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V&A Dundee

Season

Fashion 2020

Ran from 7 February 2020 to 18 March 2020

Our first dedicated fashion season explored the zeitgeist capturing, feel good fashion of Quant, the aesthetics of shop-window display seen through the eyes of Atelier E.B, and the care-repair-customise ethos of Sewing Box for the Future.

Highlights

Photo for Mary Quant

Opening Thursday 27 August 2020

Photo for Faux Shop

Past event

ran from 7 February 2020 to 18 March 2020

Photo for Sewing Box for the Future

Sewing Box for the Future

Opening Thursday 27 August 2020

Photo for Stitch-School

Past event

ran from 17 February 2020 to 18 March 2020

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Past event

What is the Sewing Box for the Future?

Past event
Sold out

Talk £15.00 - £18.00

The Art of Windows with Louis Vuitton

Past event

In Conversation with Atelier E.B

Past event
Sold out

Close-up of a jumper that's been darned in many different coloured threads.

Workshop £4.00 - £5.00

Visible Mending

Past event
Drop-in
Cancelled

Drop in + Design: Graphics

Past event
Drop-in
Cancelled

A montage of many images of people holding signs relating to sustainable fashion.

Fashion Revolution Studio

Past event
Members only
Cancelled

Picture of Mary Quant superimposed on a pink background with a black graphical embellishment

Member Event Free

Members' Preview: Mary Quant

Past event
Cancelled

Mary Quant and Alexander Plunket Greene, photograph by John Cowan, 1960 Courtesy of Terence Pepper Collection

Talk £15.00 - £18.00

Quant: The Total Brand

Past event
Cancelled

1-day course £40.00 - £50.00

Pattern Cutting: Dress

Past event
Cancelled

Portrait of Zandra Rhodes with bright pink hair and a pink outfit.

Talk £15.00 - £18.00

Zandra Rhodes & David Sassoon: In Conversation

Past event
Educators only
Cancelled

A group of brightly dressed women wearing Mary Quant clothes.

Late Opening Free

Mary Quant: Educators Preview & Hands-on Learning

Past event
Members only
Cancelled

Picture of Mary Quant superimposed on a pink background with a black graphical embellishment

Member Event Free

Patrons' and Members' Welcome: Quant

Past event
Cancelled

Conference £25.00 - £30.00

Rethinking Fashion: Upskilling for a more sustainable future

Past event
Cancelled

The main body of V&A Dundee filled with people dancing and having fun as the building is dark and lit up with bright, fun colours all over the walls and ceiling.

Tay Late £8.00 - £10.00

Past event
Cancelled

Mary Quant tights and shoes, c. 1965 / Image courtesy Mary Quant Archive / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1-day course £25.00 - £30.00

Behind the exhibition: Mary Quant

Past event
Drop-in
Cancelled

Window dresser Barbara Kelly puts the final touches to the installation.

Drop in + Design: Interiors

Past event
Cancelled

1-day course £40.00 - £50.00

Introduction to Draping

Past event
Cancelled

Kellie Wilson modelling satin shirt and matching shorts from Mary Quant's intimate apparel range, 1966

Curator's Talk: Mary Quant

Past event
Drop-in
Cancelled

Young People's Design Day: FRESH

Past event
Cancelled

Talk £15.00 - £18.00

Makers and Manufacturers

Past event
Cancelled

An illustration in orange and pink of a fashion look.

1-day course £40.00 - £50.00

Fashion Illustration with John Booth

Past event
Drop-in
Cancelled

Fabric print samples stacked on top of each other

Drop in + Design: Pattern

Past event
Cancelled

Shelves of sewing thread bobbins in different colours.

Course £80.00 - £100.00

Garment Construction Weekender: Skirt

Past event
Cancelled

Close-up of an embroidered patch made with beads and pretty colourful bits and bobs.

Course £40.00 - £50.00

Couture Embroidered Embellishments with Chloe Patience

Past event
Drop-in
Cancelled

Drop in + Design: Products

Past event
Young people only
Cancelled

Hayley Scanlan sitting at her desk in her studio.

Fashion Camp with Hayley Scanlan

Past event
Cancelled

Out of Hours Opening Free

Sensory Friendly Sessions

Drop-in
Cancelled

A beige surface with a few badges strewn across it. The badges have women illustrated on them with the word Havoc.

Daring Dolls: Create Havoc!

On now until Sunday 16 August 2020

Audio Described
Cancelled

Access Tour Free

Audio Described Tour: Mary Quant

Sunday 9 August 2020

Cancelled

Picture of Mary Quant superimposed on a pink background with a black graphical embellishment

Commercial Tour £40.00

Quant After Hours

Friday 21 August 2020

Cancelled

Satin pyjamas - Photograph by Duffy © Duffy Archive

Quant: An Ongoing Legacy

Wednesday 26 August 2020

Cancelled

Close-up photo of measuring tapes.

Course £80.00 - £100.00

Garment Construction Weekender: Dress

Saturday 29 August 2020

Photo of a mocked-up shopfront with clothes in the windows.

Audio: In conversation with Atelier E.B

Beca Lipscombe and Lucy McKenzie discuss their Faux Shop installation

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Pride and Protest: Doing it yourself

A series exploring the role played by design in protest materials

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Star Wars: Attack of the Clothes

How costumes in a cinematic universe were inspired by vintage Paisley

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Speedo: breaking records and taboos

The Racerback swimsuit made quite a splash in the 1920s

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Hand wash only: caring for Ayrshire needlework

Embroiderers stitched unique designs on a microscopic scale

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From the Citizens Theatre to a galaxy far, far away…

How Star Wars and the cutting room of the Citizens Theatre are connected by two costume designers

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Scottish Design Icons: Pringle knitwear

The pioneering technological innovation of Pringle

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