Mandy Barrington

Mandy Barrington is a Senior Lecturer in Costume at the Arts University Bournemouth with a Distinction at Masters Level in Costume. Her research and study of 18th and 19th century extant underpinnings examines garment proportion in relation to the body. This has enabled Mandy to develop a highly accessible method to draft new historical patterns that directly links the original garment to the body of the intended wearer. Mandy is the author Stays and Corsets: Historical Patterns Translated for...See more

Mandy Barrington is a Senior Lecturer in Costume at the Arts University Bournemouth with a Distinction at Masters Level in Costume. Her research and study of 18th and 19th century extant underpinnings examines garment proportion in relation to the body. This has enabled Mandy to develop a highly accessible method to draft new historical patterns that directly links the original garment to the body of the intended wearer. Mandy is the author Stays and Corsets: Historical Patterns Translated for the Modern Body (Routledge, 2015) and the follow-up book Stays and Corsets Volume 2 (Routledge, 2019). See less