Our Annual Celebration Day includes an opportunity to hear from Elizabeth Wheelband, Museum Curator, De Montfort University & a visit to the exhibition ‘Soul of the Cloth – The Karun Thakar Collection’ 🗓️ 4th July ⏰ 10:30-16:00 📍 Leicester Castle costumesociety.org.uk/events/detai...

📢 Book now for The Costume Society's 2026 Celebration AGM & Awards! Non-members welcome! 📅 Saturday 4th July 2026 ⏰ 10:30-16:00 📍 Leicester Castle LE1 5WH Join us for the Patterns Awards judged by award winning costume designer Joanna Eatwell costumesociety.org.uk/events/detai... 📸 2023 Beth Lacey

🚨Are you our new Membership Secretary? The Costume Society seeks a volunteer to join our Exec Committee as Membership Secretary supporting the day-to-day running of the Society. If you're organised, approachable and enthusiastic about the Society and its work ⬇️ costumesociety.org.uk/news/item/jo...

📗👗 Revue/Journal: Costume (n°60, 2026) @costumesociety.org.uk ℹ️ moires.hypotheses.org/8314

In this week’s Costume Society blog knitwear designer & fashion academic Carolyn Clewer reviews @designmuseum.bsky.social exhibition BLITZ: the club that shaped the 80s costumesociety.org.uk/blog/post/ca... Image credit: Robyn Beeche Foundation #cossoc25 #designmuseum #blitzclub #1980s #london

In this week’s blog post, curator and Costume Society member Dolla Merrillees reviews the exhibiition Paul Poiret: Fashion is a Feast, @ mad Paris costumesociety.org.uk/blog/post/pa...

In this week's blog post, we meet the two recipients of the @heritage_crafts and The Costume Society's partnership bursaries, funding training for craftspeople to preserve and promote textile and costume skills costumesociety.org.uk/blog/post/a-...

There's still time to book tickets for our special screening of Sofia Coppola's 2006 cinematic biography of Marie Antoinette, with a fast-paced retro soundtrack and sumptuous clothing. Wednesday 24 September Doors 6.30pm, screening at 7pm. Tickets available here: vist.ly/47qyi

📢 'In the Shadow of the Georgians' online conference tickets now live - international speakers explore many aspects of dress 1714-1815 Full details of the conference programme costumesociety.org.uk/conference Tickets at eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-shado…#fashionhistory#cossoc2525

We are looking for volunteers to join Events & Conference Sub-Committee to help develop, promote & deliver our visits, events, annual celebration day & online conference. costumesociety.org.uk/news/item/jo... & reach out to our Sub-Committee Chair, Philip Warren [email protected] #cossoc25

We are saddened to hear about the death of Giorgio Armani (1934-2025). Beginning his career at Cerruti 1881, launching his eponymous label in 1975 Armani built a career redefining women's and men's wardrobes. The fashion industry has lost a rare talent.

We are so excited that Anna Buruma will be our keynote speaker on July 5th 2025! Book your ticket to meet and hear from renowned @LibertyLondon archivist. Book your ticket now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-costume-…

✂️🧵🪡 If you'd like a chance to see the finalists of the Patterns of Fashion and Patterns for Performance in person join us in Bristol on Saturday 5th July www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-costum... ##costumesociety #cossoc25 #historicalcostume

We are so excited Anna Buruma is our keynote on July 5th! Meet renowned Liberty London archivist, designer, dress historian & author, Anna Buruma on Artistic Dress at Liberty & Co Tickets for The 2025 Celebration, Annual General Meeting and Awards www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-costum...

🧵🪡 Join us on July 5 in Bristol for our 2025 Celebration and hear all about our ongoing collaboration with @heritage-crafts.bsky.social including bursaries and our Fashion Textile Maker of the Year Award! Tickets: costumesociety.org.uk/events/detai...

Join us 5th July in Bristol for our 2025 AGM & Awards! With keynote Anna Buruma on the Liberty archive, The Patterns of Fashion & Patterns for Performance exhibition & Awards with judge Tom Pye, updates on our craft collaboration with @heritage-crafts.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-costum...

Our Chair Philip Warren & Leigh Bowery aficionado Wayne attended the Leigh Bowery exhibition at the Tate Modern. It brings together Bowery’s outlandish & dazzling costumes with painting, photography & video to explore how he changed art fashion & popular culture forever. Stay tuned for our review!

Look out for our News Editor @chicstranger.bsky.social review of The Face: Cultural Shift at the National Portrait Gallery - coming to our website soon!