Discover captivating stories of pain and passion, treachery and torture with our Yeoman Warder tours at the Tower of London. Whether you want to dress up in a Cupid costume to play the maestro of love, or if you want to have a sexy Valentine's Day, try out one of our sexy Valentine's Day outfits.

Yes, Antony and Cleopatra were real people, but the fiction about them has, perhaps, taken hold as legend.It was often seen on doublet fronts, shoes, sleeves and also in ladies sleeves later in the period too. Whilst Henry took a very long time to design and complete, I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of his making. During the early 1500’s, ladies could wear either a tied belt around their waists or the more elaborate jewelled hanging belt. With their beards, potions and cauldron, and rhymed speech, they are the caricatures of the supernatural. I chose to make the V-necked doublet in pale almond green silk brocade to tone with the colouring on Katherine’s under-gown.

As some of you might know, I have been gradually re-designing all the miniature dolls in my Henry VIII collection.And last but not least, for everyone who is a dog lover, how about dressing up as man’s (or should we say, King Charles’s?