Recent acquisitions
Evening jacket in 'Hothouse' design, 2001-2
Collecting
The Gallery collects about 150 new items per year, mostly outfits from the last 50 or 60 years, as the collections are already very strong pre-1945.
We have recently been very fortunate to receive a collection of outfits from the archives of Georgina von Etzdorf, one of the most innovative and creative British textile companies of the last 30 years. Eighteen outfits designed and produced by the firm have been donated, beginning with the first design 'Poppy' (1981) and moving through 25 years to 2006, when the company ceased trading.
This generous donation is in recognition of the successful retrospective exhibition held at Manchester Art Gallery in 2006.
Descriptions and images of all the outfits can be found in our online collection.
Evening dress in 'Neptune' design, 1998
The collection
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