Programme of Online Events
Zoom Talks and Presentations, Webinars, Workshops, Craft Sessions, Chat
Ticket Price unless otherwise stated: £5 per person plus booking fee.
Closed Caption Subtitles are available on all online events.
Zoom Talks and Presentations, Webinars, Workshops, Craft Sessions, Chat
Ticket Price unless otherwise stated: £5 per person plus booking fee.
Closed Caption Subtitles are available on all online events.
Online Events in 2022:
How to book
All Zoom events can be easily booked via Eventbrite - just click on the underlined link for each event listed on this page and it will automatically take you to the booking site.
YOUR EMAIL: If you are a member, and have not let us have your email address, you will be missing out on Zoom invitations and also the e-newsletter. Email Pauline on ctacostume@gmail.com if you would like to be contacted by email.
Wednesday June 29, 2022 @ 7:00 PM – 8:30pm
Gloves and their meanings
Anne Green, Emeritus Professor of French at Kings College London. From gloves found in Tutankhamun’s pyramid tomb, to exquisitely embroidered and sequined confections, to 21st century Bluetooth-enabled gloves. ‘Show me your glove and I’ll tell you who you are’ was a common saying in the 19th century. Linked to honour, status and identity as well as to decadence and deceit, gloves have been credited with powers that extend to marriage, magic and even murder.
Click on this link to book:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/258622465757
Thursday July 28, 2022 @ 7:00 PM – 8:30pm
Behind the Scenes at the Museum. How to mount costumes for display.
Textile conservator Deborah Phipps shares the secrets of how to make historic costumes look fabulous. There is a painstaking art in displaying historical costumes so that each outfit looks as it would have done when worn by real people. Deborah takes us behind the scenes to reveal the often expensive and time consuming art of showing historic dress at its best for the best possible visitor experience.
Click on this link to book:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the-scenes-at-the-museum-how-to-mount-costumes-for-display-tickets-273849349777?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
** Can't make the live talk? Deborah has kindly agreed that we can record her talk and send you the link afterwards. Sign up via Eventbrite to be on the list for the recording.
Tuesday 27 September, 2022 @ 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM BST
Paisley Pattern Panorama
Dr Dan Coughlan, Curator of Textiles, Paisley Museum gives a panoramic view of the Paisley pattern, through its various forms & time periods, its origins go back to antiquity, with several cultures claiming it as their own. Today, however, its appeal is universal, transcending all cultural divides. It can be seen on the surfaces of numerous objects and materials all over the world. Dr Dan Coughlan looks at its various forms, and exploring its use in the decorative arts of many different cultures and time periods.
Click on this link to book:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/paisley-pattern-panorama-tickets-333469264547?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Provisional date:
Tues 18 October @ 7 pm - not on Eventbrite yet - watch this space ...
Tutankhamun’s Wardrobe
Garments from the tomb of Tutankhamen
Dr Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood, Director, Textile Research Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
Provisional date:
Tues 18 October @ 7 pm - not on Eventbrite yet - watch this space ...
Tutankhamun’s Wardrobe
Garments from the tomb of Tutankhamen
Dr Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood, Director, Textile Research Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
Tuesday, 15 November, 2022 @ 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM BST
Norman Hartnell dresses HM the Queen:
Stories from the Couturier's Archive
Her Majesty the Queen was dressed by Hartnell for over forty years until his death in 1979. He most famously designed the Queen’s wedding dress in 1947 and her coronation dress in 1953. Hartnell also created hundreds of ensembles for numerous Royal tours and State events, creating a Royal style and working wardrobes for Her Majesty that still resonate in terms of the Royal ‘look’ today and his Royal designing inspired his fashion collections. Dr Jane Hattrick will explore these stories of fashion and Royal dressing through a study of original sketched designs, Royal correspondence and paperwork, photographs, garments and interviews with Hartnell staff and assess Hartnell’s legacy in terms of dressing Her Majesty the Queen in 2022, the year of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Click on this link to book:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/norman-hartnell-dresses-hm-the-queen-stories-from-the-couturiers-archive-tickets-347053595647?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Norman Hartnell dresses HM the Queen:
Stories from the Couturier's Archive
Her Majesty the Queen was dressed by Hartnell for over forty years until his death in 1979. He most famously designed the Queen’s wedding dress in 1947 and her coronation dress in 1953. Hartnell also created hundreds of ensembles for numerous Royal tours and State events, creating a Royal style and working wardrobes for Her Majesty that still resonate in terms of the Royal ‘look’ today and his Royal designing inspired his fashion collections. Dr Jane Hattrick will explore these stories of fashion and Royal dressing through a study of original sketched designs, Royal correspondence and paperwork, photographs, garments and interviews with Hartnell staff and assess Hartnell’s legacy in terms of dressing Her Majesty the Queen in 2022, the year of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Click on this link to book:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/norman-hartnell-dresses-hm-the-queen-stories-from-the-couturiers-archive-tickets-347053595647?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Tuesday 13 December, 2022 @ 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM BST
Dressing Disasters: Fabulous, Fantastic, Frivolous and even Fatal Fashions
Foibles of fashion and dresses to die for ... the most fantastic, frivolous and even fatal fashion statements. Caroline Whiting takes a lighthearted look at some of costume history's most extraordinary fashion fads and outrageous outfits, and exposes some of the discomforts the fashion conscious have endured over the centuries to achieve the latest 'look'.
Click on this link to book:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dressing-disasters-fabulous-fantastic-frivolous-and-even-fatal-fashions-tickets-333578972687?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Dressing Disasters: Fabulous, Fantastic, Frivolous and even Fatal Fashions
Foibles of fashion and dresses to die for ... the most fantastic, frivolous and even fatal fashion statements. Caroline Whiting takes a lighthearted look at some of costume history's most extraordinary fashion fads and outrageous outfits, and exposes some of the discomforts the fashion conscious have endured over the centuries to achieve the latest 'look'.
Click on this link to book:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dressing-disasters-fabulous-fantastic-frivolous-and-even-fatal-fashions-tickets-333578972687?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
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Members' Monthly Afternoon Chats on Zoom
Free Zoom Events for C&TA Members Only.
Wherever you are in the world, drop in for an afternoon of friendly chat, costume and textile news, exhibition and book reviews, maybe a fun quiz, a chance to show off your talent, share ideas and skills, discover new techniques and talk textiles. All are welcome. Make yourself a cuppa and meet other members.
Here is an a-z taster of just some of the topics that have come up so far:
Applique, Button making, Bora, Catwalk Couture, Costume Design, Crochet, Dressmaking, Embroidery, Farthingales, Ganseys, Hats and Hemlines, Illustration, Jewellery, Knitting, Lacemaking, Museum-pieces, Needlepoint, Objets d'Art, Patchwork, Quilting, Quiz, Royal wardrobes, Sashiko Stitches, Tapestry, Tatting, Underwear, Visible-mending, Victorian pockets, Weaving, EXhibitions, Yarn, Zips and fasteners- the list is endless!
Members will be emailed a link before each event:
Afternoon Chats take a break over the summer and will return in September. Watch this space for details.