Welcome Here
Laila, Safenez, Entisar, Selma, Huda, Rasha, Rola, Monteha and Samaher were forced to leave their homes in Syria, Kurdistan, Sudan and Palestine, and are now settled in Stratford-upon-Avon. Working with Welcome Here and our collections team, they selected five costumes, including the Elizabethan dress worn by Judi Dench as The Countess in All’s Well that Ends Well in 2003.
The Syrian refugees in the group found a personal connection to the costume, seeing similarities to their own traditional dress in the high neckline, long sleeves and skirt, as well as the muted colours and fabrics.