History Wardrobe Presents - The Wartime Wardrobe

What would you wear to war? 

Join dress historian Lucy Adlington for highlights of Forties fashion in the History Wardrobe collection, with a unique array of garments, from London couture to home thrifting and well-worn uniforms.

Discover the fascinating stories and memories behind a refugee’s hat, a bride’s parachute, a sapper’s jerkin, a firefighter’s PJs, a Bletchley Park scarf, a coat from the Coventry bombings and more.

Lucy Adlington is author of New York Times bestselling books The Dressmakers of Auschwitz and Four Red Sweaters, in addition to Stitches in Time – the Story of the Clothes We Wear, and Women’s Lives and Clothes in WW2 - Ready for Action.

Hopetown is thrilled to welcome History Wardrobe back to celebrate our vintage weekend in style!