In the dark winter months, there’s nothing more pleasing that a nightshirt. We know the value of comfortable, long-lasting nightwear and our nightshirts do the job. Wearing a smooth, top quality cotton nightshirt is like sleeping in beautiful sheets, it’s a lovely feeling. High-street nightshirts just don’t cut it. With this in mind and Christmas […]
Our 18th century style garments continue to be popular with our customers. From poets and dancers to reenactors and history lovers. We love seeing historical styles on 21st century people. Fortunately, even during the pandemic we’ve been able to create new garments. Below are production photos of our new garments. Two new shirts, generously cut, […]
Since the coronavirus pandemic we’ve been fortunate enough to carry on making and selling our garments as usual. But due to COVID19 restrictions we’ve been unable to do a big photography day as we normally would. Like many businesses this year, we’ve had to adapt. This September we turned our photoshoot into something more lowkey. […]
Last year Elgar Shirts began making trousers so we could offer our customers a whole outfit. They’ve been a great success! We currently have a wide variety of cloths and styles, all with different characteristics. We make our trousers based on styles from the past. These can be trousers for everyday wear or worn for […]
During the last few weeks the coronavirus pandemic has been a challenging and disruptive time for everyone. Behind the scenes at Elgar Shirts we’re glad to say we’re all in good health. We’re keeping busy creating our range of garments as normal. Unfortunately our calendar of events has been reduced with the York Vintage Fair […]
January for Elgar Shirts is a good time for us to take stock, reflect, and look ahead to 2020. 2019 Reflections In 2019 we introduced trousers and breeches to our garment range. This was a brand new venture and we’ve been really pleased with the response. We’ve had lots of feedback from customers telling us […]
As the end of the year approaches we are sending out orders before we go on our Christmas break. We had another terrific weekend at the biggest re-enactment market TORM, where our new 18th century style garments were well received. We were also pleased to see our clothes appear in a Gentleman Jack feature for […]
Since the summer ended we’ve been fulfilling the orders we received from our busy calendar of events. We enjoyed our trip to Goodwood Revival where we had a shop in the heart of the vintage shopping arcade. We also returned to regular events, The Asylum Steampunk Festival in Lincoln and Cambridge Living History Fair. Now […]
In October and November 2019 you will find us at the following events –