Rebecca Olds, dress historian, brings to life the stories of two dresses featured in the Highland Threads Exhibition.

About this Event

Rebecca Olds, a dress historian specialising in the cut and construction of women’s clothing during the “long 18th century”, will take us on a journey as we explore the stories of two Spitalfields dresses now housed at two Scottish Highland Museums, Glencoe and Historylinks, Dornoch. Rebecca will give an ‘illustrated talk’ telling us what we know and what we still hope to find out.

Rebecca will be joined by Catriona Davidson, curator at Glencoe Folk Museum and Lynne Mahonney, curator at Historylinks Museum, Dornoch.

Tickets are available HERE.

Pay it forward! While there is no charge to book your place, please consider making a donation to help museums and galleries in the Scottish Highlands through the pandemic closures.

Visit the Highland Threads exhibition here - www.highlandthreads.co.uk

This event starts at 2pm UK/British Summer Time (UCT+). Please check the time difference if you are in another time zone.
For example, this is 6am Pacific (US/Canada) Daylight Time / 9am Eastern (US/Canada) Daylight Time / 3pm Central European Summer Time /
9pm Australian Western Standard Time / 11pm Australian Eastern Standard Time

The photo gallery below shows a few of the official exhibition photos taken by Jim Dunn, as well as a few ‘behind the scenes’ photos taken by conservator, Rachael Thomas, in the process of mounting these gowns for the exhibition.
Yes, this talk will include PEEKS INSIDE these gowns!