Fashion and Style

Textiles on a Tuesday

A delve into Brighton Museum & Art Gallery’s African textiles collection… A few weeks ago I headed out to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery’s artefact store, a huge place filled to the brim with intriguing goodies, old and new. There … Continued

Punks

The 1970s was a time of extremes. High unemployment, power cuts, strikes and terrorism made for a bleak social context in which to celebrate the silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Extreme times created extreme looks, and punk was the … Continued

Teddy Boys

Teddy Boys or ‘Edwardians’ began to appear in the early 1950s on the streets of South and West London. Dandified street gangs; their extravagant dress and defiant pose made them popular subjects for the expanding media of magazines and television … Continued

Casuals

Casuals were born on the football terraces of England in the late 1970s, although not named as such until the early 1980s. Predominantly working class males, Casuals were fixated with up-market European sportswear labels and British classics such as Burberry … Continued

Better than Snow

Following Brighton Writer Squad‘s visit to Brighton Museum, the young writers were asked to write a piece in response to an object (and another piece in response to a costume). Sian (16) wrote a response to two costumes in the Fashion and Style Gallery: … Continued