100 Things to Wear | Costume Display at Attingham
To celebrate the launch of the National Trust’s new book 100 Things to Wear, Attingham Park is showcasing two rare garments from its collection that are featured in the book.
- Booking not needed
- Free event (admission applies)
On display in the Boudoir, visitors can see Teresa, Lady Berwick’s flowing Fortuny cloak, designed in Venice around 1923 by Mariano Fortuny. The only piece by Fortuny in the National Trust’s collections, this garment was painted into Lady Berwick’s 1923 portrait by her friend Sir Gerald Kelly. Photographs from the time even show Kelly at work, brush in hand, as Teresa posed in the cloak at Attingham.
Alongside it, in the Octagon Room, is an equally striking striped suit dating from the 1780s. Once worn by Thomas, 8th Baron Berwick, it may have appeared at fancy dress parties at Attingham.
Both the cloak and the suit feature in 100 Things to Wear, the first major book dedicated to historic dress across the National Trust. From Tudor reformations to 20th-century style, the book explores 500 years of fashion, makers, and wearers, showing how clothes were made, reused, and treasured.
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