The museum is open today and the sun is shining and we’ve got cake! Children come free when accompanied by an adult... ...
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Dior
For the 'Tiepolo Ball', in Venice, Italy, Dior's Creative Director for women's wear, Maria Grazia Chiuri, commissioned special fabrics from the celebrated house of Bevilacqua and used them for gowns worn by celebrities at the event. See more about Bevilacqua's savoir-faire and ancestral techniques in this exclusive video. ...
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The Museum was buzzing today with lots of visitors who were in Blandford for the Georgian Fayre. Despite the chilly weather the sun shone and our wonderful volunteers managed to serve tea and cake to all with their usual warm welcome and smiles ...
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Our lovely volunteers are ready to take orders on Georgian Fayre day, come and see us. We are open from 10-4.30 ...
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Dressed up to serve teas! ...
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We are open all day on a Monday for the Blandford Georgian Fayre, serving ice cream, cream teas and soft drinks on the front lawn and in the Tea Room. Best of all the volunteers are dressing up! ...
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Historic Royal Palaces
This 1939 dress by designer Elsa Schiaparelli belonged to Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. Curator Isabella Coraça tells us about this fabulous piece of couture. Watch in full: bit.ly/video-schiaparelli
Schiaparelli was known for her unique style; she collaborated with Surrealist artists and experimented with new materials. This dress comes to us as part of a generous loan from the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester which gives us a glimpse into the iconic style of Princess Alice. ...
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Spent the morning with these lovely ladies...Denise,Kathryn and Shirley ...
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We are open today as usual...why not visit the new ‘Creating the Shape’ exhibition and follow that experience with one of our delicious cheese scones (made by Denise) or a slice of indulgent cake (made by Jeremy) from our peaceful tearoom? We also have a terrace where you can bring your dog and then enjoy our hospitality. ...
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Meet our fabulous cake maker Jeremy - so many flavours: fruit, Dorset apple, Victoria sponge, coffee and walnut, lemon drizzle and last but not least chocolate...so yummy ...
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Come and have a cup of tea on our lovely terrace ...
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What could be nicer than a lovely cuppa in the tearoom at Blandford Fashion Museum on this lovely sunny morning? ...
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Please follow the museum on Instagram:blandford_fashion
-it would be great to get more followers, but we do now have over 100! ...
With the Easter holidays on the horizon why not bring the kids to the Fashion Museum. Not only can you spend some time looking at our new displays the children can have a go at our Children’s Trail AND try on some of our dressing up clothes from yesteryear. You could get some great photo opportunities for your own Facebook page! ...
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Are you one of those people who love the smell of new carpet?
Well it might not have a lot to do with fashion, but the Museum’s new tea room and foyer carpet is looking (and smelling) good!
The best thing about this however is that it was partially paid for by the funds raised by our Christmas raffle. So thank you if you bought any raffle tickets or donated a prize the results are here for all to see.
And thanks too to the speedy carpet fitters, Walt and Liam from Hardy’s Carpets, who did such a grand job. Don’t take our word for it come and see for yourselves. ...
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Don’t forget the Fashion Museum opens again for the new season tomorrow, Monday 18th February, at 10.00 am. We also have special half term prices for students and children; under 11’s can come in free for the duration of half term week. ...
The Fashion Museum is buzzing today with Friends of the Museum coming in this morning for their pre-season Preview. This afternoon it was the turn of invited guests which included Donors of items on display and the star of the show - Isobelle Dick - who designed and made this fabulous corset as part of her degree course at the Arts University Bournemouth ...
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On this beautiful winter's day in the shadow of Hambledon Hill we were privileged to celebrate the life of Ann Bell, one of our founding members of staff at Blandford Fashion Museum who continued to work with our collections and displays team until very recently. I was lucky enough to share an office with her when she recatalogued our jewellery collection a couple of years ago and will always value her knowledge, generosity and humour (we had some good times!). She will be sorely missed (and well remembered) by us all. ...
