Getting Dressed - Royal Tudors | National Museums Liverpool

Published 2022-05-19
Katherine Parr gets dressed in the fashion of the Tudor era. With the help of her handmaids, she puts on traditional clothes worn by royalty during the reign of Henry VIII.

You can see the dresses on display in Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics, 21 May 2022—29 Aug 2022. Book tickets: bit.ly/3OKNVLv

Video made by ‪@CrowsEyeProductions‬

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All Comments (21)
  • @englishrose4388
    Seeing historical clothing come to life gives it a beauty paintings don’t convey.
  • There’s a quiet dignity and tragedy when you consider what outliving a man who mostly discarded women like trash means- it is a narrow escape and a powerful last laugh if ever there was one.
  • How impressive these garments are. One can only imagine the range of skilled people seamstresses, etc needed to complete this ensemble, and its cost both financially, and labour hours.
  • @8698gil
    Nice to see historically accurate account of Tudor dress. In movies and TV, Tudor women's hair is always depicted as worn long and loose under a sort of "tiara", instead of the hood which completely covered all the hair.
  • @lovegummywormms
    Let’s face it, we would all love to wear one of these dresses.
  • As beautiful as this is could you imagine the time it takes to get in and out of these layers every day?
  • @roet8792
    catherine parr is my 14th great-grandaunt, through her sister anne, who married the earl of pembroke and is my 14th great-grandmother. quite frankly, i'm more excited to be even remotely related to catherine than i am of any other member of my family. she is absolutely beyond an icon.
  • @thevahandbook
    That was fascinating although did anyone else start to feel themselves becoming claustrophobic the more layers that went on?! Very beautiful items of clothes (although truly hideous shoes)
  • @tomaaron6187
    In my 60’s. This is the first fashion ‘thing’ I have ever paid attention to. There is an excellence in simplicity of presentation.
  • @Bananadiva1
    Kateryn Parr was an incredible woman of fine interlect. She had to have her wits to survive in the later years of Henry's life.
  • What a beautiful video! It really makes a huge difference seeing how a living, breathing person would look in this kind of gown. How fascinating to see the whole process.. she was literally sewn into her garments! Also I loved the faux sleeves... a nifty trick for sure!
  • @L0nathicc
    These dressing videos are great, makes me think about their body temp with all those layers😅
  • My twin sister would have loved this. She was always wanting to and wearing Tudor and Medieval gowns
  • @Chrochella
    I’ve always been amazed at the gluttonous amount fabric these beautiful dresses required. While they are gorgeous, I can’t imagine having to wear it everyday. 😮‍💨
  • @jhopq
    That gown has more layers than my personality. The chest part reminds me of Ironman when he closes the arc reactor.
  • @cwilliams9861
    I had no idea there’d be so many components to the dress! So beautiful (though I can’t imagine going through that process everyday haha), but I can imagine how regal and powerful it would make you feel
  • @donna8245
    Every time I thought she was dressed, another piece was brought out. Thank god for modern day clothing!! Greta video.
  • I wouldn’t last one day in this era thank god for bringing me into this world in this century🤣