Category: Manchester
Manchester’s Gallery of Costume reopens
On 17 March, after a £1 million pound renovation, Manchester’s Gallery of Costume was reopened to the public. This vast collection of over 20,000 pieces covering over three centuries is housed in a Grade 2 listed former textile merchant’s home in Platt Field’s Park, Manchester. It is second only in importance to the V&A in London. Liz [...]
Flapper invasion in Manchester: we went to the Charleston flashmob
It’s Saturday afternoon in Manchester and shopping area Piccadilly Gardens is teeming with shoppers and pedestrians going about their business. A man in a velvet frock coat casually sets down a stereo by a grassy verge and presses play. ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’ by big band legend Louis Prima is soon blaring from the speakers. Two [...]
Manchester’s vintage shops
Manchester with its vibrant student population and history as a world centre for the textiles industry unsurprisingly has lots to offer the vintage hungry female. It’s possible to kit yourself out in style without so much as a whiff of high street, and eager vintage queens will find themselves spoilt for choice. Liz Kenny has compiled [...]
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