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1. The Artist Imagination
(Telling stories with clothes)
... maker, was worn by the princess at Ascot races and at the wedding of her cousin, the Honourable Gerald Lascelles, to Angela Dowding, in 1952. Nine layers of stiffened net give fullness to the skirt.   ...
2. Exhibition Space
(Displaying clothes)
... at the beginning is good customer service. The doors and showcase openings play a huge role for exhibiting costume. For example, a dress with a large crinoline skirt, mounted on a mannequin in the workshop, ...
3. St Gallen – the story of lace
(Telling stories with clothes)
... Bobbin lace and needle work could be applied to this fabric.  During the Biedermeier period lace ornaments were again in fashion. Blondes were particularly favoured. The wide skirt of the crinoline, ...
4. Lace for an Empress
(Telling stories with clothes)
... is missing, there are a variety of options when mounting the dress.  The material and color of the fabric as well as the actual length and effective width of the skirt, the cut of the top of the collar ...
5. Miser’s Purses
(Telling stories with clothes)
... by both women and men. Men would have stored their purses in the pockets of their breeches, jackets or coats, while women would have kept their purses in their skirt pockets or bags. Women’s magazine ...
6. Pattern-Taking
(Working with clothes)
... use a pencil, never a pen. Pens should never come near museum objects)       Before you start: Practice on new garments and start with something relatively simple like a skirt. ...
7. Dress and Personal Narrative
(Working with clothes)
... dress the Hmong diaspora in various parts of the world. Apart from the resist-dyed skirt and cross-stitched embroidery, the rest of the costume has been machine-made.   Children’s voice Children’s ...
8. Reconstructions
(Displaying clothes)
... a reconstruction or reproduction of a garment? when the original piece is too fragile or too important to display If an original garment is missing an important part (sleeve, overskirt, collar, etc.) ...
9. Guidelines
(Working with clothes)
... using individually padded hangers and white cotton tapes to take the weight of heavy skirts. Strained materials will tear and develop creases and distortions. Ensure sufficient space to allow air circulation ...
10. Anna Maria, the Queen’s Midget
(Telling stories with clothes)
... to deduce that she enjoyed the Queen’s favor, as the dress of silk and lace are equal to what fashionable women at court wore. The bodice, skirt and hooded overgown are all made of a bright green patterned ...
11. Take a Closer Look at Costume
(Working with clothes)
... The construction of the garments should always be described in the same order, for example by starting in the back and going forward, then taking the arm and finally the skirt, also from back to front. ...
12. 1962 Dress Memories
(Telling stories with clothes)
... girls embraced the full-skirted style of the early 1960s, often in dresses made by themselves or their mothers. There was a sense that there were many sartorial rules which teenagers had to follow. ...
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