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SUMMARY:Marie Antoinette Style
DESCRIPTION:Explore Marie Antoinette’s enduring influence on fashion\, art\, and culture.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiscover the captivating world of Marie Antoinette\, the most fashionable queen in history\, at the V&A’s groundbreaking exhibition. With over 250 years of influence on design\, fashion\, and the arts\, this exhibition offers a rare chance to explore the origins and enduring legacy of her iconic style. \nFrom opulent gowns to immersive audiovisual installations\, visitors will experience how the queen’s distinct elegance and notorious life continue to inspire today’s cultural landscape. Don’t miss the chance to engage with fashion\, film\, and art that transcend centuries of creativity and historical significance. \n\n\n\nEvent Details
URL:https://www.textilesociety.org.uk/event/marie-antoinette-style
LOCATION:V&A\, Cromwell Rd\, London\, SW7 2RL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop
DESCRIPTION:From ‘A Room with a View’\, to ‘Downton Abbey’ and ‘Peaky Blinders’\, explore some of the most famous costumes from film and television.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCosprop has changed the way that costume is designed and created. Founded by Oscar and BAFTA-winning costume designer John Bright in 1965\, legendary London based Cosprop specialises in period costume for film\, television and theatre. Through his work as a costume designer\, a costumier\, maker\, advisor\, collector and historian\, Bright’s intelligence and eye for detail is in thousands of film\, television and stage productions. \nThis once-in-a-lifetime exhibition features many costumes never seen in public before and is a celebration of sixty years of Cosprop’s creativity and a unique opportunity to see behind the scenes of this celebrated costume house. Through stunning costumes\, accessories and sketches\, the visitor will learn the design and making process from script-to screen. Leading costume designers and actors will share their thoughts on favourite costumes\, showing how Cosprop brought these magical moments to life. \nCostume Couture\, will be accompanied by a beautiful\, richly illustrated book celebrating sixty years of Cosprop\, written by former V&A film curator Keith Lodwick\, and with a foreword by Dame Judi Dench. \n\n\n\nEvent Details
URL:https://www.textilesociety.org.uk/event/costume-couture-sixty-years-of-cosprop
LOCATION:Fashion and Textile Museum\, 83 Bermondsey Street\, London\, SE1 3XF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:The Bristol Tapestry: A Stitch in Time
DESCRIPTION:The Bristol Tapestry was made by a group of local stitchers in the 1970s. It depicts the history of Bristol.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Bristol Tapestry was the idea of Mrs Jean Tanner and Mrs Marjorie Bleasedale in the late 1960s to record important events from the city’s past. \nBy 1976 the project was complete\, having involved over 90 local people. In fact it’s not a tapestry at all\, but includes many different embroidery stitches\, appliqué techniques and screen printing. \nThe four panels\, which total 22 metres in length\, depict nearly 1000 years in 27 scenes. In 1999 the Tapestry came to its present home at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. The events chosen and the story they tell reflect the time at which the Tapestry was made. \nYou can find the Bristol Tapestry on the ground floor of the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery\, to the right of the main hall (follow the signs to the lift). \n\n\n\nEvent Details
URL:https://www.textilesociety.org.uk/event/the-bristol-tapestry-a-stitch-in-time
LOCATION:Bristol Museum & Art Gallery\, Queens Road\, Bristol\, BS8 1RL
CATEGORIES:Other Events
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SUMMARY:Knitting History Forum Conference 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join the Knitting History Forum annual online conference for an interesting range of presentations on knitting techniques and traditions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy your ticket on Eventbrite here. \nSaturday 7 February 2026 – online – 11.15am to 5.30pm GMT \nThis event will be held live online via Eventbrite and Zoom. Please note – If you cannot attend on the day but would like to watch recordings of the presentations\, please buy a ticket for the event in advance. It will not be possible to access the recordings without a valid ticket for the conference and they will not be available to buy after the event has taken place. \nPlease log into your Eventbrite account and update Zoom ahead of the start time \nConference programme \n11.15am: Online arrivals \n11.20am: Welcome by Professor Sandy Black\, Knitting History Forum Chair \n11.30am-12.05pm: \nThe development of circular knitting needles during the 20th century (see image below) \nSusan Webster\, collector and researcher of knitting tools\, Melbourne\, Australia \n12.05-12.40pm: \nShetland fine lace knitting: an overview of history and design \nCarol Christiansen\, Curator of Collections\, Shetland Museum & Archives\, Scotland \n12.40-1.15pm: \nThe Fair Isle knitting collection at National Museums Scotland: history\, craft and identity \nHelen Wyld\, Senior Curator of Historic Textiles\, National Museums Scotland \n1.15-2.30pm: Refreshment break \n1.45-2.20pm: Refreshment break with group chats for “show & tell” or discussions \n2.30–3.05pm: \nFrom Shetland sheep to US knitters: exploring the history of Shetland wool in handknitting in the United States 1848 to 1990 \nNora Howley\, knitting researcher and educator\, founder of Knitting Tales\, USA \n3.05–3.40pm: \nThe multi-stranded history of hand knitting in Appalachia \nEmily Hilliard\, Folklorist at Berea College\, Kentucky\, USA \n3.40–4.15pm: \nKnitting the pieces together: fragments of knitted stockings from the Swedish warship Vasa 1628 \nJosefin Lindegren\, design and art historian\, Skansen Museum\, Stockholm\, Sweden \n4.15-4.50pm: \nThe undelivered sweater: a 200-year-old knitting time capsule \nAmanda Bevan\, Prize Papers Team Leader\, & Marina Casagrande\, Prize Papers Project Conservator\, at The National Archives; with Margretha Nónklett\, Head of Ethnology\, & Noomi í Dali\, Lecturer in Textile Arts\, Faroe Islands National Museum\, Denmark \n4.50-5.00pm: Thanks and closing remarks \n5.00-5.20 pm: Informal chat (optional) \n5.20pm: Close \nPlease note that there may be changes to the published programme \nThe conference will be recorded and ticketholders will have unlimited access to the recordings soon after the event. There will be a password protected link to the recordings. It will not be possible to download the presentations. \nPlease note – If you cannot attend on the day but would like to watch recordings of the presentations\, please buy a ticket for the event in advance. It will not be possible to access the recordings without a valid ticket for the conference and they will not be available to buy after the event has taken place. \n\n\n\nEvent Details
URL:https://www.textilesociety.org.uk/event/knitting-history-forum-conference-2026
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