Hope House Costume Museum and Restoration Workshop

During my time in Professional Studies there was a small Museum held on the street in Markeaton, Derby University. There was plenty of vintage garments made from the 1790s up to the 1970s.

Hope House Costume Museum and Restoration Workshop is a realisation of a dream that Notty Hornblower had nurtured for more than thirty years. She began seriously collecting period costumes when in her thirties and has now amassed a huge collection that include outfits from 1790s up to the 1970s. Most of the collections has been donated by local people and includes menswear, childrens and baby outfit, christening robes, military uniforms and exquisite wedding dresses.

Me (Ellechia) trying on a vintage under skirt.