A friend just pointed this out to me, a 'new, publicly accessible collection of haute couture, fashion garments and everyday clothing (which) provides a unique historical and cultural record of Yorkshire life and documents clothing produced, purchased and worn by Yorkshire folk throughout the 20th Century'.
The collection is housed at Salts Mill, Saltaire, so, always a good day out. There is an introductory exhibition designed to encourage the future development of the archive with help from the public, running from 16th April to 15th May.
The archive's website has a lot more information and a nice little slideshow, in which I spotted a floral full length dress which could be in Topshop's window today, and a disconcerting ballgown which reminded me too much of the American quilt pattern 'darts of death', or 'widow's quilt', the only reference to which I've ever seen is in Shiela Betterton's 'Quilts and Coverlets from the American Museum in Bath'.
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I visited the show a few weeks ago. As this represents 'my era' and as I worked at two of the great department stores mentioned in the exhibition, it was so interesting and soooo nostalgic!
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