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From the English seaside to the Côte d'Azur and California, Riviera Style celebrates fashion at its most fun. With swimsuits and sarongs, brightly patterned beach cover-ups, boat neck Bretons and beach pyjamas, palazzo pants and playsuits, bikinis and burkinis, the exhibition features over 100 years of clothes for leisure. Riviera Style brings together a diverse range of clothing worn in and by the sea.
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Exhibition now extended until 13th September 2015 due to popular demand. Tuesdays - Saturdays, 11am-6pm Thursdays until 8pm Sundays, 11am-5pm Closed Mondays Book exhibition tickets here |
Also on display: RAYNE Shoes for Stars
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Display open until 13 September 2015
Explore a century of sensational British shoes made from extraordinary materials and worn by the world's most glamorous women, including Vivien Leigh, Marlene Dietrich and Brigitte Bardot. Awarded three Royal Warrants, Rayne made the shoes of Queen Elizabeth II including her wedding shoes. more
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Also on display: Nautical Chic by Amber Jane Butchart
©Amber Butchart photographed by Kensington Leverne
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Display open until 13 September 2015
This display takes inspiration from the pages ofNautical Chic, the new publication by fashion historian Amber Jane Butchart. Charting the influence of the enduring archetypes of the sea on the history of style, from the Officer, the Sailor and the Fisherman, to the Sportsman and the Pirate, that have had a wide reaching impact throughout the course of fashion to contemporary design today. more |
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Katie Jones Knit AW14 ©Katie Jones
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