Fashion Museum, Bath

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Fashion Museum
Fashion Museum, Bath (Somerset)
Fashion Museum, Bath
Shown within Somerset
Established 1963
Location Bath, Somerset
Website Official website

Coordinates: 51°23′10″N 2°21′45″W / 51.3862, -2.3624

The Fashion Museum (which was previously known as the Museum of Costume) is housed in the Assembly Rooms in Bath, Somerset.

The collection was started by Doris Langley Moore, who gave her collection to the city of Bath in 1963. focuses on fashionable dress for men, women and children from the late 16th century to the present day and has more than 30,000 objects in its collection.[1] The earliest pieces are embroidered shirts and gloves from about 1600. The museum also features the Dress of the Year collection from the 1960s to the present day.

The designers whose work is represented include: Mary Quant, John Bates, Ossie Clark, Jean Muir, Bill Gibb, Giorgio Armani, John Galliano, Ralph Lauren, Alexander McQueen, Donatella Versace and Alber Elbaz.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Fashion museum, Bath. 24 hour museum. Retrieved on 2007-11-05.

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