{"id":208,"date":"2021-12-30T10:30:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T09:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homesandantiques.com\/?p=24577"},"modified":"2021-12-30T10:50:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T09:50:12","slug":"the-best-fashion-museums-to-visit-this-year","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/homesantiques\/rss_feed\/the-best-fashion-museums-to-visit-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The best fashion museums to visit this year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Rhiannon Batten\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 30 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Fashion Museum, Bath<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Bath Fashion Museum\u2019s \u2018sack back\u2019 gown, c1760<\/span><\/figcaption> Photography: Peter J Stone<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Housed in Bath\u2019s elegant Georgian Assembly Rooms since 1963 and moving to a new home in 2023, this historic dress collection started out as the Museum of Costume, but evolved into the Fashion Museum<\/a> in 2007. It was founded by designer and collector Doris Langley Moore, who donated her private collection to the city. <\/span><\/p>\n

Exhibits now range from an elaborate brocaded floral yellow silk robe and petticoat dating from about 1760, to a collection of dinky shoe-shaped wedding ornaments from the 1940s, currently on display in the museum\u2019s \u2018Shoephoria!\u2019 exhibition<\/a>, which runs into 2022. <\/span><\/p>\n

Victoria & Albert Museum, London<\/span><\/h2>\n
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An embroidered women\u2019s waistcoat at the V&A<\/span><\/figcaption> Richard Davis<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The V&A\u2019s<\/a> extensive fashion catalogue includes several sub-collections, from theatrical costumes to standalone hat and underwear assemblages. <\/span><\/p>\n

Many items \u2013 including a women\u2019s waistcoat dating from the 1790s, a 1936 velvet and organdie evening dress by Schiaparelli, and an exquisite Art Deco tennis dress \u2013 are on permanent display in Room 40, the museum\u2019s fashion gallery. Others get their turn in the spotlight during temporary exhibitions. <\/span><\/p>\n

One current show, \u2018Bags: Inside Out\u2019, for instance, showcases an elaborate chatelaine from the late 1800s and a 1921 despatch box owned by Winston Churchill.<\/span><\/p>\n

Petersfield Museum, Hampshire<\/span><\/h2>\n
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An 1845\u201350 wedding dress at Petersfield Museum.<\/span><\/figcaption> Michael Focarde<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Reopened earlier this year after an extensive overhaul, one of the star attractions is the Bedales Historic Dress Collection<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Originally developed by the former head of drama at Bedales School for use in productions, it ranges from crinolines and ball gowns to mourning wear, swimwear and sportswear (including an elegant England First XI ladies\u2019 hockey dress from the 1890s, complete with lace cuffs). <\/span><\/p>\n

Current items on display from the collection include two intricate 19th-century wedding dresses, an elaborately embroidered Georgian waistcoat and a dapper pink hunting coat dating from 1837. <\/span><\/p>\n

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