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Fab Fashions on Merseyside - The Costume Society Thursday, September 4th 2014 –Friday, September 5th 2014 Liverpool, European Capital of Culture in 2008, has more museums and galleries and listed buildings than any British city outside London. With the assistance of Pauline Rushton, Curator of Decorative Arts, National Museums Liverpool, a two day visit had been arranged to see some of the dress and textile treasures to be found there. Thursday’s programme will include a visit to Liverpool museums’ costume stores, where Pauline will show a selection of fashionable items from the 18th century to cutting-edge contemporary. Friday will be spent visiting the Lady Lever Gallery in Port Sunlight, where Pauline will introduce some of Lord Lever’s exceptional collection of 17th and 18th century stumpwork and embroidered pictures, and we can see gallery displays of tapestries, needlework-upholstered furniture, ceramics and Pre-Raphaelite paintings. The cost of the visit, £30.00, covers all visits listed above, but not travel or accommodation.
The Cool Hunter - Welcome Fashion - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums Evening dress, rayon, nylon and lurex, made by Bill Gibb, 1973. National Museums Liverpool has a large collection of Western European costume, numbering some 10,000 items and dating from about 1700 to the present day. All aspects of male and female fashionable dress are represented, including indoor and outdoor clothing, underwear, shoes, hats and accessories. There is a similar-sized collection of Western European textiles, divided between the Walker Art Gallery and the Lady Lever Art Gallery at Port Sunlight. Image gallery Fashion collection areas 18th century fashion The fashion collection includes approximately 50 items of male and female dress from the 18th century. Early 19th century fashion There are approximately 50 garments, both male and female, dating from the period between 1800 and the 1840s. The Liverpool dressmaking trade Liverpool's 19th and 20th century dressmaking trade and clothing retail history are well-represented within the fashion collection. Designer fashion
Bean sprouts: the strange trend taking over China Over the last few years, we’ve seen a lot of weird fashion trends emerge on the internet. First there was normcore (coined by K-HOLE), which, technically speaking, was aggressively generic as opposed to weird. Then there was bonnetcore, the phenomenon of Brooklynites wearing bonnets (identified by Paper magazine). And more recently, there’s been bagcore – Taiwanese women wearing carrier bags (yep, we coined that shit). Now? Hailing from China, the latest strange trend to take the web by storm is sproutcore – bean sprout hair clips. Bejing’s style trailblazers have been wearing these accessories, which, in something of a trompe d’oeil, create the illusion of beans growing out of their hair. And it’s easy to participate in this fashion phenomenon: bean sprout hair clips are available to purchase from eBay for just £0.63.
Manchester Art Gallery Gallery of Costume Address Gallery of Costume Platt Hall Rusholme Manchester M14 5LL Tel: 0161 245 7245 Opening hours We are open Thursday and Friday 1-5pm Saturday and Sunday 10am – 5pm Entry is free Shopping Our revamped shop stocks a wide range of books, postcards and gifts inspired by costume. Refreshments We have a pop-up cafe selling delicious coffee, tea, cakes and snacks. Getting here The Gallery of Costume is on the corner of Wilmslow Road and Platt Lane, in Platt Fields Park, Rusholme, South Manchester. By Bus From the city centre: 40-46, 48-49, 142-3. For more detailed bus information, telephone 0161 228 7811 or visitGMPTE’s website. By Car On-road parking is available on Platt Lane. By Coach The most appropriate coach drop off point is on Platt Lane, off Wilmslow Road to the side of the gallery. Access The Gallery of Costume welcomes visitors with disabilities. There are stairs with handrails to the first floor. Manchester City Galleries has an active and sociable Friends’ group.