The New Woman to The New Look

Name: The New Woman to The New Look
Start: 2024-10-02T10:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-30T11:30:00+01:00
Location: Northampton Museum and Art Gallery

Schedule

Wed Oct 02 2024 at 10:30 am to Wed Oct 30 2024 at 11:30 am

UTC+01:00

Location

Northampton Museum and Art Gallery | Northampton, EN

Five talks during October exploring what women wore in the first half of the twentieth century.
About this Event

The New Woman to the New Look

Wednesdays 2 – 30 October

10.30-11.30am

Northampton Museum & Art Gallery

The New Woman to the New Look is a series of five talks delivered by costume specialist Sharn Matthews and curator Rebecca Shawcross exploring what women in the first half of the twentieth century wore with examples from the clothing and shoe collections at Northampton Museum and Art Gallery.

Wednesday 2 October:

1900s The S-shape silhouette, leisure footwear

Wednesday 9 October:

1910s Hobble skirts, empire lines, boots

Wednesday 16 October:

1920s Hemlines, flappers, bar shoes

Wednesday 23 October:

1930s The bias cut, T-bar shoes, sandals

Wednesday 30 October:

1940s Utility, The New Look, clogs and court shoes

Booking recommended

Series ticket £25 (+ Eventbrite booking fee).

Individual dates can be booked separately for £6 per talk (+ Eventbrite booking fee)

Additional tickets are available to buy in person or via our booking line 01604 526322 in ) during museum opening hours Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 12 midday to 5pm). If Eventbrite tickets are sold out do get in touch with us as there may be more availability at our reception desk.