Costume and Design

Fashion through the ages

Westward TV’s Clive Gunnell interviews Desiree Woodford, a lecturer on period costume and design at Widmouth Bay in North Cornwall. Desiree takes Clive through her mini- manikins and shows a large collection of period items including tunics, togas, and clothing from the Roman, Tudor and Victorian and 1960s periods and demonstrates the types of fabric used in the designs.