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We are thrilled to announce that we have a new home for the Fashion Museum! 🎉 We will be moving to the Old Post Office on New Bond Street, in the centre of Bath. Watch our new video to find out more
#FashionOurFuture
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We're excited to announce that a
#GiorgioArmani
dress as worn by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has been chosen by
@Dazed
magazine’s Ibrahim Kamara and Gareth Wrighton as
#DressOfTheYear
2021! ✨ Read the full press release on our website
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Friday Treat Time and a stunning silk satin day dress with tartan design from the 1860s. Bold and beautiful, this striking checked gown is currently on loan to
@VADundee
and can be seen on display in their fantastic new
#Tartan
exhibition until 14 January 2024
#VADTartan
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Wishing everyone a Happy
#Halloween
with this spooktacular black jersey evening dress from 1973 by John Bates for Jean Varon! Glamorous and gothic, it features an embroidered net panel at the back with a spider web design worked in black thread, sequins, and beads 🕸️
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Friday Treat Time and we’re loving the glitz and glamour of this gorgeous 1960s cocktail dress by
#ChristianDior
London. Perfect party wear for the festive season, this black velvet mini dress features a roll neck collar and a panel of stunning gold embroidery ✨
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Friday Treat Time and a beautiful duck egg blue silk evening dress from the late 1810s. This exquisite example with its fuller skirt shape and elaborate trimmings reflects a move away from the neo-classical influences of the previous decade to the romantic tastes of the 1820s.
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Friday Treat Time and a very lovely linen waistcoat from the early 1700s. Beautifully decorated with hand-embroidered motifs of fanciful birds and pink and blue coloured flowers, it was made for informal wear and worn under a loose open gown in the home.
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A little tartan treat for all those celebrating
#BurnsNight
this evening! This red, green and cream silk satin evening dress by London-based dressmaker Madame Elise was worn by Queen Alexandra in about 1870, and shows off the newly fashionable bustle silhouette.
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Fall in love this
#ValentinesDay
with the most spectacular pink brocade ballgown by London couturier
#JohnCavanagh
. Dating to c.1958, this fabulous gown features a lifted hem trimmed with a bow and pannier-shaped sides that sweep away to reveal a dramatic train at the back.
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Friday Treat Time! Enjoy a touch of winter sparkle this
#Twixmas
with this magnificent white jersey and silver beaded evening ensemble by
#NormanHartnell
. Worn by actress Margaret Leighton, this glittering gown is embroidered with bugle beads, silver sequins and rhinestones ✨
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Friday Treat Time and a stunning pale gold silk satin evening dress by iconic British couturier
#NormanHartnell
. Glittering and glamorous, this gorgeous 1950s gown features an embroidered lattice and rose-like flower design worked in diamantes, pearls and bugle beads 💎
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Friday Treat! Getting ready for the weekend with these silk brocade and diamanté evening sandals, 1930s by Hellstern & Sons
#FridayFeeling
💎
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Friday Treat Time and we’re ending the week on a glamorous note courtesy of London couturier
#NormanHartnell
! This lilac silk satin evening dress from the 1960s features a stunning design of small panels of lace hand-tamboured with beads, sequins and silver metal thread ✨
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Friday Treat Time and a stunning brown and blue striped day dress from the 1840s 🤎 A great example of this decade’s long-waisted silhouette, this wool gauze gown features a fan-pleated bodice that has been beautifully worked into a narrow point at the centre front
#1840sFashion
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Happy 94th Birthday
#QueenElizabeth
! 🎉 Leather coronation glove worn by HM Queen Elizabeth II at her coronation on 2 June 1953 👑 Embroidered with coat of arms & rose, shamrock, thistle and acorns design. On loan from the Collection of the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London
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Friday Treat Time and a sumptuous silver, ochre and blue silk brocade dress from 1822. Featuring a woven floral design and blue silk satin trimmings, it’s a great example of the three-dimensional decoration that lavished skirt hems in the early 1820s.
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Friday Treat Time and a gorgeous yellow and grey figured silk evening dress by British couturier
#NormanHartnell
💛 Dating to about 1953, this stunning strapless gown was once worn by royal fashion icon
#PrincessMargaret
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Friday Treat Time and a gorgeous lime green lace evening dress from the 1930s! Designed by Edward Molyneux, it features a stunning outer layer of Leavers lace embellished with glittering hand-tamboured sequins and bugle beads ✨ Worn by Helen Percy, Duchess of Northumberland
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We’re delighted to reveal that this 1760s court dress from the Fashion Museum collection will be one of the star attractions in Style & Society: Dressing The Georgians, a major new exhibition opening this spring at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace 🌟
#DressingTheGeorgians
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Friday Treat Time & the grand finale of our Jane Austen week! Any of these white cotton dresses from 1800-10s would be the belle of the ball
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Friday Treat Time and a sneak peek behind the scenes as we start to take some of our oldest pieces off display! We’ve been busy carefully packing away these two gorgeous gowns from the 1760s and 1770s, ready for our move out of the Assembly Rooms 👗
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Friday Treat Time and a fashion classic! This little black dress by London couturier
#MichaelSherard
is made of black silk satin with a velvet abstract design and dates to the early 1960s 🖤 We love how it folds elegantly over the shoulders into the most gorgeous dip at the back!
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Fashion Museum objects on tour! We’re thrilled to have loaned our world-famous Silver Tissue Dress to the amazing new Crown to Couture exhibition on show now at Kensington Palace
@HRP_palaces
✨
© Historic Royal Palaces/Fashion Museum Bath/The Bute Collection at Mount Stuart
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Friday Treat Time and just like that…it’s 1900! We’re celebrating the start of the year with this stunning cream lace day dress from the turn of the twentieth century. We love the contrasting V-shaped inset, waistband and cuffs of pink gauze trimmed with bands of silver braid
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Friday Treat Time! Just look at the icy blue elegance of this silk bodice and skirt from the 1880s 💎 Featuring gorgeous ruches trimmed with ribbon and a lace collar and cuffs, it shows the move away from the 1870s bustle shape to a more ‘natural’ sheath-like silhouette
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Friday Treat Time and a little sneak peek at a beautiful dark red silk brocade day dress from our brand new
#YouChoose
exhibition opening tomorrow! ♥️ Dating to about 1881, it‘s embroidered with glittering green beetle wing - or elytra - and gorgeous gold metal thread.
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Friday Treat Time and a beautiful biscuit and pink-coloured silk taffeta day dress from the 1880s. Made up of a bodice and skirt by London dressmakers Nicholson & Wordley, this stunning daytime look features elegant drapery and the decade’s iconic shelf-like silhouette.
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Friday Treat Time and we’re feeling pretty in pink with this oh so gorgeous evening dress from the early 1860s! Made from a beautiful silk moire, it features a fashionable low neckline that drops off-the-shoulder and is trimmed with a bertha style collar of black and white lace
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Friday Treat! This 1860s printed muslin dress looks wonderfully light and airy, despite its enormous skirt! Perfect for a sunny July day! ☀
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Friday Treat Time and a beautiful blue and white striped cotton gauze day dress from the 1870s 💙 Trimmed with fringe, bows and bands of blue silk, it features brilliant bell-shaped sleeves and a draped overskirt that creates an apron-like effect from the front.
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Friday Treat Time and a little bit of glitz and glamour to make us smile this January! ✨ Dating to about 1921, this stunning black satin and Raschel lace evening dress was designed by
#CallotSoeurs
and features a large central jet ornament and two long loops of black beads
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Friday Treat Time! This week we are loving this beautiful cream crochet lace day dress from about 1900. The dress features distinctive Irish crochet lace motifs – crescent moons joined like spokes of a wheel and three-dimensional roses - and fastens at the back with 27 buttons
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Friday Treat Time and a very special treasure to share with you today: The earliest complete garment in the Fashion Museum collection is an Elizabethan man’s shirt, decorated with beautiful blackwork embroidery, dated to 1580-1590. Find out more here >
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A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us over the last 60 years. Our doors at the Assembly Rooms are now closed, but we're so excited for the next chapter! 🤩 Keep following us for more content and news on our future plans
#FashionOurFuture
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Merry Christmas from the Fashion Museum! We’re wishing everyone a fabulous Christmas Day with this red silk strapless evening dress with black velvet bow ♥️ Festive glamour at its finest, this gorgeous gown dates to the 1980s and was designed by the Emanuels
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Friday Treat Time and a beautiful blue silk damask evening dress by legendary London fashion house, Lucile Ltd 💙 Featuring a metal thread embellished net train and sleeves and blue gem decoration, it was worn by Esme Giffard to celebrate the Coronation of King George V in 1911
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Roses are red! 🌹 Wishing everyone a
#HappyValentinesDay
with this beautiful rose printed evening dress from the 1950s! Featuring a fitted bodice and an elegant sweetheart neckline, this gorgeous evening gown was made by home dressmaker Sheila to wear to a party in December 1959
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Friday Treat Time and a red velvet cocktail dress that just oozes glamour, sexiness and style! ♥️ The perfect festive frock with those brilliant big shoulder bows, this Christmas dream dates to about 1985 and is by British fashion designer and Roxy Music stylist Antony Price
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Friday Treat Time and we’re sending out festive cheer and best wishes for the New Year with our favourite fancy dress costume! This amazing champagne bottle fancy dress ensemble was worn by Ada Power to parties in the early 1900s 🍾 Thank you for all of your support in 2021!
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#HappyHalloween
! 1880s corded silk and net dress with embroidered stars in black beads and cobweb-like jet tassels. Gorgeous and Gothic! 🖤
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Friday Treat Time & a trio of
#Regency
beauties to take us into the weekend! White cutwork embroidered cotton gown with spencer-style bodice, 1815. Child’s cotton pelisse with braid trim, 1810s and cream silk gauze Madras lace frock with silk satin detail, 1817 💛
#MuseumFromHome
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This muslin dress c 1805 is simple and ethereal from afar, but reveals incredibly detailed white work up close
#JaneAustenFestivalBath
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Sad news about the passing of Vivienne Westwood, a true fashion legend. With her iconoclastic sensibility she changed fashion, and the way we think about fashion, forever. RIP Dame Vivienne. Olive green ‘ripped strips’ silk dress, Spring/Summer 2010 RTW collection.
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We’re sending out festive cheer and best wishes for the
#NewYear
with this amazing champagne bottle fancy dress costume! This fabulous ensemble in the style of a
#VeuveClicquot
champagne bottle was first worn by Ada Power to parties in Ireland during the early 1900s 🍾
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Friday Treat Time and the perfect outfit for an 1890s summer’s day! ☀️ This cream linen summer suit dates to c.1899 and has beautiful cutwork decoration. Women first started to wear suits towards the end of the 19th century and it’s a great example of the fashion for long jackets
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Behind the scenes of Dress of the Year 2021. Find out more about the
@giorgioarmani
dress worn by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. A version of the dress is now on display at the Fashion Museum here in Bath
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Friday Treat Time and a favourite from the Fashion Museum’s fabulous collection of footwear. This pretty pink figured silk shoe by bespoke shoemakers, Charles Moykopf, dates to the 1920s and is decorated with beautiful ruched rosettes trimmed with pearlized beads 🌸
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Friday Treat Time and we’re celebrating
#InternationalBowDay
with this gorgeous brown silk taffeta ball gown by Lorcan Mullany for
#BellvilleSassoon
🤎 Dating to 1993, it was worn by actress
#GayleHunnicutt
and features a velvet skirt and a giant bow trailing down at the back
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#HappyNewYear
! 🎉 Today as we look forward to a new decade, we’re celebrating the fabulous fashions the 20s have given us! From the 1620s to the 1920s…. now what will 2020 bring?
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Wow, packing and moving the Fashion Museum collection out of the Assembly Rooms has been a huge project, but we’ve done it! 👏 These galleries have been our happy home for 60 wonderful years, but we’re looking forward to the next chapter of the Fashion Museum
#FashionOurFuture
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We’re celebrating
#StAndrewsDay
with this red, green and cream tartan silk satin evening dress by Madame Elise. A favourite from our 2018
#RoyalWomen
display, it was worn by Queen Alexandra in about 1870 👑
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This is one of the fabulous dresses from the Fashion Museum collection designed by Bath-based fashion designer Cindy Beadman, that will be on display in the Fashion & Fairytale exhibition at the Assembly Rooms between 3-5 August! 🧚 Find out more >
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We’ve had a busy month packing away the displays ready for our move from the Assembly Rooms! Join Collection Manager Elly and Conservator Sarah as they gently remove a beautiful 1770s cream figured silk gown from a mannequin and pack it safely into an acid-free cardboard box 📦
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Friday Treat Time and a stunning light green silk taffeta day dress from 1865. The new cage crinolines gave rise to wider and wider skirts in the 1860s and these provided a perfect canvas for bold and imaginative designs like the striking zigzag of applied black lace seen here 👗
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Friday Treat Time and our virtual stores are open with two 18th century treasures: This 1760s woven silk gown in saffron yellow silk is French fashion at its most opulent 💛 This 1700s woman’s quilted and embroidered waistcoat would have been worn under a gown
#MuseumFromHome
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Friday Treat Time and we’re getting in the mood for
#ValentinesDay
with this gorgeous red and cream silk taffeta evening dress from the 1870s. Made up of a bodice, skirt and looped-up polonaise style overskirt, it is richly trimmed with ruffles, fringe and red velvet ribbon ❤️
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Friday Treat Time! Gaze and wonder at the beautiful embroidery on this cream silk waistcoat from the 1820s. Part of an ensemble worn at court, it features a bold coloured floral design, no lapels & has points at the front, as stipulated by the strict codes of formal court dress
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Tuesday Treat Time! An 1817 silk gauze Madras lace dress with silk satin trim to count down the days until
#Bridgerton
. Set during the Regency era in England & filmed in Bath, we can't wait to watch the Netflix adaptation of Julia Quinn’s bestselling novels this Christmas! 🎬
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Friday Treat Time and we’re celebrating the start of the
#JAFestivalBath2021
with this 1805 embroidered cotton muslin gown. Muslin was the fashionable fabric at this time & as Mrs Allen, Catherine Morland’s chaperone in Northanger Abbey noted, could cost up to 9 shillings a yard
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Friday Treat Time and some gilded glamour from the 1870s! ✨ This gorgeous gold satin and black floral brocaded silk Princess line dress dates to about 1876, and features shirred satin insets at the shoulders and a black lace trim.
#GildedGlamour
#GildedAge
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Friday Treat Time! Pick of the bunch – this printed silk day dress by American department store Lord & Taylor is one of our favourite floral frocks. Dating to about 1960-1963, we love its bright colours and belted silhouette 🌼
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Happy
#ValentinesDay
with love from the Fashion Museum! ❤️ This engraved glass pendant dates from the late 18th century and contains a tiny secret message hidden in its gold mount – The Gift is Love.
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Friday Treat Time! This orange/yellow printed cotton gown from 1800 is one of our favourites 💛 The printed pattern uses the traditional Indian pinecone or patka motif and the soft lightweight muslin fabric falls beautifully into a simple column like shape and train
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Friday Treat Time! A close-up look at Object 2 in our 'A History of Fashion in 100 Objects' exhibition - linen waistcoat embroidered in coloured silks and metal spangles, c 1615. So bright and beautiful!
#HFx100
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Friday Treat Time! 1740s ribbed silk waistcoat with floral embroidery, possibly worked in China for export to the West. The standard dress for a gentleman in the 1700s was a coat, breeches, and a waistcoat
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Friday Treat Time! A close up look at a
#RoyalWomen
favourite today - Queen Alexandra's purple silk chiffon dress by Doeuillet, 1910, with lavish embroidery in silver thread, bugle beads and diamante 💜
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Friday Treat Time and perhaps one you remember from our 2014 Georgians: Dress for Polite Society exhibition! A sumptuous golden yellow silk open robe and petticoat with brocaded floral design from about 1750 💛
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Friday Treat Time and we’re saying yes to the dress with this cream Madras lace wedding dress from about 1829! 💍 Featuring a wide neckline, a bell shaped skirt and epic voluminous sleeves, it’s a silhouette that showcases the influence of Romanticism on fashion at this time.
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It's the final weekend to see us in the Assembly Rooms! We're counting down with this stunning ivory silk evening dress, with ‘feather’ and bead embroidery by Sarah Burton for the House of McQueen 🪶
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Welcome home to our world-famous Silver Tissue Dress! ✨ This stunning 1660s gown made of silk woven with glittering silver thread has been on loan to
#KensingtonPalace
where it was seen on display by over 380,000 visitors in the amazing
#CrownToCouture
exhibition this summer.
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Fashion Museum objects on tour! We’re thrilled to have loaned several pieces to the amazing new ‘Wild & Cultivated: Fashioning the Rose’ exhibition
@GardenMuseumLDN
including this beautiful black floral brocaded silk gown with pink rose detail from the 1780s
#FashioningTheRose
🌹
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Friday Treat Time and we’re travelling back to the 1920s with this elegant winter coat by French fashion legend
#JeanPatou
🤍 Dating to about 1925, this beautifully cut cream wool coat features a shawl collar trimmed with fur and matching oversized cuffs.
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Friday Treat Time and we’re wrapping up in style this Christmas with the most gorgeous red velvet evening cloak by
#Gallenga
. This sumptuous 1920s evening cloak features a high gathered collar and makes a beautiful canvas for one of Gallenga’s exquisite hand-printed designs
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Friday Treat Time and we’re getting the party started with this stunning black silk and velvet sequinned evening gown! ✨ Embellished with beadwork and shimmering black sequins, it belonged to Queen Alexandra and was designed by London dressmaker Barolet in about 1908.
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Friday Treat Time and a beautiful cream silk satin evening dress from the 1950s! Designed by
#VictorStiebel
at Jacqmar, this gorgeous gown features a fabulous full skirt and a central panel embroidered with rows of diamantés and pearlized beads ✨
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Friday Treat Time! This light grey corded wool walking dress with embroidered leaf design is both practical and stylish. Dating from the 1890s, it’s a favourite from Janet Arnold’s ‘Patterns of Fashion 2’ and the perfect outfit for those winter wanders ❄️
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Friday Treat Time and our virtual stores are open again! Here are 3 more treasures for you: Man’s green woven silk embroidered coat and breeches, worn at court, 1770s. White cotton muslin dress with floral print design, 1860s & silk satin evening dress by Callot Soeurs, ca. 1925
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Friday Treat Time in the virtual stores! A Regency style Easter bonnet, a closeup look at a Dorset button cuff fastening and floral embroidery on a 1730s cream linen gown, and a silk evening dress by Norman Hartnell, c.1953 worn by Princess Margaret - a perfect gown for spring 💛
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It’s
#ShoesdayTuesday
and this week’s footwear favourite from
#Shoephoria
is a beautiful woven silk brocade shoe from the 1740s! Silk was the fashionable choice for women’s shoes in the 18th century and this example features a fabulous floral design in cream, green and blue
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Friday Treat time and the virtual stores are open! Gold silk lamé evening dress overlaid with a gold thread open work mesh bodice by Paul Poiret, late 1920s 🌟 Black silk corset woven with blue and pink floral sprays, 1890s and Man’s cream embroidered silk waistcoat, 1780s 🐓
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The Fashion Museum is excited to announce that
#RoyalWomen
will open on 3 February 2018! This ‘family tree’ exhibition will feature the clothes worn by Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and Princess Margaret
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Friday Treat Time and hello Mr Wickham! We’re celebrating the birthday of
#JaneAusten
tomorrow with our very own red coat 😍 This red wool uniform tunic with brass buttons and gold braid dates to about 1815 and was worn by a soldier of the King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster).
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Friday Treat Time and a stunning strapless evening dress by legendary Paris couturier
#PierreBalmain
. Dating to about 1960, it’s a great example of Balmain’s feminine and opulent style with its printed floral design, velvet bow and spectacular pleated pink silk taffeta train 🩷
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Glamourous dresses and tailored wear from the Fashion Museum collection, including pieces worn by ballerinas Margot Fonteyn and Alicia Markova, will go on display in Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse at
@museumatFIT
from 11 February!
#BallerinaExhibition
🩰
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Our wonderful
#RoyalWomen
exhibition is coming to a close on Sunday 28 April! Make sure to come and see the fashions worn by Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret 👑
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Plaited braid straw poke bonnet, with silk ribbon ties, Mrs. Prout's Straw & Tuscan Establishment, Totnes, about 1847. Straw poke bonnets were extremely popular in the mid-19th century 👒
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Friday Treat Time and the most beautiful cream brocaded silk gown! Featuring a stunning design of trailing flowers, this closed robe dates to c.1785-90 in its present style, but is actually remodelled from an original garment, which from the silk we think dated to about 1745
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Friday Treat Time! We’re stepping into spring with this fabulous hat by Vernier from the 1950s. Covered in multi-coloured handcrafted flowers and leaves, it’s the perfect fashion inspiration for your Easter bonnet this weekend! 🌼
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Friday Treat Time! With this ever-changing weather we need something for rain OR shine 🌦️ This 1920-30s printed cotton sun hat, with its fabulously wide brim, could protect you from both! Possibly homemade, the hat lies flat when it’s not being worn
#MuseumFromHome
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Friday Treat Time! Two treasures to share today, inspired by the rich colours of autumn 🧡 Brick red and chestnut brown printed cotton dress by Laura Ashley, early 1970s and cinnamon gold silk pelisse, lined with padded silk, circa 1810s
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Friday Treat Time and we’re getting Christmas party ready with this stunning silver sequin evening dress by Edward Molyneux!
#Molyneux
’s designs have been described as simplistic masterpieces and this 1924 dress certainly showcases his skill and elegant style. Dazzling! ✨
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Friday Treat Time! Three glamourous evening dresses to share from the virtual stores: Cream ribbed silk evening dress by Madame Delbarre, London, ca. 1876. Blue silk evening dress, by Lucile (Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon), ca.1911 and yellow printed evening dress, Versace, ca. 2000s 🌻
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Friday Treat Time! We love the leg-of-mutton or gigot sleeves on this beautiful pale pink silk satin dress with black stripes from 1893 💗 A voluminous puff of fabric at the upper arm that tapers into a tight fit of black lace from the elbow to the wrist. Made by Duboys, Paris
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Friday Treat Time! A sumptuous wine coloured silk satin day dress with velvet trim from 1884 that bears all the hallmarks of mid-1880s style. Note the return of the bustle, swagged overskirt revealing a pleated underskirt and a beautiful bodice with a double row of buttons
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Friday Treat Time and a VAD nurse’s uniform from 1914 to mark
#RemembranceDay
and commemorate all those involved in wartime conflict. This starched white cotton uniform apron with its handstitched Red Cross symbol was worn by a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse during WWI.
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#DressOfTheYear
2021 was selected by Dazed magazine’s Ibrahim Kamara and Gareth Wrighton who chose a version of an Armani dress worn by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Find out more here
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Friday Treat Time! This gorgeous sack back dress - or robe à la française – dates to the 1750s and is made from a woven pink silk incorporating silver metal thread and silver metal strip. Just imagine it glittering in the candlelight! ✨
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Friday Treat Time and some fantastic Victorian bathing costumes to celebrate
#TeamGB
’s success in the swimming pool at the Tokyo Olympic Games! Navy blue wool woman’s bathing costume with white trim, c.1900; and man’s blue and white striped knitted wool bathing costume, c.1900 ⚓
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Iconic footwear brand
@drmartens
celebrates the 60th anniversary of their original 1460 boot today!🎉Part of shoe history over the past six decades, this iconic silhouette has been re-imagined in a rainbow of colourways and designs
#The1460Remastered
#Shoephoria
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Friday Treat Time! LOVE the bustle on this 1880s plum coloured satin dress ❤️ Decorated with woven floral borders of lilies of the valley and roses and trimmed with ecru lace. You can see the dress on display alongside a lookalike doll in
#LittleandLarge
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