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Joined February 2016
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Secretary of State at @DCMS, @lucyfrazermp, has announced £2.6m in funding for demonstrator projects from DCMS and @ahrcpress. They will build on the existing Clusters to build firm foundations for the future of creative industries R&D - ukri.org/news/ahrc-and-dcms-…
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As @FutureFashionF and firms like @AWHainsworth are showing, #Leeds remains a globally significant location for textiles innovation today, with continued links between textiles and med-tech innovation.
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Louise Gardiner, contemporary UK textile and designer who produces unique pieces of contemporary embroidered art  #WomensArt
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I’m wearing something similarly #frockingfabulous right now! #Fashionhistory of c.1890 via North Dakota State University.
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Free articles from vol 55 available from Edinburgh University Press (@EdinburghUP). You can read all articles in the issue just click on this link euppublishing.com/toc/cost/5…
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Probably American. Wool Sweater, 1895. 'This very early sportswear sweater combines the aesthetics of fashionable dress through its large gigot sleeves and overall silhouette with the informal sportiness inherent in any knit fabric.' © @metmuseum #FashionHistory
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'Bird Dance' embroidery by Nancy Nicholson, contemporary UK textile artist #WomensArt
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My latest digital tailoring for the JK video game!
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#FridayNightFrills 18th Century embroidery sample for a men's frock coat. Patterned with delicate flowers and feathers. c.1790 via @cooperhewitt
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#FridayNightFrills 18th Century embroidered panels for a man's suit, c.1780's The multiple pieces; cuffs, collar, & front panels (inc. pocket flaps, vents, & buttons) & knee bands for breeches, represent a suit ready to be cut & sewn to the client’s measurements. via @metmuseum
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Friday Treat Time and a fabulous painted linen jacket by British fashion designer Sir #PaulSmith. Created for British Vogue’s 75th anniversary celebrations in 1991, its quirky bookcase design showcases Smith’s signature style of classic tailoring with a witty twist 📚
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#StockholmFurnitureFair is nearly here, and we can't wait to preview our new fabric, Revolution! Made from our own waste yarn, this recycled wool is the first fabric to be created using iinouiio, our textile recycling capability. Learn more at bit.ly/3R730dc
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Portuguese installation artist Joana Vasconcelos wrapped a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar in a cotton crochet pattern #WomensArt #FridayFeeling
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This weeks' #SheepOfTheWeek goes to these Dalesbred and Swaledale ewes on Rombalds Moor in North Yorkshire 📷 by @Dalesbrad007 #BritishWool #Sheep #Wool #Dalesbred #Swaledale #Ewe #Yorkshire
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May Morris helped transform embroidery from a domestic pastime, undervalued because it was mostly done by women, into a serious art form. Her work was exhibited widely and pieces like this showed what could be achieved by imaginative free-hand stitching. 🏛 Currently on display
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Elsa Schiaparelli pushed boundaries as a fashion designer, transforming functional items of clothing into unique style statements. Senior Curator Sonnet Stanfill introduces two of her most surreal creations.
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If you take a sumptuous wedding gown, embroider it with silver, wrap it up & bury it under sand & mud for 400 years, you might get something remarkable like this. Discovered intact in the 1620s wreck of the Palmwood, discovered buried off Dutch coast smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…
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Week two of an exciting project to survey our “Paisley” shawls. So far our favourites are actually made in Edinburgh, and some are embroidered with secret codes 🕵️‍♀️
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This ever so tiny machine is less than the size of a 50 pence piece! #tinyembroidery #digitalembroidery #bespoke #londonembroidery
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