Wednesday 26 February 2014

Costume and Textiles Association New Members Tea

On Saturday I ventured into Norwich Castle to a room that is not normally open to the public for the new members tea for The Costume and Textile Association - an independent charity which was set up to promote the unique costume and textile collection of the Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service.

Established in 1989 with a current membership of around 500. They put on events throughout the year - talk. exhibitions and tours around normally unseen areas of the museums in Norfolk.  This year they are planning Great War Fashion (think Mr Selfridge) - a history wardrobe presentation, and as they are celebrating the 80's with an afternoon of nostalgia of there 25 year history.

Until I went along I had no idea that such treasures were tucked away including original Horrocks Dresses along side books, and a wealth of information on the clothes we wore and the textile industry in Norwich.


Two of the stunning dresses they had on display.
 
 
And the cupcakes were good too!!
 
 
I am really excited that I will be working with some of the members to create a window display in the reception of The Maids Head for http://norwichfashion.co.uk/ so make sure that you pop along and check out the display.
 
If you want to find out more information or become a member yourself - and I thoroughly recommend it to get a chance to see all the fabulous costumes and textiles that have - www.ctacostume.org.uk
 

 
 




2 comments:

  1. When I was a kid growing up in Norfolk, Stranger's Hall was one of my favourite places to go, and they used to have parts of the costume collection on show there. It's such a shame there's not a dedicated museum for it in the city.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I know it would be fabulous to have a proper museum that showcased the wonderful collections - especially since we have Norwich Fashion Week and such a big vintage community here - maybe one day!!

    ReplyDelete