Dr Marina Moskowitz

So much of the design of this early #1930s dress is about a trick of the eye - the trompe l’oeil - created in the illusion of pleats from the placement of the beadwork that covers the entire garment. Designed by Jean Patou it shimmers in pink and gold @V_and_A #fashionhistory

Popped into #Glasgow’s new Uniqlo store on Argyle Street to see the new tapestry made in a collaboration between #Uniqlo and @GovanhillBaths. The tapestry takes pre-loved Uniqlo clothing and, to honour their Japanese heritage and the art of visible mending, transforms it into something completely new with the hand-stitched panels cleverly arranged into maps of Glasgow. If you look at the central panel you can see that it is an abstracted map of Glasgow’s city centre with key details such as George Square, the St Enoch Centre and Glasgow Central Station picked out in different colours, types, folds, and patterns of cloth with the Uniqlo store highlighted in red. In other panels you can see Queens Park and the River Clyde as it winds its way through the city. It is a great way to celebrate how to remake something old into something new thus giving it a new purpose while preserving our heritage, which is exactly what we are trying to do @GovanhillBaths 🥰👏👍!