UKer\'s - News of new Costume Exhibition 16th March-31st October 2005
I received the following press release:
Event : Officer & Gentleman Costume Exhibition
Venue : Killerton (in Devon)
Date(s) : Wednesday 16 March to Monday 31 October 2005
Description : Dandies, Swells & Mods - dashing & flamboyant menswear ( & ladies wear) from 1700s to 1970s
Time(s) : 11am - 5.30pm
Price(s) : Adult Members: FREE, Child Members: FREE, Adults: £6.50, Children: £3.00, Families/Groups: £5.50
Normal admission charges apply.
Contact : 01392 881345
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AN OFFICER AND MOST DEFINITELY A GENTLEMAN
Dress is a very foolish thing; and yet it is a very foolish thing for a man not to be well dressed; according to his rank and way of life. Lord Chesterfield, 1745
March 2005 heralds the launch of a new exhibition of historic garments at Killerton House near Exeter, the home of the largest dress collection owned by the National Trust.
This year the spotlight will fall in men’s dress, the first time there has been a display at the property examining the way men have dressed.
Clothing worn by men and boys dating from c. 1700 to 1970 will be on show, and fashionable women’s dress will be included to place the masculine garments in a design context. The exhibition will also allow us to show some important military and naval uniforms, as part of the 2005 SeaBritain celebrations. These will include a young midshipman’s suit and a dress uniform worn by Admiral Dobbie during the mid-nineteenth century.
The exhibition will explore style movements from eighteen century macaronis to 1960’s mods with a touch of Hollywood glamour. A special display of six outfits on loan from Crosprop, the London costumiers, will include a luxurious brocade banyan (dressing gown) worn by Colin Firth as Mr Darcy in the BBC version of ‘Pride and Prejudice’, a sumptuous example of the fore-runner of the three piece suit as worn by Rufus Sewell when he played King Charles 11 in the recent production, ‘Charles 11 – The Power and the Passion’ and an elegant ensemble worn by Richard E. Grant as the eponymous hero of ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’.
There will also be a special; section devoted to fashionable clothing reflecting the influence of military and naval dress from children’s sailor suits to the popular Guernsey sweater and chic nautical styling!
Much of the very rich clothing on show was intended for court or special wear, such as a mid twentieth century privy councillor’s uniform embroidered with gold thread and lace, worn by Sir Francis Acland, former owner of Killerton, and an eighteenth century green suit embroidered with silk and metal threads made in the 1770’a, which has been specially conserved for this exhibition. Many other examples will be equally flamboyant, incorporating elaborate decorative techniques and colour fibres. Beautiful woven silks, brightly printed velvets, extravagantly embroidered and spangled fabrics will feature beside more traditional sober tweeds, stylish and restrained suiting, and elegant tailoring from famous firms such as Henry Poole of Savile Row.
The exhibition will also feature some of the fascinating tailoring manuals and patterns in the collections, including a unique tailor’s journal, which have not been on display before. Other titles include (appropriately enough) the pocket edition of The Complete Manual of Overcoat Clothing by Charles Compaing and Louis Devere aimed at students of cutting in the late nineteenth century and the famed publication The “Climax” System for Cutting Gentlemen’s Garments by W.E. Leggatt and T.W. Hodgkinson. Developed from Hearn’s early nineteenth century cutting system, this publication was revised and reprinted many times.
Details are included on cutting for everything from children’s garments to court and diplomatic dress uniform, servant’s livery, and naval and ecclesiastical dress. In the chapter Aspects of Trouser Cutting the authors answer questions such as ‘what is the correct method of dealing with striped material when cutting trousers?’ How do you cut trousers for a ‘bow-legged’, or a knock-kneed’ gentleman
I received the following press release:
Event : Officer & Gentleman Costume Exhibition
Venue : Killerton (in Devon)
Date(s) : Wednesday 16 March to Monday 31 October 2005
Description : Dandies, Swells & Mods - dashing & flamboyant menswear ( & ladies wear) from 1700s to 1970s
Time(s) : 11am - 5.30pm
Price(s) : Adult Members: FREE, Child Members: FREE, Adults: £6.50, Children: £3.00, Families/Groups: £5.50
Normal admission charges apply.
Contact : 01392 881345
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
AN OFFICER AND MOST DEFINITELY A GENTLEMAN
Dress is a very foolish thing; and yet it is a very foolish thing for a man not to be well dressed; according to his rank and way of life. Lord Chesterfield, 1745
March 2005 heralds the launch of a new exhibition of historic garments at Killerton House near Exeter, the home of the largest dress collection owned by the National Trust.
This year the spotlight will fall in men’s dress, the first time there has been a display at the property examining the way men have dressed.
Clothing worn by men and boys dating from c. 1700 to 1970 will be on show, and fashionable women’s dress will be included to place the masculine garments in a design context. The exhibition will also allow us to show some important military and naval uniforms, as part of the 2005 SeaBritain celebrations. These will include a young midshipman’s suit and a dress uniform worn by Admiral Dobbie during the mid-nineteenth century.
The exhibition will explore style movements from eighteen century macaronis to 1960’s mods with a touch of Hollywood glamour. A special display of six outfits on loan from Crosprop, the London costumiers, will include a luxurious brocade banyan (dressing gown) worn by Colin Firth as Mr Darcy in the BBC version of ‘Pride and Prejudice’, a sumptuous example of the fore-runner of the three piece suit as worn by Rufus Sewell when he played King Charles 11 in the recent production, ‘Charles 11 – The Power and the Passion’ and an elegant ensemble worn by Richard E. Grant as the eponymous hero of ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’.
There will also be a special; section devoted to fashionable clothing reflecting the influence of military and naval dress from children’s sailor suits to the popular Guernsey sweater and chic nautical styling!
Much of the very rich clothing on show was intended for court or special wear, such as a mid twentieth century privy councillor’s uniform embroidered with gold thread and lace, worn by Sir Francis Acland, former owner of Killerton, and an eighteenth century green suit embroidered with silk and metal threads made in the 1770’a, which has been specially conserved for this exhibition. Many other examples will be equally flamboyant, incorporating elaborate decorative techniques and colour fibres. Beautiful woven silks, brightly printed velvets, extravagantly embroidered and spangled fabrics will feature beside more traditional sober tweeds, stylish and restrained suiting, and elegant tailoring from famous firms such as Henry Poole of Savile Row.
The exhibition will also feature some of the fascinating tailoring manuals and patterns in the collections, including a unique tailor’s journal, which have not been on display before. Other titles include (appropriately enough) the pocket edition of The Complete Manual of Overcoat Clothing by Charles Compaing and Louis Devere aimed at students of cutting in the late nineteenth century and the famed publication The “Climax” System for Cutting Gentlemen’s Garments by W.E. Leggatt and T.W. Hodgkinson. Developed from Hearn’s early nineteenth century cutting system, this publication was revised and reprinted many times.
Details are included on cutting for everything from children’s garments to court and diplomatic dress uniform, servant’s livery, and naval and ecclesiastical dress. In the chapter Aspects of Trouser Cutting the authors answer questions such as ‘what is the correct method of dealing with striped material when cutting trousers?’ How do you cut trousers for a ‘bow-legged’, or a knock-kneed’ gentleman