TARDIS Tuesday- Clara Oswald from Robots of Sherwood- historical outfit

Hi there!

For TARDIS Tuesday this week, after a few weeks of Classic Who companions, I am returning to a modern Who companion- Clara, of course! But, in a surprise change from the modern, tight-fitting or short outfits she is usually known for, we have a historical outfit, worn in the episode, Robots of Sherwood, where Clara and the Doctor encounter Robin Hood.  She does start the episode wearing a modern outfit, which I have worn on this blog before, but this is the first time I have attempted her historical outfit.

Let's have a look at it:

https://whona.forumotion.com/t10012-s8e3-robot-of-sherwood-spoilers

It features a red/orange velvet dress with gold edging,it has long sleeves with drapy ends with undersleeves. It has a fitted bodice and the skirt is more flowing.

https://coffeeandirony.com/2014/09/07/doctor-who-robot-of-sherwood-screencaps/

She wears a Topshop headchain and silver feather earrings.

And now, lets see what I came up with:

This is, as you can see, not a strictly accurate rendition, more of a nod to the original but it came after I found this Maid Marian dress in the charity shop. It was only £6 and I already thought, "Right, that's World Book Day next year sorted!".  The possibilities of it being a Clara dress also did occur to me!

 I bought the gold feather earrings from a craft fair quite a few years ago.  The headchain posed a bit of a problem but I remembered this brooch I wore as an Amy Pond cosplay and figured I could fashion a headchain from it. I did try to hang it from a gold snakechain but it was SO slidy it kept falling off my head, despite hair grips so I attached it to a leather thong instead which, though looks less effective, did the job!