Fashion and Textile Museum
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Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
of fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
opened in Bermondsey
Bermondsey
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, south London
London
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by designer Zandra Rhodes
Zandra Rhodes
Zandra Rhodes, CBE, RDI, is an English fashion designer.Zandra Rhodes was introduced to the world of fashion by her mother, who was a fitter in a Paris fashion house and a teacher at Medway College of Art, now the University for the Creative Arts. Rhodes studied first at Medway and then at the...
. It was designed by Mexican
Mexico
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architect
Architect
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Ricardo Legorreta
Ricardo Legorreta
Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis is a Mexican architect. He was born in Mexico City on May 7, 1931. He was awarded the prestigious UIA Gold Medal in 1999 and the Praemium Imperiale in 2011.He studied architecture at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México....
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The museum is owned and managed by Newham College of Further Education
Newham College of Further Education
Newham College of Further Education is a college of further education in the London Borough of Newham, United Kingdom. Previously called Newham Community College, it was created from the merger of the former West Ham College and East Ham College. The main site is in East Ham, with a further site ...
Past Exhibitions
- Horrockses Fashions: Off the Peg Style in the '40s and '50s - 9 July 2010 - 24 October 2010
- Very SandersonArthur Sanderson & SonsArthur Sanderson & Sons Ltd is a British manufacturer of fabrics and wallpaper. The company was founded 1860 in London by Arthur Sanderson who began by importing French wallpapers but later established a factory of his own in Chiswick. After his death, the business was taken over by his three...
- 150 years of English decoration - 19 March 2010 - 13 June 2010 - 30 years of PineapplePineapple Dance StudiosPineapple Dance Studios is a dance studio complex based in the Covent Garden area of central London, England. It was founded by the English model and businesswoman Debbie Moore in 1979. The studio is used for castings and rehearsals by dance companies, record labels, television networks, film...
by Debbie MooreDebbie MooreDebbie Moore OBE , is an English model and business woman who is most noted as the founder of Pineapple Dance Studios and its associated clothing brand...
- 18 January 2010 - 24 February 2010 - Foale and Tuffin - Made in England - 23 October 2009 - 24 February 2010
- Undercover: The Evolution of Underwear - 12 June 2009 - 27 September 2009
- Swedish Fashion: Exploring A New Identity - 6 February 2009 - 17 May 2009
- Billy: Bill Gibb's Moment in Time - 24 October 2008 - 18 January 2009
- Little Black Dress - 20 June 2008 - 25 August 2008
- Peacocks and Pinstripes - 8 February 2008 - 31 May 2008