2026 Celebration, AGM & Awards

Saturday, 4 July

Booking is now live for The Costume Society's 2026 Celebration, Annual General Meeting and Awards! Both members and non-members welcome!

Booking now live for The Costume Society's 2026 Celebration, Annual General Meeting and Awards! Both members and non-members welcome!

📅 Saturday 4th July 2026

⏰ 10:30-16:00

📍 Leicester Castle, Castle View, Leicester LE1 5WH

 

Join us in Leicester for our 2026 AGM and the final of the Patterns of Fashion and Patterns for Performance Awards

10.30 - 11.00 Arrival and Coffee

11.00 - 11.30 Introduction to Leicestershire’s Fashion and Textile Heritage, with Philip Warren, Collections & Learning Manager, Culture Leicestershire

11.30 - 12.00 Anniversary Archive Project, Dr Elizabeth Blood

12.00 - 12.30 Exhibiting Creative Fashion Practice and Heritage Collections, Elizabeth Wheelband De Montfort University Museum Curator

12.30 -13.15 The Costume Society Annual General Meeting, Conference 2026 Announcement

13.15 - 14.15 Buffet lunch served in Trinity Chapel and gardens, De Montfort University Museum

14.15 - 15.00 Exhibition View - Soul of the Cloth: The Karun Thakar Textile Collection

15.00 - 15.30 Patterns of Fashion and Patterns for Performance Awards - View of Finalist's Work

15.30 - 16.00 The final of the Patterns of Fashion and Patterns for Performance Awards judged by multi-award winning costume designer Joanna Eatwell, known for her work on Wolf Hall, Taboo, Carnival Row, Venom, One Life and The Radleys.

Finalists: Kate Bashford, Qianrong (Rory) Huang, Gigi Chon Tsz Wan and Sylvie Xu Xintong Wimbledon College University of the Arts London. Iris Burton and Tallulah Lawson Nottingham Trent University

 

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