Fashion & Textile Museum - Sunday Times recommends 1920s Jazz Age

Sunday Times recommends 1920s Jazz Age

Opens Friday 23 SeptemberAs featured in the Sunday Times this summer, make like The Great Gatsby and immerse yourself in 1920s style. The exhibition features both haute couture and ready-to-wear fashion from that dizzy decade between 1919-1929. Book online £9.90 adults* / £7.70 concessions* £6 students / Children under 12 free Tickets must be purchased in advance. *Includes 10% gift aid Jazz Age Fashion Collectors’ TalkFriday 23 September / 1pmMeet the Jazz Age Fashion and Photographs collectors and lenders, Mark and Cleo Butterfield, Terence Pepper and the Mary Evans Picture Archive in conversation with the exhibition curator Dennis Nothdruft. £10

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

What's on this Autumn

Photoshop for Textile Designers3-day short course / Beginner Level29 September – 1 October / 10:30am–4pmThis course will teach you the tools, techniques and methods used to create effective textile designs, repeat patterns and present your ideas. £200 The Fashion of FilmThursday 29 September / 6-8pmTo celebrate the launch of The Fashion of Film: How Cinema has Inspired Fashion, join fashion historian Amber Butchart on a journey through the last 100 years of cinema style and its influence on the catwalks. £15 / £12 students Art Deco Architecture in LondonFri 30 September / 11.30am & 12.15pmJoin expert guide Yannick Pucci for a dazzling short talk about London’s Jazz Age Architecture. *Free with exhibition entry Illustrator for Textile Designers3-day short course / Beginner LevelThur 6 – Sat 8 October / 10:30am–4pmIdeal for creating intricate, complex and decorative design elements, Illustrator has a vast range of tools perfect for textile designers. £200 The Long Weekend: Life in the 1920s English Country HouseThursday 6 October / 6–8pmStep into the fascinating surroundings of the English Country House during the 1920s with expert guide Adrian Tinniswood.£15 / £12 students

Silk Painting WorkshopThursday 6 October / 6.15pmDraw inspiration from the 1920s Jazz Age palette and paint your own piece of wearable art. £40 for one / £70 for two JAMES ABBE:Photographer of the Jazz AgeFriday 7 October / 11.30amThis talk celebrates the work of this master 20th century photographer and presents new insights on James Abbe’s approach to fashion photography and celebrity portraiture. *Free with exhibition entry Couture Techniques WorkshopSaturday 8 October / 10.45am–4.30pmLed by Zandra Rhode’s dress maker Jolanta Cerniauskiene, this popular 1-day workshop will give you the know-how and confidence to work with high end fabrics such as chiffon and silk satin. £80 Tales of Jazz Age FashionFriday 14 October / 11.30amJoin Dennis Nothdruft, Curator of 1920s Jazz Age Fashion, to discuss the changing silhouette of women’s clothing from 1919 to 1929. *Free with exhibition entry Norma Talmadge, 1922, © James Abbe Archive