The new Fashion and Textile Gallery at the Bowes Museum showcases the best of fashion design, exhibiting beautiful garments from the seventeenth century to the 1960s.
Combining historic collections with contemporary design, the gallery provides temporary exhibition space, a permanent chronological display of dress, and a central glass cube, giving visitors the unique opportunity to be invited into the curators' workspace for talks and demonstrations.
Using cutting-edge methods of display, garments are mounted on invisible mannequins, allowing them to be viewed from 360 degrees. Embroidery, lace and quilts are stored in new units, allowing them to be accessed easily by both curators and visitors.
Spectacularly lit, and placed in innovative free-standing glass structures, the dresses in the gallery provide an exqusiite visual timeline of fashion, and serve to illustrate perfectly this collection of national and international importance.
This blog will provide up to the minute information about events and talks which are held in the new Fashion and Textile Gallery, as well as providing behind-the-scenes information from curators, conservators, volunteers and attendants.
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