10/30/2026
The delicate black embroidery you’ll spot on Tudor collars and cuffs has a name: blackwork. Catherine of Aragon gets credit for making it fashionable at the English court after she arrived from Spain, and it took serious time and skill to produce by hand. It was a quiet flex, long before that was a phrase.
Small, handmade detail carrying real meaning is nothing new to us — we still believe in it.