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SEASONAL

This gallery displays the harmony between practicality and aesthetics, illustrating Lydia Grace’s beautiful connection between design and function through the seasons. Change in temperature requires the change in wardrobe we have been longing for- it is time to showcase a new collection of hats. In the fashion world ‘a season’ is much more than the weather, it is the time to bring a vision to life.

Millinery design also changes from season to season. The rims are wider in summer to protect the wearer from the sun. In winter, the rims will be narrower and the fit to the head will be much closer. Spring- summer hats are often made of straw as it is light and cool. The weaving method leaves small gaps which enables the air to cool down a fashionable head in the sun.  Autumn-winter hats are often made of warmer materials such as felt, fur and velvet that retain heat to the head.

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Kathy - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition

KATHY

Straw and Ribbon | 1940's
Kathy - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition
Kathy - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition
Kathy - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition
Kathy - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition

RACHEL

Mink and Chiffon | 1950's
Rachel - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition
Rachel - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition
Rachel - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition
Rachel - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition

AVA

Straw | 1940's
Ava - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition
Ava - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition
Ava - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition
Ava - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition

JULIA

Straw | 1950's
Julia - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition
Julia - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition
Julia - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition
Julia - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition

VICTORIA

Velvet | 1930's
Victoria - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition
Victoria - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition
Victoria - The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition

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The Museum of Lydia Grace Online Exhibition

The Museum of Lydia Grace is a digital exhibition featuring part of The Amelia’s millinery collection. The exhibition has been co-curated by The Amelia and the London College of Fashion, and is kindly funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

The History of Lydia Grace in Tunbridge Wells

Hats have a practical purpose and over time have been worn to signify social status, formality, and occasion. This exhibition explores how the hats that were showcased in the ’Lydia Grace’  shop in Tunbridge Wells were also clever material communicators for women to express artistic ideas, fashionable credentials, playfulness, and glamour.

An early female entrepreneur, Kathleen ‘Katie’ Judd, opened Lydia Grace Millinery in 1906. Situated on Monson Road in Tunbridge Wells, the shop was named after Katie’s eldest daughter and sold a wide range of both traditional and fashionable headwear for women. As well as sourcing in desirable designs from further afield, many designs were created by the Lydia Grace team, and the business was exclusively run by women until it closed in 1996. Some of the hats shown in this exhibition were either on display or sold in Katie’s shop. Other hats were purchased locally or donated to The Amelia by local women.

 

CREDITS

Objects

Courtesy of The Amelia’s collection

Curatorial and Web design

Julie Hawksworth (The Amelia)

Tirosh Yellin (London College Of Fashion)

Regan Shepherd (RS Design London)                                   

Photography

Izzy Schreiber (London College Of Fashion)

Illustration

Gabriellla Bianca (London College Of Fashion)