What’s On
Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London
4 October 2024
– 9 March 2025
Centres around the legendary nightclub Taboo, opened by designer and performance artist Leigh Bowery in 1985.
Short Course in Bespoke Pattern Block Making
18 November 2024
– 16 December 2024
A five day course focusing on creating bespoke fashion pattern cutting blocks, the perfect follow-up to Pattern Cutting.
Copy Your Clothes
22 November 2024
Learn the skills used by couture fashion houses to copy elements of historical garments without the need to pull them apart.
Fabric Painting with Sarah Campbell
23 November 2024
Spend a day learning how to hand paint on fabric in this popular one-day workshop.
Coming Soon
Textiles: The Art of Mankind
Celebrates the ancient and deep entanglement between textiles, people and our world. Exhibition tickets on sale soon.
Learn with us
We offer a varied and inspiring programme of talks, courses and workshops, onsite and online, for all ages and levels to satisfy the fashionista within you.Learn more about your own textiles and breathe new life into your wardrobe. Explore the hidden stories behind our exhibitions as our experts uncover the inspirations that drive the world’s best designers and makers.