Deadline is today!! #CFP #fashionexhibitions #museums

Time to start planning your visit to the Fashion City exhibition! Pick up a copy of our book at the same time for a discount...

It's not every day that you discover a 200-year-old handknitted jumper...

Last week a vibrant Faroese-knitted jumper, fine stockings, coins and grain were found in a parcel from a cargo ship seized in 1807, part of our Prize Papers Project project

Learn more:
nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/pri…

The QEST and Heritage Crafts Sustainability Award is back again in 2024 🏆

This year, there are two prizes on offer, valued at £1,000 each.

Applications are now open and close on May 24.

👉Learn more & apply here: bit.ly/HCQESTSustaina…

Get the scoop on all things ice cream at Dovecot latest exhibition Andy Warhol: The Textiles on 12th April as part of Edinburgh Science Festival! whatsoninedinburgh.co.uk/event/133239-a…

When I first suggested looking for textile fibres in Rudyard Lake, here on my doorstep, I had no idea our findings would prove quite so significant. And more research still to come! #microfibres

Anni Albers (1899 – 1994), German Jewish textile artist and printmaker, who left to teach in the US after the Nazis forced the closure of the Bauhaus school (1933) where she had trained and worked #WomensArt

The first round of the Heritage Crafts Awards in 2024 are now open for nominations, with 12 prizes over seven award categories up for grabs. Deadline: 24 May 2024, 5pm. heritagecrafts.org.uk/awards2024/

Calling #textiles and #dresshistory MA Students! Deadline: 15 April. Every year the Pasold Fund offers MA Grants of up to £500 to students on MA courses at UK universities, working in any field of #textilehistory . Apply now: pasold.co.uk/ma-grants

In this week’s blog, Costume Society News Editor Babette Radclyffe-Thomas Dr Babette Radclyffe-Thomas 蓓丽 FRAS 🐲🦄💗 reviews Tate Britain Tate new exhibition, Sargent and Fashion.

Featuring exclusive insights from Curator James Finch, have a read now at: costumesociety.org.uk/blog/post/fash…

The Biba Story is being built! The exhibition, which focuses on the years 1964-1975, explores how fashion phenomenon Biba blossomed. The Biba Story, 1964-1975 opens Friday 22nd March 2024 and tickets are available to book now: fashiontextilemuseum.digitickets.co.uk/tickets

Heritage Crafts and the Costume Society have joined forces to launch two training bursaries to ensure that new and early-career fashion textile makers have the skills they need to succeed. Deadline 23 February. heritagecrafts.org.uk/heritage-craft…

The Story of The Nettle Dress > resurgence.org/magazine/artic…

Filmmaker Dylan Howitt shares an inspiring fairytale - which is really a deep love story - for our time. 'It's about the deep value of creativity and imagination, and a slow, mindful craft that is more in tune with the…

‘Culture in the Making’ – The Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill, Derby, Saturday 16 March 2024 As the UK prepares to join the 2003 UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage, join Heritage Crafts and
Derby Museums to celebrate! Jay Blades MBE heritagecrafts.org.uk/cultureinthema…

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Join us on 28 April for the Manchester Antique & Vintage Textile Fair!

If you are a student of design, textiles, or are a maker there is a wealth of inspiration. This is an annual event that you do not want to miss.

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The Textile Society sends a quarterly newsletter to non-members who support the work of the Society or want to know what's coming up. If you'd like to receive this directly to your inbox four times a year, subscribe today!

textilesociety.org.uk/mailing-list

Students undertaking study in any textiles, fashion or textile related course in the UK are eligible to apply for the Textile Society's Student Bursaries, with awards of up to £1,000 to support BA and MA final year projects.

Deadline 1 March.

textilesociety.org.uk/awards/student…

The Textile Society’s Antique and Vintage Textile Fair in Manchester is a hub for all passionate collectors of textiles, and it was the first antique fair to specialise entirely in textiles.

Join us on 28 April and experience it for yourself!

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The Textile Society’s Student Bursaries of up to £1,000 support BA and MA final year projects or dissertations, internships and apprenticeships.

Closing date: 1 March 2024

Find out more > textilesociety.org.uk/awards/student…