Happy #NationalTextilesDay
There is surely no finer piece of textile painted than our gorgeous 'The Fair-Isle Jumper' by Stanley Cursiter from the City Art Centre.
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A reminder to register soon if you want to attend our conference in person - places are going fast and we'll close booking if it sells out! Day 1 includes an evening drinks reception and visit to #FashionCity at the wonderful Museum of London Docklands👗

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Another 17thc embroidery, this time Killerton, silk satin ground stitched in silk and metallic threads, framed panel

Painting at Bedtime.
Whitelands College May Day Procession 1902.
Anna Richards Brewster.

I posted this a couple of years ago but it is a nice painting so here it is again. The College is now part of the University of Roehampton in London, but the tradition still exists.

Hidden Treasures of the National Trust series 2 begins next week. Killerton's collection is featured in episode 4 nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/film-…

Enjoyed the Icons of British Fashion exhibition Blenheim Palace - lots of amazing fashions in lovely room settings - this is Bruce Oldfield's room

These clothes may have been some of the first proper ‘grown up’ things made for their young wearers, and were carefully kept as a memento of this rite of passage.

#FashionFortnight #playingbytherules #fashionhistory #boypower

📷 National Trust / Shelley T

The Pasold peer-reviewed journal, TEXTILE HISTORY, is dedicated to the study of all aspects of #textiles and #dresshistory , and welcomes relevant new submissions throughout the year. Find out more about sharing your research with us here: pasold.co.uk/textile-history

Today's #ootd is this 1924-5 evening dress. It is quite minimalistic for a 20s outfit, but the lack of color is made up for in the complex geometric pattern worked in beadery and sequins. It almost looks like computer circuitry. #Fashionhistory The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman of the Day philosopher, historian and author Mary Wollstonecraft born OTD 1759 in Spitalfields, London, widely regarded as one of the UK’s first feminists. Her reputation was unjustly shredded for a century after her early death but her influence was far-reaching and can…

Register now for our visit to Gawthorpe Hall and Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, organised in collaboration with DATS, taking place on Tuesday 14 May. The event will explore connections between 17th-century portraits, dress & textiles. Details here: bit.ly/4df4AUU

At Home with c19th Dress and Textiles Reframed - 28 April 2024 -3.00pm BST Tickets, Sun 28 Apr 2024 at 15:00 | Eventbrite please join us. Free tickets below eventbrite.co.uk/e/at-home-with…

'I suddenly realised I had all these records.. design work, drawings... & wanted to build a connection' Dame Dame Zandra Rhodes on how she came to donate her collection to dmuleicester Consider the value of your stuff is our #archivesadvice for #Archive30

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Why are we so comfortable denigrating the creative output of our grandmothers? It may seem insignificant within the context of much more urgent global issues, but in a new piece for Hyperallergic, I argue that it is symptomatic of the systematic devaluation of feminized labor.

Beautiful fabric sample from 1830s pattern book in Lancashire Archives ready for #StyleAndSensibility exhibition at #JudgesLodgings opening 27 June in #Lancaster . Pattern books incl samples of fabric with ingredients for colour dyes #Fashion #Regency #Costume bit.ly/JudgesLodgings…