The creation of sacred vestments is an ancient art that requires not only tailoring skills but also a deep knowledge o ...

However items given by royalty to the Abbey still survive elsewhere – for example the Stonyhurst cope and the so-called Westminster chasuble. The colours of vestments vary according to the seasons or ...

Peter Jones, the department store in Sloane Square, is lending mannikins for the vestments – not live ones. There is nothing feminine in my eyes about a chasuble (the coloured poncho or tabard ...