Hats, handbags and history

From the Maitland Mercyury report:
Fashionistas will relish in the latest instalment of fashion through the ages.

The Australian Museum of Clothing and Textiles group has collected all of those items from days gone by that you loved and the ones you would rather live without to bring them together in their Highs and Lows of Fashion exhibition.
Hats, shoes and handbags are the main
feature of the display along with several items of clothing – including furs – to show how fashion has progressed and has also been
similar over the years. Secretary Stephanie Rogers put the exhibition together and said the hardest part was choosing the items.
“We have so much upstairs . . . there was so much to choose from,” she said. “I’ve loved putting this all together, there are so many
lovely pieces. We have turn of the century evening bags and a particular style of handbag which was carried through the 1940s to 1960s.”

The exhibition also features a set of Regal luggage that “every girl” was given on her 21st birthday. The exhibition can be seen at the Lt Governor’s Residence next to Maitland Gaol on Thursday and Saturday between 10am and 3pm and on Friday between 10am and 2pm.

Full article by Belinda-Jane Davis available at Maitland Mercury, Aug. 24, 2012.