Since 2016 the Saint Bede Studio has occasionally been offering for sale a new range of simpler vestments, unlined and less expensive than our usual work. When the Studio began work in 2001, we wished to make beautiful and distinctive vestments available at affordable prices. As the years went on, however, it became obvious that most of customers wished to commission more elaborate vestments and our work has almost entirely been devoted to such a “market”.Not everyone can afford expensive vestments, whilst others, for various reasons, prefer a more modest beauty.
Mostly, our new range of simpler vestments will be made from unadorned silk or other quality fabric and ornamented with our distinctive and unique braids. Simpler they may be, but there is no diminution of the quality for which the Studio has become so highly-regarded.
A priest-customer, who purchased one of our first simple vestments (shewn in the adjacent image), wrote to the Studio as follows:
The green vestments arrived here today. Your work is stunning as ever, even in this simple form. I only dare to call the vestments “simple”, because you used the term yourself on The Saint Bede Studio blog.
In 2019 these simpler vestments will continue occasionally to be offered for sale via the Studio Blog.
Please pray for God’s continued Blessing on our work.
