The Studio Blog

Each day, the Saint Bede Studio receives enquiries from those seeking vestments from many parts of the world and often the first response is to direct the enquirer to the Studio Blog.  The Blog has been designed to be as comprehensive as possible, within its limits.  It has been set up for viewing via a computer screen, tablet (or equivalent), but is not best navigated via a smartphone.

Frequently we are asked if the Studio has a catalogue.  The answer is here .

In the right-hand column (or sidebar) of each page of the Blog are helpful links for visitors.  Some of these are links to important pages detailing Studio policies, how to place an order &c.

Below that are links with images to pages describing the styles of vestments which are frequently enquired about.

After that is a list of links; mostly these refer to posts about vestments in the various liturgical colours and our styles.  These are a good guide to the range of materials and ornaments we use for our vestments and the best substitute for a catalogue we can offer.

The Studio quite deliberately does not have an online store because it is our policy to supply our vestments only to those in Communion with the See of Peter.  We cannot ensure this if purchases are made online.  Although this does limit our business, we feel that this is the best approach to our work.

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

The Season Per Annum 2026 : 1

As the Season Per Annum commences, we are pleased to present a glimpse of a set of green vestments, in the 16th century Roman style.

This set is constructed from ecclesiastical brocade in a bright shade green and is lined in a delightful shade of taffeta which might be described as "Peacock Blue". 

The ornament is in the French style consisting of a TAU on the front of the chasuble and Cross on the back.  This ornament is formed from a shade of blue silk (matching the colour of the lining), outlined in a narrow galloon in colour of black and straw-gold.  

This beautiful and distinctive set of vestments was commissioned by a Catholic Cathedral in the USA.

The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics. 

 

Click on the images for an enlarged view. 

The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

Enquiries.

Information on placing an order.

Please note that posts on this blog are set-up for viewing via a web-browser, not via a mobile phone.

AMDG 

CONTRASTS (continued)

Contrasts

These engravings were taken from Teaching Truth by Signs and Ceremonies, by the Rev'd James Meagher, New York, 1885 (left) and Vestments and Vesture, by Dom E A Roulin OSB, Edinburgh, 1930 (right).

CONTRASTS (continued)

Two images of Solemn Mass both celebrated in Gothic Revival Churches. 

An inventive use of tapestry fabric is shewn in the "gothic" vestments (above);
whilst an anaemic colour palette and awkward construction is demonstrated
in the other, in the manner of the Spanish Baroque.

AMDG.

CONTRASTS

Image : www.lepetitplacide.org

Processions to Mass celebrated in the Extraordinary Form 

(above) a French Monastery,  (below) an English parish. 

Click on the images for enlarged views.

Image : www.clerus.org

Re-posted.

In Epiphanytide

In these lovely days following the Epiphany, the Studio is pleased to present  this set of Festal vestments. The set was made from an ecclesiastical brocade in ivory and a very muted shade of gold. 

The Saint Bede Studio takes particular care to ensure that its vestments are ornamented in a subtle and harmonious way.  In this case, one of the Studio's unique braids Saint Edmund was arranged in the Gothic Revival style, so that the overall effect is golden, without being lavish.  A taffeta in buttercup yellow was used to line these vestments.

The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

Click on the image for an enlarged view.

The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics.

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

Information on placing an order.

Please note that posts on this blog are set-up for optimal viewing via a web-browser, not via a mobile phone.

AMDG

On the Feast of the Epiphany

On the beautiful day of the Epiphany, the Studio is pleased to present images of a set of Festal vestments. The set was made from a silk damask in ivory and a very muted shade of gold. A crimson red taffeta was used to line these vestments.

The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

The Saint Bede Studio takes particular care with the quality of the linings and fringes used for our vestments.  In this instance, a bullion fringe in the colours of burgundy and old gold complements the rich colour of the taffeta lining and picks up the colours of the Cross ornamenting the maniple and stole.

Click on the images for an enlarged view.

The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics.

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

Information on placing an order.

Please note that posts on this blog are set-up for optimal viewing via a web-browser, not via a mobile phone.

AMDG

In this Christmastide : 3

In this Christmas Season, we are pleased to present a set of vestments made for Festal days.

The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

This set of vestments is in the style we call Saint Austin. It is a stylised chasuble common in the Gothic Revival period of the mid-19th century. The chasuble is long, but not wide and comes to a point at the front and the back. As made by the Saint Bede Studio, this style of vestment is very comfortable to wear. This particular set was made from a beautiful ecclesiastical brocade in a shade of ivory, it was lined in a mint green shade of taffeta and ornamented with a one of the Studio's unique braids ChiRho in colours of red, green, white and gold, enhanced with a matching galloon.

Please click on the image for an enlarged view.

 

The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics.

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

Information on placing an order.

Please note that posts on this blog are set-up for optimal viewing via a web-browser, not via a mobile phone.

AMDG

Studio Notice

The Saint Bede Studio is at present in recess and will return to its work - including correspondence - on 9th January.

Scheduled blog posts will continue in the meantime.

Ut in omnibus Deus glorificetur. 

In this Christmastide

In this Christmastide, the Saint Bede Studio is pleased to present this set of Fetsal vestments.

The Saint Martin chasuble is the Studio's own contemporary interpretation of the ancient form of Roman vestment.  It is extremely ample.  The ornamentation of these vestments is arranged in the Roman style, being a Tau ornament in the front and a column at the back, formed from braids and contrasting damask.  The vestments can be made in a variety of qualities of fabric in all the Liturgical colours.

The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

This dignified set was made from dupion silk in a subtle shade of gold and lined in red taffeta.  It was ornamented with brighter red dupion silk and one of the Studio's unique braids, called Saint George.

Click on the images for an enlarged view.

The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics.

Enquiries : stbede62@gmail.com

Information on placing an order.

Please note that posts on this blog are set-up for optimal viewing via a web-browser, not via a mobile phone.

AMDG