Fashionable Yorkshire Exhibition

Fashionable Yorkshire Exhibition
26th July 2017
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Object of the week-Jane North bodice

Fabulously flamboyant and elegant this colourful garment played its part in a true Leeds rags-to-riches story. The eye-catching leg of mutton sleeve bodice dates from around 1895 and once belonged to Jane North, a former Hunslet factory worker. While she was working in Leeds, Jane met and married John Thomas North, the son of a…
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Fashionable Yorkshire
14th June 2017
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Object of the week- Quaker dresses

An elegant look at a bygone age and a different lifestyle, this simple but stylish dress once belonged to a member of a prominent Yorkshire Quaker family. One of two similar dresses currently on display in Lotherton’s fabulous Fashionable Yorkshire exhibition, the dress dates from the mid-1700s. Along with its counterpart, it is believed…
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Street Style
2nd June 2017
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New fashion film explores why Leeds is a city of style

The people of Leeds have been made sartorial stars in a new film exploring the city’s passion for fashion. Put together by a team of young people working with Leeds Museums and Galleries, the Street Style film examines the looks and trends of people from different backgrounds, age groups and communities through a series of interviews at well-known…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
19th April 2017
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Object of the week- Mary Holden Illingworth dress

A glamorous glimpse into one Yorkshire woman’s passion for fashion, this elaborate dress is currently on display at Lotherton Hall. Part of a stunning new exhibition of fabulous outfits worn by local women over the past 500 years, the dress once belonged to Mary Holden Illingworth, who lived in both Bradford and Paris between…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
16th March 2017
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Focus on fashion as exhibition explores how Yorkshire women dress to impress

It’s a collection of timelessly fabulous fashion any Yorkshire woman would be proud of. And this weekend, Lotherton Hall’s stunning fashion galleries will be transformed into the ultimate historical walk-in wardrobe for a spectacular new sartorial celebration. The glamorous Fashionable Yorkshire exhibition will see the galleries filled with outfits worn by local women over the past…
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