Global Threads: Asian Textiles & Fashion Today |
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14 May 2011 - 30 June 2012
Over the last year young people from Preston have been working as curators, researchers, designers and stylists to create a fashion exhibition inspired by the museum’s collection.
Global Threads is based on a set of historic fabric samples called The Textile Manufactures of India. This 18 volume set was given to Preston in 1866 and it includes 700 fabrics from throughout South Asia. Many of the textile patterns, materials and techniques in these books are still in use today. Global Threads brings together historic South Asian textiles with contemporary fashion to reveal that even the latest fashions reflect global textile culture.
Come along to the launch party on Saturday 14 May, 12–4pm. There’ll be free art and textile workshops, a DJ, plus styling and photography sessions. This exhibition is part of Stories of the World, one of the projects at the heart of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. |
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