Tag Archives: fashion

Fashion for the uninitiated

Art   Collections & Objects   Design   Exhibitions   Fashion   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery
Posted by administrator on March 12, 2012     Permalink     Comments (1)

I have to say, I’m a bit like Ugly Betty when it comes to dressing myself and having knowledge of the fashion world, so creating a fashion-inspired exhibition was a learning curve for me. ‘When art became fashion: the story… Read more

Bob Renaut Blog No. 2 – Guest blog by South Shields Museum & Art Gallery Volunteers Jean and Wendy

Collections & Objects   Fashion   Local History   Social History   South Shields Museum & Art Gallery   Volunteering
Posted by administrator on May 16, 2011     Permalink     Comments (5)

Bob was born on 8 April 1944, unfortunately only seven months after his father was killed on active duty as a Pilot Warrant Officer in the RAF. He attended South Shields Boy’s Grammar School, where he received school colours for… Read more

Shoemaking craze hits fashionable society

Collections & Objects   Discovery Museum   Fashion   Social History
Posted by administrator on October 18, 2010     Permalink     Comments (1)

Here is a photograph of a slipper table that we have in the museum collection. I didn’t know anything about slipper tables until this week when I got an email from a postgraduate student in Dublin. She is researching the… Read more