From a 150-year-old crinoline to a 60s mini, garments have shaped not only their owners but also the entire face of fashion.
Killerton’s latest costume exhibition ‘The F-Word: the changing language of fashion’ explores how fashion has responded to the latest innovations and made its mark across the centuries.
Zips, buttons, elastic – items now taken for granted were revolutionary in their day. They changed what could be worn and also helped people dress faster and with ease. And the language of fashion is often bound to the technology and materials used to produce it....
From a 150-year-old crinoline to a 60s mini, garments have shaped not only their owners but also the entire face of fashion. Killerton’s latest costume exhibition ‘The F-Word: the changing language of fashion’ opens on Saturday 14 February and explores how fashion has responded to the latest innovations and made its mark across the centuries. Zips, buttons, elastic – items now taken for granted were revolutionary in their day. They changed what could be worn and also helped people dress faster and with ease. And the language of fashion is often bound to the technology and materials used to...
Thousands of items of counterfeit “Frozen” merchandise, including dolls and costumes, have been seized in Barnstaple and Ilfracombe by Devon and Somerset Trading Standards service.
Investigations are continuing, but the authorities have issued a warning , alerting people to the potential dangers.
“We are concerned that children could be playing with these potentially dangerous dolls or wearing costumes which are highly flammable,” says Councillor Roger Croad, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member with responsibility for the Trading Standards service.
Exeter soldier has raised more than £2,000 for a military charity after cycling for 24 hours straight on a stationary bicycle. Steve Tonking, 34, took on the Herculean challenge to raise money for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision impaired ex-Service men and women. The target set was to cycle a distance of 1000 km, which is equal to cycling from Nottingham to John O’Groats. The soldier, now based in Nottingham, and his team of 12 friends and colleagues supporting him, easily went past this target reaching 1202km, with Steve riding an incredible 500km himself. Throughout...
Businesses in the South West can get hands on practical advice about social media, working with the ‘cloud’, understanding analytics and the benefits of utilising other digital technologies at two separate events taking place in February. Specialist Business support services from Superfast Business, The Digital Marketplace, Heart of the South West Business Support and Get up to Speed, all delivered by Peninsula Enterprise, have joined forces to deliver Technology Mega Trends 2015.
Taking place in Barnstaple on Tuesday 24 February and Exeter on Thursday 26 February, business owners...
Devon Wildlife Trust is looking for friendly, enthusiastic and confident people to take on a new challenge in 2015, and help Devon’s biggest wildlife conservation charity recruit new members. The Membership Recruiter position has never been more valuable to DWT, as membership is the only reliable source of income for the charity to be able to continue helping wildlife in Devon. DWT’s 49 nature reserves across Devon provide habitats for a host of threatened and rare species including dormice, otters and greater horseshoe bats. Membership allows the charity to continue the habitat management...
Flybe today announces the appointment of Luke Farajallah as Chief Operations Officer. Luke joins Flybe on 1 April, 2015 from Bond Offshore Helicopters where he has been the Managing Director since 2012.
Luke has over 25 years of aviation experience having spent 17 years with British Airways in various operational roles. After BA, Luke held senior operations roles with a number of airlines in UK and Mainland Europe including Wizz Air and easyJet.
He is replacing John Palmer, current Director of Operations, who is leaving Flybe at the end of March to take up a role with...
29% of people in Exeter who are in a relationship will spend nothing on their other halves this Valentine’s Day, according to new research commissioned by shopping and price comparison website Give as you Live.
Exeter is less romantic than the rest of the country, as a quarter of Brits will spend nothing this Valentine’s Day. In the gender stakes, the ladies across the country are the least romantic this Valentine’s Day with nearly a third (29%) of women in a relationship planning to shun gift buying this year, compared to 23% of men in relationships.
Fifteen ancient skeletons have been discovered on an archaeological dig in Ipplepen, a major Romano-British settlement in Devon and now the best preserved Roman cemetery in the county.
University of Exeter archaeologists and a team of students and volunteers uncovered the human remains during an excavation of a Roman Road and found a roadside cemetery, the like of which has never been seen in the region. The significance of the discovery took on further importance when one of the skeletons was found to date from around 250 to 350 years after the Roman period, an era often referred...
