Locksbrook Lates 10: Fashion Museum Takeover

Discover the future of fashion, from historic treasures to digital innovation. Join Fashion Museum Bath at Locksbrook Lates for an evening of fashion, creativity, making and technology. Get up close to incredible objects from the Fashion Museum collection, explore the stories they hold, and discover how historic fashion can inspire new ideas about sustainability, craftsmanship and the future of museums. With the Fashion Museum working towards reopening in 2030, this special event offers a chance to explore the collection in new ways, meet the people shaping the museum’s future, and share your ideas about what it could become. What’s on?Fashion Unpacked: Get up close to three remarkable treasures from the Fashion Museum collection and discover the stories behind them. Mass Mending: Join visible mending specialist Lizzie David of Little Moth Mends for a hands-on exploration of repair, reuse and traditional making skills. Fashion meets technology: Discover how digital scanning and 3D models can bring fashion collections to life, with interactive demonstrations from Gabby Shiner-Hill Design. See fashion in motion: Experience a demonstration of motion capture technology bringing a historic mantua to life through movement. Explore digital collections: Interact with 3D models of the Blackwork Coat and a 1940s dress, with digital hotspots revealing details of repair and mending. Creative talent and local makers: Discover emerging creative practice and explore the connections between fashion, sustainability and independent making.