Fabric: Touch and Identity
Playful and provocative, this exhibition explores how clothes and textiles conceal, reveal and seduce through the lenses of art, design, fashion, film and dance.
Free – £7
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Compton Verney Warwickshire
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Moquette
London Transport Museum Depot 118-120 Gunnersbury Lane, Acton, London, United KingdomLT Museum has recently uncovered fascinating stories behind the commissioning, design, manufacturing and use of Moquette through the ages. We will look at those designed by Enid Marx, Paul Nash, Marianne Straub and Marion Dorn and hear from current designers Wallace Sewell and how the Bauhaus has inspired their designs.
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Eleri Mills – Egni: a decade of creativity
Ruthin Craft Centre Park Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, United KingdomDuring the last ten years life has enabled Eleri to concentrate solely on her work exploring many avenues of creativity, unbounded and with total autonomy. This exhibition surveys that decade and reflects on Eleri’s creative journey.
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Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk
This exhibition presents the kimono as a dynamic and constantly evolving icon of fashion, revealing the sartorial, aesthetic and social significance of the garment from the 1660s to the present day, both in Japan and the rest of the world.
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#SeptTextileLove
An Instagram challenge running throughout September all about textiles. The full list of prompts will be shared on the seam blog on 31 August, ready for people to respond to from 1 September.
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Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women’s Rights
British Library 96 Euston Road, London, United KingdomA fairer world for everyone: the fight for women’s rights is unfinished business.
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Curative Things: Medicine/Fashion/Art Symposium
Online EventThis symposium focuses on objects at the intersections between art and fashion, health and medicine.
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The Joy of Print – in conversation with Cath Kidston
Online EventAn in conversation event with visionary designer (and one of our newest members) Cath Kidston.
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Talking Textiles – Silks from Spitalfields to East Anglia with Mary Schoeser
Online EventJoin textile historian, Mary Schoeser, for a fascinating insight into the world of silk weaving.
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Joan Charnley: Textiles, Art and Legacy
Online EventJoin us online with Nigel Durkan, co-founder of The Weavers Factory for a talk on award-winning textile designer Joan Charnley.
£5 – £10