See Bexhill Museum’s sumptuous fashion and costume collections with their curators on hand
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CS Ambassador Eanna Morrison Barrs interviews Elinor Camille-Wood, curator of the Fashion Gallery at Bankfield Museum, Halifax, on exhibition until 24th December 2019.
CS Ambassador Beth Graham shares highlights from day two of our 'Pre-Raphelites and the Arts and Craft Movement' conference, 2019.
CS Ambassador Katy Canales shares highlights from day one of our 'Pre-Raphelites and the Arts and Craft Movement' conference, 2019.
CS Ambassador Emma Kelly visits NMI to discover more about Irish dress exhibited in ‘The Way We Wore’ exhibition.
The winners were announced at our conference in Birmingham
CS Ambassador Kate Clive-Powell talks quilted dress with Jen Jones
Do you know your alb from your chasuble? Diana Symes enlightens us
Hollywood Glamour's influence on dressmaking
A Costume Society Elizabeth Hammond Conservation Grant has been made to Manchester Art Gallery
CS Ambassador Emma Kelly takes a look at the enduring power of the Haute Couture industry in 1940s occupied Paris.
Promoting the study of all aspects of clothing and textiles, the Society aims to encourage access to costume history, including contemporary dress. Our appeal is wide-ranging and object-based. Our members include academics, collectors, curators, designers, re-enactors, students and informed enthusiasts across the world. What we have in common is our wish to provide the best and most varied opportunities to study this fascinating topic.
Find out more about us and how to join the Society
The Awards hosted by the Costume Society were made possible by three generous benefactors
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We are a lively, friendly organisation whose aim is to promote the study and preservation of historic and contemporary dress.
Closed for 2019. Awarded annually to a student whose final project / dissertation deals with an aspect of the history of dress.
A scholarly publication presenting current research into contemporary and historic dress.
