Thursday, June 23, 2011

Melbourne Costume Collection

At Tuesday night's sit and sew this week, Ailsa told us about an amazing heritage exhibition of Australian clothing and textiles.

A view of the exhibition space - source

Take a look at this great article about Loel and the collection on The Age website. There are also a lovely series of review pieces on the collection by Nicole Jenkins from the Circa Vintage Clothing blog. If you scroll down past the first post on this link, you can read through Nicole's reviews. For anyone that loves vintage clothing, costumes or textiles Nicole's blog is a great read in general.

A gorgeous flapper dress from the 20's - source


And for those of you that might be interested in attending here is a bit of information on the collection...

The Costume Collection, 39 Greenaway Street, Bulleen.
For enquiries and tour bookings, telephone: (03) 9852 1794

Learn about the history of the collection by owners Bryan and Loel Thomson, then tour the fascinating collection of Australian costume dating from 1788.

Loel is a private collector who has dedicated her time and resources to the collection, preservation and display of two hundred years of Australian fashion.

The collection is open to Group Tours by Appointment Only.

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