Fashion & Textile Museum - Charleston your way into the Jazz Age

1920s JAZZ AGE Fashion and Photographs BOOKING NOW

Opens Friday 23 September 2016 A glittering display of haute couture and ready-to-wear fashion from 1919 to 1929. With over 150 garments, this stunning exhibition 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. BOOK NOW £9.90 adults* / £7.70 concessions* £6 students / Children under 12 free Tickets must be purchased in advance. *Includes 10% gift aid FREE* Exhibition Highlights Tour Fri 23 September / 11.30am & 2.30pm A rare opportunity to learn more about the garments on display with behind-the-scenes. *Free with exhibition entry. Limited to 20 places. BOOK NOW

A Fashion Phantasy by Gordon Conway © Illustrated London News Ltd / Mary Evans.

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Illustrator for Fashion and Textile DesignBeginner Level / Saturday course13, 20 & 27 August / 10:30am–4pmIdeal for creating accurate and detailed design elements, Illustrator has a vast range of tools perfect for fashion and textile designers. This course will teach you how Illustrator is used in industry to create technical flat drawings and decorative textile designs and patterns. £200 Tapestry Weaving IntroductionSaturday 20 August / 10:45am–4:30pmLed by master tapestry weaver Caron Penney, this 1-day workshop covers the basic techniques used to create a tapestry, including plain weave, soft diagonals, hatching, blending and shaping. £80 Photoshop for Textile DesignersBeginner Level / 3-day courseTuesday 23 – Thursday 25 AugustWith a focus on teaching industry-related skills used in the textiles sector, this course will teach you the tools, techniques and methods needed to create effective and professional textile designs, repeat patterns and present your ideas. £200 MUSEUM SUMMER SCHOOL 2016Tuesday 16 – Friday 19 AugustThis 4-day course will take inspiration from the Museum and guide you to produce a sketchbook of research and develop creative ideas into a finished collection of designs. Against the backdrop of the MISSONI Art Colour exhibition you will learn about drawing, colour, how to use different media, and how to develop your creative ideas into finished designs. Aimed at secondary students and adults alike.£210

The House of Peroni takes up residency at the Museum on Thursday nights this August. Enjoy a late view of Missoni Art Colour exhibition while enjoying a complimentary Peroni Nastro Azzurro Piccola and entertainment on Bermondsey Street. Robert Elms on MenswearThursday 4 August / 6-8pmJoin writer and broadcaster Robert Elms for a social history of London street fashion since the 1960s. Challenging the historians who have chosen to treat fashion as an exclusively feminine realm, this event explores the allure of the male suit, the importance of cloth and why clothes communicate more subtly than most objects. £15 / £12 students Missoni Moments with Diana MurekThursday 25 August / 6-8pmDiscover key moments in the history of Missoni as Diana Marian Murek, Director of Education at the Istituto Marangoni London school, analyses the history of the company since 1953 and how the Missoni brand has successfully promoted Italian values overseas. £15 / £12 students