Rebecca Olds
UK
Affiliation: Independent Researcher
Member since: 2026
Topics of Interest: Communication and Outreach, Fibre, Education, teaching, and training, Living history, Textiles
Focus areas: Newer Era
I am a freelance dress historian who uses recreative practice as an interpretative framework and research methodology through which the lived experiences of people in the past can be understood through their clothing. I hold a postgraduate diploma in Dress & Textile Histories from the University of Glasgow and completed an internship in the Tailor Shop at Colonial Williamsburg.
Open for research collaboration in the following topics
Education, teaching, and training, Living history, Textiles
Available for work in open-air museums or at cultural heritage events with demonstration skills in
Education, teaching, and training, Living history, Textiles
Happy to mentor and share my experience in the following skills
Education, teaching, and training, Living history, Textiles
Looking for collaborators to help with my research in the following topic
Living history, Textiles