Patterns of Fashion Festival A celebration of Janet Arnold’s Patterns of Fashion books past, present and future London 1st–4th December 2023 This festival is being held in celebration of Janet Arnold’s book series Patterns of Fashion, of which The School of Historical Dress is now the publisher. Six books in …
“These books are a gift to costume designers and costume makers. Fashion designers, like the late, great Vivienne Westwood, might also find them inspiring. They have a natural home on the bookshelves of costume curators and dress historians. In terms of value for money, these books are astonishing – they …
We are now offering places on live virtual tours via ZOOM of our BLUE exhibition. Book places on our webshop HERE. There …
Our new exhibition ‘BLUE’, the second in our series ‘Our Collection by Colour’ will be open from 18 August to 24 September, …
The program for our Spring 2023 courses can be found here. All of our courses can be booked online on our webshop.
Words cannot express our sorrow at the passing of our dear friend and Patron of our School, Vivienne Westwood on 29 December …
Our first exhibition has been extended at our School in London until the end of January. Our Collection by Colour, No. 1 …
The wait is finally over! We are please to announce the release of the new edition of the second volume from the …
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our trustee Wendy Hefford, MA (Oxon), FSA, on 9th June 2022. Her connection with …
The program for our September 2022 can be found here. All of our courses can be booked online on our webshop.