Forties Fashion Show on Film!

We were lucky enough to have TV station Forces TV come and film our 1940s fashion show on Saturday. Reporter Hannah interviewed Clare about wartime fashion and rationing and even took part in the show herself as one of the Land Girls!

To see the full feature, CLICK HERE. Thanks for coming Hannah!

We also got a great mention about the show and TV coverage in the Worcester News - see the article HERE.

Video: 1940s Fashion Show - 'Puttin' On The Blitz' - Short Version

Here's just a snippet from our 1940s fashion show 'Puttin' On The Blitz' at Worcester Museum & Art Gallery!

Puttin' On The Blitz at Worcester Museum & Art Gallery

Thanks to everyone who came along to see our 1940s fashion show 'Puttin' On The Blitz' at Worcester Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday!

We had a full house for both shows and even had Forces TV come and film the show and behind the scenes for British Forces News! The lovely reporter Hannah even did a turn as a Land Girl for the first show, see her photo on their Facebook page HERE.

A huge thank you must go to our fantastic models! They did such a great job on one rehearsal and just a frantic morning of fittings. We were really pleased with how everyone looked and managed to do fittings, hair, make up and run throughs in just three hours before showtime, and Clare even squeezed in a TV interview!

Look out for our video of the show coming soon, we'll post it on here. In the meantime, here's a few photos from the day.

Here we all are with our equally fantastic compere in the middle, Suz Winspear, an experienced performer who relished the role as the glamorous lady compere - 

Left to right, back row: Amanda, Leah, Dawn, Suz, Hollie. Laura, Kate
Front row: Zoe, Clare, Claire, Elli and Jo

Kate looking lovely in her first outfit an original floral crepe day dress and felt hat.

Claire looking very smart in an original cotton day dress and 
Elli in a slightly flared knee length skirt to capture the look of the era

Zoe looks just the part in a handmade hat, original tweed jacket and peplum dress,
as does Leah is in a knitted hat from an original pattern, fitted jacket and wide 
legged, repro wool trousers

Dawn wears a fantastic CC41 teal wool suit and handmade hat and Hollie is in 
a smart, original black suit and red wool beret

Laura wears a faux fur for a sophisticated Winter look and Amanda shows how colourful the
era could be in a spotty dress and original jacket and hat.

And finally here we are as land girls! Jo wears original cord jodhpurs and a look-a-like shirt, tie and jumper with an original WLA badge. Clare wears CC41 jodhpurs and an original WLA overall.

1940s Fashion Show this Saturday!

We hope you can make it to the FREE 1940s fashion show we're organising this Saturday 9th August at Worcester Museum and Art Gallery! It's part of the Summer events for our exhibition Fancy Pants and part of The Worcester Festival also launching the same day!

There will be a great mix of original 1940s and reproduction outfits on display including day, evening and workwear.

There's two repeated shows, one at 1pm and then again at 3pm with some free refreshments. Hope to see you in the audience!