Saturday was a beautiful sunny day here, with a proper spring feeling to it. I decided to walk to the Textile Museum in the afternoon. On the way there, I passed one f my favourite views of the town (above); and in a little park on 'my' side of the river, I found some crocuses in bloom (below).
Jaume Plensa's huge sculpture House of Knowledge is still sitting in front of the Textile Fashion Center - which besides the Textile Museum also houses the Swedish School of Textiles (part of Borås University), and some textile-related businesses.
Last time I was there was at the end of October, on a rather crowded Open House day. Two of the exhibitions from the autumn are still running; a couple of others had been exchanged for new ones. Less people there this time, so more space to walk around and get up close to various objects and showcases.
A new exhibition shows the development of women's fashion from the 1930s onward, using examples from one local fashion company. Here we are in the 1950s I think!
Another exhibition was about a local wallpaper-company (Borås-tapeter).
Curious swans seem to follow me around this month!
(Last week, it was a live one...)
I was glad to find the exhibition Material World by Ian Berry still going on.
"Worn jeans are the medium that British artist Ian Berry uses in his artwork. At first glance, it’s easy to mistake his works for blue toned photographs or indigo coloured oil paintings. Up close you realize that they are carefully put together by layer upon layer of denim."
A denim artist, that is innovative! My favorite here is the gorgeous swan. The Textile Museum is so cool, and you can't go too often, as I always love looking around there.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ginny - so do I :)
DeleteI liked the crocus photo where you brought the water into the photo as well as the flowers!
ReplyDeleteThanks Barbara - I did do that on purpose! :)
DeleteEvery time you show us pictures from the Textile and Fashion Museum, I want to go there! What a great place, they present things so well. I love the almost poetic style of the explanation about the flora pattern.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, that array of dresses is the 50s - can I have the yellow one, please? :-)
Meike, I'm sure the yellow dress would look good on you :) Myself, I'm afraid I never had quite the right figure for that style of fashion...
DeleteI'll tag along too, please, next time you visit the Textile and Fashion Museum! It's such an innovative place, and the presentation is excellent. So much to see and enjoy.
ReplyDeleteThe swan is beautiful and so lifelike, and I think Ian Berry's unique artwork is absolutely amazing.
I can remember my mother wearing dresses like those, in the 50's, they were so feminine.
CG, I remember the 50s fashion enough to feel a bit nostalgic about it too (even though being rather grateful that it had changed before I reached my own teens). The 1950s also seems to be rather popular in 'retro-fashion' now - like quite a few TV-series lately set in post-WW2-times.
DeleteI always enjoy your visits to the textile museum. these are each and every one amazing. i could spend hours in their staring at each exibit. I love the wallpaper chair. and the photo just above that gorgeous swan is my favorite. the tall flowers. stunning
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the virtual visit, Sandra :)
DeleteIt's probably my favourite time era, I'm loving those dresses.
ReplyDeleteAmy, I agree they're very elegant - but require "Barbie doll" anatomy! :)
DeleteWhat a fascinating and lovely post. I remember the 50s so well. As a teenager I was, of course, at my most impressionable and I would venture to suggest that the dresses have never been surpassed for femininity in my lifetime - if ever.
ReplyDeleteI could have looked at the swans on their own for ages too.
However the denim art really took my fancy. I thought it was clever and I loved it.
Graham, I enjoy looking at the 1950s fashion as well - as long as I don't have to try to fit my own waist into it :)
DeleteHaving my own teenage roots in the 1970s, I love the denim art! Might go back yet another time this month, before they take down that exhibition.