan to Georgian to Regency.
Bringing the past to life
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Academic Writing
The Pearl Age
An analysis of the history, symbology, and representation of pearls in the Golden Age of Elizabeth I
Morality, Sexuality, & Fashion in Regency Brighton
Beneath Brighton’s high-society indulgence lay a quiet rebellion: women using neoclassical dress to claim agency in an oppressive climate
Maitresse Couturieres
A study on the impact of the Mantua Gown on women's rights in 1675 Paris
My Library
The Pocket
By Barbara Burman & Ariane Fennetaux
A Hidden History of Women's Lives
The Dress Detective
By Ingrid Mida & Alexandra Kim
A Practical Guide to Object-Based Research in Fashion
Shaping Femininity
By Sarah A. Bendall
Foundation Garments, the Body and Women in Early Modern England
Bodice Engineering
Louise Johnson
Mastering the Inner Corselette
Couture Sewing Techniques
By Clare B. Shaeffer
FASHION
By the Smithsonian Institute
The Definitive History of Costume & Style
Patternmaking for Fashion Design
By Helen Joseph Armstrong
Fitting and Pattern Alteration
By Elizabeth Liechty, Judith Rasband, & Della Pottberg-Steineckert
A Multi-method approach to the art of style selection, fitting, & alteration
Technical Sourcebook for Apparel Designers
By Jaeil Lee & Camille Steen
The Modern Natural Dyer
By Kristine Vejar
A Comprehensive Guide to dyeing silk, wool, linen, & cotton at home
200 Essential Embroidery Stitches
By the Royal School of Needlework
Draping Period Costumes
By Sharon Sobel
Classical Greek to Victorian
Goldwork
By the Royal School of Needlework
Teachniques, Projects, & Pure Inspiration
Silk Shading
By the Royal School of Needlework
Essential Stitch Guides
Book of Embroidery
By the Royal School of Needlework
A Guide to Essential Stitches, Techniques, & Projects
Art of Embroidery
By the Royal School of Needlework
History of Style & Technique
Medieval Costume in England & France
By Mary G. Houston
The 13th, 14th, & 15th Centuries
Bead Embroidery
By the Royal School of Needlework
Essential Stitch Guides
Historic Costume in Pictures
By Braun & Schneider
Over 1450 costumes on 125 plates
Historic Costume for the Stage
By Lucy Barton
The Costume History
By August Racinet
The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women
By Elizabeth Norton
A Social History
The Typical Tudor
By Jane Malcom-Davies & Ninya Mikhaila
Reconstructing Everyday 16th Century Dress
How to be a Tudor
By Ruth Goodman
A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World
By John A. Wagner
Britain, Ireland, Europe, & America
Tudor Textiles
By Eleri Lynn
The Tudor Tailor
By Jane Malcom-Davies & Ninya Mikhaila
Reconstructing 16th Century Dress
How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England
By Ruth Goodman
A guide for knaves, fools, harlots, cuckolds, drunkards, liars, thieves, & braggarts
Seventeenth & Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail
By Avril Hart & Susan North
The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England
By Ian Mortimer
18th Century Embroidery Techniques
By Gail Marsh
The Age of Undress
By Amelia Rauser
Art, Fashion, & the classical ideal in the 1790s
The Costume History
By Lauren Stowell & Abby Cox
How to hand sew Georgian gowns & wear them with style
Corsets & Crinolines
By Norah Waugh
How to be a Victorian
By Ruth Goodman
A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life
Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail
By Lucy Johnston
Patterns of Fashion 2
By Janet Arnold & The School of Historical Dress
c. 1860-1940
Patterns of Fashion 3
By Janet Arnold & The School of Historical Dress
c. 1560-1620
Patterns of Fashion 1
By Janet Arnold & The School of Historical Dress
c. 1720-1860
Patterns of Fashion 5
By Janet Arnold & The School of Historical Dress
c.. 1595-1795
Patterns of Fashion 6
By Janet Arnold & The School of Historical Dress
c.. 1695-1795
Patterns of Fashion 4
By Janet Arnold & The School of Historical Dress
c. 1540-1660