On a crisp overcast day in early December, Bernadette Banner is sitting on the steps of the New York Public Library. You’d think that in 2019, she would stick out in her Lady Sherlock Holmes outfit.

Dress historian Bernadette Banner fact checks the historical accuracy of the costumes and wardrobe in the musical film Mary Poppins. She analyzes the Edwardian Period that the film is set in and the ...

I didn’t think I’d care to watch videos about dresses worn by people in the centuries past. But that was only until I stumbled upon the YouTube channel of dress historian Bernadette Banner. On her ...