The Hunt Museum Costume Workshop

1. The Hunt MuseumCostume Workshop • Fifth Class visited the Hunt Museum. We took part in two workshops. • The Prehistoric Workshop was great fun. We learned lots about the Stone Age and the Bronze Age. • We thoroughly enjoyed the Costume Workshop. We modelled clothes from different ages and learned really interesting facts about fashion through the ages. You will find out what we learned in our slide show.

2. Norman Times • Anne models a dress from the Middle Ages. • The chemise is saffron. • The kirtle is red linen. • The girdle is saffron. • The head-dress has three parts – • the bourbet, • the fillet, • the crispen. • Men and women wore garments like this.

3. The Shinrone Gown • Amy models the Shinrone Gown. • It is a sixteenth century Irish dress. • A dress like this was found in a leather bag in a bog. • It has a wine chemise with long sleeves. • The green kirtle has half sleeves. • This dress has 17 hand-sewn panels.

4. The Farthingale • Colleen models a dress from the time of Queen Elizabeth I. • Queen Elizabeth set the fashion for Europe. • Fashion was influenced by travel to the East – new bright colours and new materials were used. • The farthingale and the corset were worn to create new styles.

5. Eighteenth Century Fashion • Edel models a dress from the eighteenth century. • The panier gives this dress its shape. • Dresses like this were worn to the first performance of Handel’s “Messiah” in Dublin. • Boys and girls wore dresses like this.

6. The Empire Style • Vera models a dress from the beginning of the nineteenth century. • Beautiful ladies wanted to look like Roman and Greek Statues. • Equality was important. • This dress is white satin and it has a muslin chemise. • Drawers were worn under it.

7. The Crinoline • Lisa models a green ball gown from the middle of the nineteenth century. • It is made from raw silk. • The sewing machine was used to make dresses like this. • The crinoline has hoops made from bamboo and gives this dress its shape. • Rich ladies wore dresses like this. The poor wore this style too.

8. A Walking Costume • Olive models a walking costume from the 1880s or Victorian times. • Ladies could cycle, play tennis and go to school. • At this time ladies changed their clothes several times a day. Of course, their maids helped them. • Ladies wore costumes like this when they walked in The People’s Park. • The bustle gives this costume its shape.

9. The Twentieth Century • Maria models a stylish evening dress from the beginning of the twentieth century. • Fashion was influenced by World War I. • Women worked in factories and had their own money. • They wore shorter hairstyles and shorter dresses. • The first department stores were opened. • Ladies loved accessories like headbands, feathers and long pearls.