"The Stories of Highland Fashion Through History"
April 1, 2021 10:55 PM   Subscribe

Highland Threads -- The Exhibition: "14 key pieces from museums from all over the Highlands of Scotland, brought to you online via film and photography with supporting stories and archive images from each museum." Trailer at Vimeo. Nicola Henderson (Museums and Heritage Highland, 2/12/2021), "Introducing ... Highland Threads": "it was agreed that plans for an online exhibition focusing on a costume from each museum's collection would be developed and funding sought to support the work." BBC News (4/1/2021), "Historical clothing from 14 museums displayed online." #HighlandThreads. Upcoming events.

posted by Wobbuffet (4 comments total) 14 users marked this as a favorite
 
Love this, thank you for posting. I am reading IF Grant's book "Highland Folk Ways" right now, published in 1961 so it's a bit old-fashioned in the writing, but the content is fascinating. I'm hoping to get up to the highlands & islands with my family a bit next year or whenever lockdown allows.
posted by cpatterson at 11:38 PM on April 1, 2021 [1 favorite]


Gosh, just checked out the links in more detail. The silk dress from Dornoch Historylinks is absolutely AMAZING! Those colours are incredible!
posted by cpatterson at 11:43 PM on April 1, 2021 [1 favorite]


I love the green swimming suit, holes mended by hand with little flowers.
posted by Gray Duck at 7:24 AM on April 2, 2021 [2 favorites]


I need more silk tartan in my life.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 6:31 PM on April 2, 2021 [1 favorite]


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