Costume and textiles sessions
Using the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection and our historic costume handling collection as inspiration we will look at examples of how royal fashion has influenced high street fashion through the centuries. Royal symbols, fabrics and styles have always been adapted and imitated by the fashion community. Court and royal insignia can be seen to have gone from court to catwalk to Topshop, with gold epaulettes adorning the shoulders of many high street jackets. There have been some royal trendsetters associated with Kensington Palace too, from Princess Charlotte to Princess Margaret and Diana Princess of Wales. This session will look at those trends and give students the opportunity to use the handling collection to come up with their own contemporary designs.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 11.00 and 13.00
Friday 11.00 only
1.5 hours
£100 plus admission
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