Clothes Tell Stories

1. Royal Gala Video: (Displaying clothes); Queen Margrethe II of Denmark celebrated her 40th anniversary as queen in 2012. The Royal Danish Collections arranged a special exhibition of a selection of the Queen's gala gowns called "Royal Gala". ...
2. Lace for an Empress: (Telling stories with clothes); Ursula Karbacher Textile Museum St Gallen and ICOM Costume Committee member A highlight of the lace collection at the Textile Museum St. Gallen is a ball gown attributed to the Empress ...
3. Reconstructing the Dress of Queen Mary of Hungary: (Telling stories with clothes); ... to recreate the opulent gown which appears in the 1520 portrait by Hans Maler. Background Goal Programme Workshop Results Further resources Background Mary of Hungary ...
4. Reconstructions: (Displaying clothes); ... 1766 Habit á la Française, Randvijk suit, Den Haag French court hunting suit, Christian 7th, Denmark Riding gown, copy from painting by Stevens Late Victorian wedding gown Jane Malcolm-Davies, ...
5. Dangerous Costume: (Working with clothes); ... in textiles taken from graves. Learn to identify lead buttons, decorative lead hair combs, and lead weights in gowns and avoid handling them. Clean areas carefully where there is lead, as lead dust ...
6. Anna Maria, the Queen’s Midget: (Telling stories with clothes); ... gown and hooded overgown, shoes, stockings, and hat, all apparently used by Anna Maria up to her death in 1770. Anna Maria was born December 22, 1755 in provincial Jutland, to a blacksmith and his wife. ...
7. Clothing and Collecting Policies: (Working with clothes); ... typified by wedding dresses and christening gowns, museum collections of clothing are full of special occasion items. They look beautiful, have been treasured and loved and usually come with far more ...
8. 1962 Dress Memories: (Telling stories with clothes); ... designers caught this mood of simplicity and youthfulness; the Christian Dior evening gown here mirrors others designed in 1962 which tended to the long and sleek rather than the fuller dresses which had ...