Today, I finally achieved something that had been on my Gretchen Rubin inspired lists from 19for2019, a visit to the Fashion museum. This was my third attempt, as due to staffing issues (its run by volunteers) and a leak, my previous two visits were unsuccessful. However it was third time lucky and it is an absolute gem of a museum.

It felt that my visit to the Fashion museum was in the stars today, as even my morning Wordle puzzle had a fashion inspired answer. I absolutely loved the museum, housed in a Georgian period house. I went with my daughter and we not only admired the clothes, the tailoring and craft of the clothes but talked about the social history and of course chose our favourite outfits. For me the pale pink dress was my choice, whilst my daughter appreciated the dress designed by Bruce Oldfield. I took a photo of the 1950s navy outfit as my daughter noted it was very similar to the outfit I was wearing, down to the straw bag.

In addition to the museum, there was also a wonderful tea room and shop, so after our tour, we stopped for a pot of tea. The museum had such a lovely atmosphere and ethos that I joined up as a friend of the museum and look forward to many more visits, there are talks and workshops in addition to the exhibits. I am so pleased that I have finally visited the Fashion museum, its inspired me and is a truly wonderful little museum.