Autumn is the time for lazy Sundays mooching around London's museums and top of my list to visit this month if the new 1920s Jazz Age exhibit at the Fashion & Textile Museum.
With a glittering display of haute couture and ready-to-wear fashion from 1919 to 1929, from Paris and London to New York and Hollywood, the decade following the Great War offered the modern woman a completely new style of dressing. With over 150 garments, this stunning selection of sportswear, printed day dresses, fringed flapper dresses, beaded evening wear, velvet capes, and silk pyjamas reveals the glamour, excess, frivolity and modernity of the decade.
Colourful illustrations by Gordon Conway from the Illustrated London News Archive at Mary Evans and photographs by Abbe, Beaton, Man Ray, and Baron de Meyer highlight the role of photographs and magazines in promoting the 1920s look. It's a must-visit for any fashion fan.
Exhibition Dates: 23 September – 15 January 2017 Open Tuesdays to Saturdays, 11am–6pm Thursdays until 8pm Sundays, 11am–5pm Last admission 45 minutes before closing Closed Mondays
Advance booking online is recommended but tickets may be purchased in person on the day of the visit, subject to availability £9.90 adults/£7.70 concessions/£6 students. Children under 12 are free.
Book Online at www.ftmlondon.org
Love Laurel x
