Menswear, womenswear, accessories, dresses, coats, jackets,
corsets, knitwear, fashion photographs, pockets, shirts, blouses,
waistcoats, fans. The collection at the Fashion Museum includes
examples of all of these types of fashions, and more. The
earliest pieces in the collection are embroidered shirts and gloves
from about 1600. You can search the
collection here.
The most up-to-date pieces in the collection are
our Dress of the Year
ensembles.
Objects from the collection are always on display in the Fashion
Museum galleries. If you are interested in a particular type of
fashion please contact us before a visit just to check whether the
displays include those pieces.
If you would like to study a selection of fashions from the
collection in closer detail, please contact
us.
The Fashion Museum collection was started by Doris Langley
Moore, a collector, costume designer and author. She gave her
collection to the city of Bath in 1963, and Bath City Council used
it to found the Museum of Costume. The collection is now three
times its original size and the museum changed its name to the
Fashion Museum in 2007.
Bruce Oldfield, designer with Dress of the
Year 1985