Fashion Alert! Decades of Design on Show!
Heritage and haute couture will combine in an exciting display of fashion and textiles through the ages as part of National Heritage Weekend. To celebrate its centenary, the Percival Guildhouse is mounting a major display of 100 years of fashion, with outfits, formal and informal, wedding and play, hats and more from the 1920s through to the modern day.
The display, which is being curated by former centre manager and fashion specialist, Sheila Winterton, will be lots of fun. Sheila says: “This will be a wonderful opportunity to discover what people were wearing throughout the century including 1920s flapper dresses, wartime clothing, mid-century designs, 1960s’ miniskirts, 1970s’ psychedelic colours and punk fashion. We will also be showing a range of textiles from different decades and how they were used in our living rooms. It promises to be a great opportunity to reminisce, learn and be inspired.”
Visitors during this weekend 13-14 September, will also be able to view precious artefacts from the Guildhouse Archive collection. Such is the significance of this material, charting 100 years of adult education, that it has attracted a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to enable all material to be preserved and digitised for future generations.
The Guildhouse will be open between 11am-3pm during Heritage Weekend.
Admission is free.
