HERITAGE and haute couture will combine in a display of fashion and textiles through the ages at Rugby’s Percival Guildhouse in September.
To celebrate its centenary and to mark National Heritage Weekend, the Guildhouse is mounting a major display of 100 years of fashion, with outfits, formal and informal, wedding and play, hats and more from the 1920s through to the modern day.
The display is being curated by former centre manager and fashion specialist Sheila Winterton.
She said: “This will be a wonderful opportunity to discover what people were wearing throughout the century, including 1920s flapper dresses, wartime clothing, mid-century designs, 1960s miniskirts, 1970s psychedelic colours, and punk fashion.
“We will also be showing a range of textiles from different decades and how they were used in our living rooms. It promises to be a great opportunity to reminisce, learn and be inspired.”
Visitors during the weekend of September 13-14 will also be able to view precious artefacts from the Guildhouse Archive collection – material charting 100 years of adult education which is of such significance that it has attracted a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to enable all material to be preserved and digitised for future generations.
The Guildhouse will be open between 11am-3pm during Heritage Weekend. Admission is free.
The Percival Guildhouse, the home of lifelong learning in Rugby and unique in Warwickshire, opened in 1925 in the former home of antiquarian Matthew Holbeche Bloxam.
Its Grade II listed building in St Matthew’s Street is both an important part of Rugby’s architectural past, and a vibrant base today for students attending a great variety of art, craft, history and other courses.
Visit www.percival-guildhouse.co.uk for more information.
