Get creative in style! Join us every Tuesday and Thursday, from 10.30am to 3.30pm, for free ‘fashionable’ activities inspired by our summer exhibition Threads: Clothing, Memory and Identity.

Activity details:

Week 1: Setting the Style, Tuesday 29 July & Thursday 31 JulyWhy do we wear what we wear? From simple and practical to colourful and detailed, explore our exhibition and discover how clothes have developed and created a range of styles that are part of our identity. Then create your own designs to mix and match for a paper person.

Week 2: Fibre to Fabric, Tuesday 5 August & Thursday 7 AugustWhether natural or synthetic, most fabrics start life as long, thin threads. But how is the process of spinning and weaving these into fabric linked to the development of Chippenham? Join us to discover the cloth-making history of the town and have a go at making your own simple woven work.

Week 3: Shapes and Colour Palettes, Tuesday 12 August & Thursday 14 AugustFrom cool blues to vivid pink, polka dots to stripes, colour and pattern plays an important role in fashion. Join us as we explore the expression of power and meaning in colour and pattern, then blend ideas to create our own pattern colour wheel.

Week 4: Function to Fashion, Tuesday 19 August & Thursday 21 AugustFrom simple straps to decorative shoulder accessories, epaulettes show how something functional can display rank and authority and become part of high fashion. Join us to explore how status can be expressed in our clothing and have a go at making your own epaulettes.

Week 5: Finishing Touches, Tuesday 26 August & Thursday 28 AugustWhether belts, bows, badges or buckles, adding accessories to an outfit gives that finishing touch and makes its unique to the wearer. Join us as we explore a range of accessories and make your own plaited belt and paper buckle to finish off your look.