General Talks

A sweeping survey of the Changing Silhouette, 18thC – 21stC
Costume in the 18th Century
Costume in the 19th Century
Costume in the 20th Century
Costume in the 21st Century

Specific Talks

Body and Soul (concerning portraits and dress)
The Regency Period and Costume in the time of Jane Austen
The Victorians
The Edwardian Period and Fashions
Clothing and the Arts of the 1920s and 1930s
Dressed for the Job – working people’s clothing, 1800 – 1914
Sports Clothing, 1890s – 1940s
Quilting on Clothing
Accessories and their Social Uses
Fashion and Frivolity
Costume and Custom
The Social History of the Handkerchief
Cosmetics of the 18th Century
The Dandy
Assembly Rooms and Bath Assemblies
Hair, Hats and Hatpins
The Final Touch – Lace and decorative work on dress
In the Beginning – Clothing for Babies, Children and their Attendants
Watch your step – Fashions in footwear
Underneath the Lamplight – Clothing in the 1940s
A Flowering of Fashion: Flowers and Fabrics at Court (largely 18th Century)