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  • A Stitch in Time saves Nine

    Online Event

    Discover how a more considered approach to fashion purchases, and towards a more Make do and Mend approach can help combat Fast Fashion.

  • Flowered Silk and Duchesse Satin

    Online Event

    Curator Shelley Tobin takes a closer look at fashionable dress highlighting some of the most prevalent colours and patterns favoured by fashionable women in the mid to late-19th century.

  • The House of Embroidered Paper presents THE REGENCY WARDROBE

    Firle Place Lewes, E Sussex, United Kingdom

    Stephanie Smart established The House of Embroidered Paper in 2017 and won the TS Professional Development award. Her exhibition at Firle Place will feature Regency garments produced from paper and thread, inspired by period, place, history and story.

    £40

  • Deception and Disguise: Smock Narratives

    Online Event

    A talk on the history of the English smock frock focussing on the 19th century as part of working-class clothing cultures and menswear.

    £5 – £15

  • Moquette: London Transport Museum

    London Transport Museum Depot 118-120 Gunnersbury Lane, Acton, London, United Kingdom

    The London Transport Museum has recently uncovered fascinating stories behind the commissioning, design, manufacturing and use of moquette through the ages. Join us on a behind the scenes visit to the Museum's Depot (store) to meet Wallace Sewell, current moquette designers for the Underground.

    £5 – £8

  • IN SEARCH OF POSSIBILITIES

    The Art Pavilion Mile End Park, Clinton Road, London, United Kingdom

    International exhibiting group Prism Textiles will be exhibiting at The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park for the first time this autumn.

  • Annual Conference 2021

    Wellcome Collection 183 Euston Rd, London, United Kingdom

    The Textile Society Annual Conference 2021 explores the theme of ‘Tools’ – their significance in the history of textiles and their influence on contemporary practice. From the simplicity of a darning needle held in the back pocket to the complexity of an industrial power loom, tools are the extension of our creativity, a connection between thinking and making, imagination and invention.

    £29 – £89

  • A History of Fashion in 100 Objects

    Fashion Museum Bath Assembly Rooms, Bennett Street, Bath, United Kingdom

    One hundred star objects from the Fashion Museum collection.

  • BLANKET COVERAGE

    Touring from Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre in Wales, Blanket Coverage will showcase the best in contemporary woven textiles created by makers from across Wales, the UK and internationally.