Snibston Fashion Museum

Moving away from Birmingham now......and on to the wider world, well UK!!
I recently went to Snibston Discovery Centre, as I'd heard it had one of the biggest clothing collections in the Midlands. Its defo worth a look, if you can get past the tragic flash backs of being dragged to places like this on school trips or by your parents, desperate to do something 'educational'.

Showing genuine pieces of clothing and uniforms from around the last 150 years and costumes imitating fashions from times long before that, there were iconic designer pieces from Vivienne Westwood to Chanel to the late Alexander McQueen.
Not only does it provide a fashion timeline, but also focuses on fashions that can alter specific parts of the body, with its extensive displays of corsets and crinolin cages which are the most famous examples of body transforming garmets.


The interactive screens within the museum were also pretty entertaining, especially when it came to the section where they'd been asking random people about their style, to which one man replied 'ummmm....chav?'
The centre has been well thought out and is cleverly designed to appeal to both adults and children; with its use of various mediums to both educate and entertain.
And of course we cannot forget the display of Nottingham Trent's very own Fashion Design students work, keep up the good work guys!!