A vintage building for a vintage event

Vintage fashion lovers are invited to the Harris Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday.

Stalls are set to line the museums halls for the Vintage Harris event.

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Alongside a number of stalls selling clothing, crafts and furniture there are also drop-in workshops to learn how to do it yourself.

Live musical performances are also on the line up, plus the chance to find out about a history of men’s suits.

The full line up for the workshops are:

12pm to 1pm: Drop in craft sessions, suitable for all ages on how to make rose brooches and hairclips

12pm to 12.40pm: A chance to explore the jewellery collection of the Harris up close

1pm to 2pm: Horrockses Hour, a talk showcasing the garments from Preston’s world-renowed clothing manufacturers

2pm to 3pm: Drop-in craft sessions on how to make brooches and hairclips

3pm to 3.40pm: A talk on men’s fashion from the 1930s to the 1970s

All afternoon there will be music from Leading Notes, while the aptly named Caroline Preston will share a history of glamarous vintage powder compacts.

A glimpse of forthcoming fashion exhibition A Dyer’s Journey through Art and Fashion by Marian Clayden is also on the line up.

Stalls include:
Retroqueen – Vintage clothing
Vintage Faith – Vintage Clothing
Wudstock – woodwork crafts – created with reclaimed wood from organs and beams around Lancashire
Rebecca UK – Bespoke tailoring
Yappers and Chappers Designs – Nickel and Lead free Jewellery
Walking on Glass – engraved glassware
Bev Salisbury – furniture
Owl and Heartflower – crafts and gifts, beautiful scarves
Astrakha Vintage – Vintage Clothing
Liz Proctor – Vintage Clothing
Plus get your hair styled in a vintage look by Kerrie Lamb

Admission to the event is free, which runs from 12noon to 4pm on Saturday 30 August.

Will you be going? What are you looking forward to? Let us know in the comments below