Learn with a curator about Joséphine Bowes’ interest in fashion, both historic and contemporary in the collection.
Join Rachel Whitworth, Curator of Fashion & Textiles, to learn about Joséphine Bowes’ interest in fashion, both historic and contemporary, through fashion plates, magazines and her surviving clothes. This talk will examine her patronage of Charles Frederick Worth’s (1825-1895) couture house through bills found in The Bowes Museum’s archive and set Joséphine in the context of fashionable society in the mid 19th century.
Booking essential, however, spaces may be available on the day. Ask at Reception for details.
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