Manolo Blahnik | Bath in Fashion week of special events (c) Bath in Fashion (p) GoUK.com
What
Bath in Fashion week
When
25 to 31 March 2012
Where
Bath in Fashion 25–31 March, various venues
- Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, Bath BA2 4DB
- Fashion Museum, Assembly Rooms, Bennett Street, Bath BA1 2QH
The Fanfare
The city of Bath is celebrating its place in the fashion world with a year’s emphasis on fashion and a week of special events for Bath in Fashion.
Bath is a World Heritage Site and has attracted fashionistas since its days as a spa town in 18th-century Georgian times.
The author Jane Austen set two of her six published novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, in Bath and lived in the city from 1801 to 1806.
Bath in Fashion, from 25 to 31 March 2012, will feature special events, talks and exhibitions.
Milliner Stephen Jones, who has collaborated with major fashion designers including John Galliano, Dior and Comme des Garçons, has always admired the fashions of the Regency period.
He will curate From Georgiana to Boy George, a six-week exhibition of his designs, at the newly refurbished Holburne museum, opening on 24 March, admission free.
On 30 March, Jones will talk with fashion critic Sarah Mower at a ticketed event (£15) at the Museum.
Manolo Blahnik, one of the world’s most influential shoe designers will appear in conversation with fashion writer Iain R. Webb at the Museum on 29 March (tickets £20).
Manolo was born in the Canary Islands in 1942 and has made Bath his home for 30 years.
The Fashion Museum in Bath’s Assembly Rooms has one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of contemporary and historic dress.
Sport and Fashion is its special exhibition for 2012.
It opens on 4 February and will trace how historic sportswear has influenced the creations of contemporary designers.
Admission £7.50 adults, £5.50 children, £21 family ticket.
Bath in Fashion 25–31 March, various venues
Holburne Museum, Great Pulteney Street, Bath BA2 4DB
Fashion Museum, Assembly Rooms, Bennett Street, Bath BA1 2QH
Tel: +44 844 847 5256 (tickets Holburne Museum talks)
Website: www.bathinfashion.co.uk
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