August 2009
FASHION IN THE SPOTLIGHT
On Monday 24th August ‘Streetstyle Sportstyle Then and Now 1989/2009’ presents a spectacle of style in a Fashion Night at The Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester, as part of an exhibition and series of events linked to the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
The exhibition at the Centre, ‘Streetstyle Sportstyle Then and Now 1989/2009’, was created by Renaissance East Midlands and has been displaying clothes worn by people in the East Midlands in 1989 and the present day.
In July Leicester hosted the 2009 Special Olympics GB for athletes with learning disabilities, exactly 20 years since it last hosted the event. ‘Streetstyle Sportstyle Then and Now 1989/2009’ celebrates the two years and takes a look at local people’s clothing choices then and now.
At the Fashion Night (6-9pm), stylish visitors can have their photos taken in their favourite outfits and become part of a local archive of clothing of 2009; take part in a fashion swap shop – bring in their old but fabulous clothes and swap them for someone else’s gently-worn treasures.
Fashion theorists Sophie Ward (Nottingham Trent University) and Tim Edwards (University of Leicester) will host a debate on the subject of ‘Is Streetstyle ‘real’ fashion?’ (6-7pm).
Visitors can also explore the exhibition in the quiet of the evening, as well as enjoy the Streetstyle Fashion Show, showcasing exciting local street fashion labels. (7-8pm) in the comfortable surroundings of the Arts Bar.
Also on offer will be fashion film shows and hands-on fashion workshops, as well as a series of Saturday ‘Fashion Days’ on 15th, 22nd and 29th August (10am-4pm), with free workshops for young people.
The exhibition ‘Streetstyle Sportstyle Then and Now 1989/2009’ runs at The Richard Attenborough Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester, until 29th August, 10am-6pm Mondays-Fridays and 10am-4pm on Saturdays.
Admission is free to the exhibition and to most events. For more details, including classes that are charged, please contact The Richard Attenborough Centre, tel 0116 252 2455, or the exhibition curator Ruth Singer, email contact@streetstylesportstyle.org.uk, or see websites: www.streetstylesportstyle.org.uk and www.le.ac.uk/racentre
Notes to Editors: For more information on this please contact Ruth Singer, curator, Streetstyle Sportstyle, email contact@streetstylesportstyle.org.uk
For information on the work of The Richard Attenborough Centre please contact Gillian Garrett, Marketing Officer, Richard Attenborough Centre, tel 07973 188898 or email arts-centre@le.ac.uk.
EXHIBITION AND COMMUNITY EVENTS TO CELEBRATE SPECIAL OLYMPICS
Exhibition at The Richard Attenborough Centre at the University of Leicester to coincide with the East Midlands cultural programme for the 2012 Olympic Games OpenWeekend on 24th July, with special events on Saturday 25th July.
On Saturday 18th July at 12 noon the Lord Mayor of Leicester Councillor Gary Hunt will launch a new exhibition with associated community activities at The Richard Attenborough Centre, the University of Leicester arts centre.
Leicester is to host the 2009 Special Olympics GB for athletes with learning disabilities in July, exactly 20 years since it last hosted the event. Created by Renaissance East Midlands, the exhibition ‘Streetstyle Sportstyle Then & Now89/09’ is a display of clothes worn by people in the East Midlands in 1989 and the present day.
The exhibition at The Richard Attenborough Centre will open with a Community OpenDay on Saturday 18th July and will run until Saturday 29th August. The launch will include guided tours, a felt-making workshop for all ages, an African headwrap demonstration and sari-draping demonstrations.
Visitors themselves can become part of the exhibition by being photographed in their own clothes on Saturdays throughout the exhibition period at The Richard Attenborough Centre. Other events to take place will include talks and workshops in art, crafts, fashion, poetry and for adults with learning disabilities, as well as a Sportstyle Day to celebrate the opening of the Special Olympics and a‘Celebrate Carnival Day’ to coincide with the Leicester Carnival on 1st August.
Curator Ruth Singer commented: “The exhibition is unique because it reflects the clothes worn by real local people in 1989 and 2009. It is part of the London 2012 Olympics cultural programme and is taking place here in Leicester because we are hosting the 2009 Special Olympics GB for athletes with learning difficulties. The last time the Special Olympics were here was in 1989.“The two dates give us an opportunity to explore the way people express their identity through clothes today and a generation ago, in 1989. Eighties fashion is back in a big way, so it’s fascinating to see the excitement and interest of young people about what people wore 20 years ago.”
Director of The Richard Attenborough Centre, Louisa Milburn, added: “We are delighted to be hosting this fascinating exhibition, working in partnership with Renaissance East Midlands and the local community to celebrate the return of theSpecial Olympics.”
‘Streetstyle Sportstyle Then & Now89/09’ will run from Saturday 18th July until Saturday 29th August at The Richard Attenborough Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester. The exhibition will be open to the public between the hours of 10am-6pm, Mondays –Fridays; and 10am and 4pm on Saturdays. It is free of charge. For full details of all events, including costs on the few occasions when these apply, see the website: www.le.ac.uk/racentre/ or on http://www.streetstylesportstyle.org.uk/
Notes to Editors: There will be opportunities for press photographs and interview sat The Richard Attenborough Centre during the private showing on Friday 17th July,6-8pm, and the community launch on Saturday 18th July, 11am-4pm. The Lord Mayor will be launching the exhibition at 12 noon on 18th July.
For more information on this please contact Ruth Singer, curator, Street StyleSports Style, emailmailto:emailcontact@streetstylesportstyle.org.uk, tel 07599 826 569.
For information on the work of The Richard Attenborough Centre please contact Gillian Garrett, Marketing Officer, Richard Attenborough Centre, tel 07973 188898 or email arts-centre@le.ac.uk
May 2009
What were you wearing in 1989?
What are you wearing in 2009?
What do our clothes say about us and our world?
Streetstyle, Sportstyle 89/09 explores what people in the East Midlands were wearing in 1989 and what they choose to wear in 2009.
The exhibition will include everyday and sports clothes and shoes loaned by local people as well as designer and high street clothes preserved by museums around the East Midlands. Photographs and films will show how different communities dress, where we buy clothes, how subcultures have grown and changed their style, how sportswear has become commonplace in the last 20 years, how much music influences fashion and how the diverse communities of the East Midlands all express their identity through what they wear. The project celebrates the Special Olympics taking place in Leicester this year and looks back to the last year they were here – 1989.
Where: The Richard Attenborough Centre, University of Leicester, Lancaster Rd, Leicester LE1 7HA
When: 18 July – 29 August 2009, Monday – Friday 10-6, Saturdays 10-4
Closed Sundays.
Admission free to exhibition and most events. Some classes are charged, please check details of each entry.
www.le.ac.uk/racentre
www.streetstylesportstyle.org.uk
0116 252 2455
contact@streetstylesportstyle.org.uk
Extensive events programme during the exhibition period. More details will be sent shortly.
Contact
Ruth Singer, Project Leader
contact@streetstylesportstyle.org.uk
07599 826569
Notes for editors
Images available on request
The exhibition is part of a project led by Renaissance East Midlands museums partnership with support from the Museums Libraries and Archives Council. The project forms part of the East Midlands’ Igniting Ambition programme 2009 to accompany the staging of Special Olympics GB - 8th National Summer Games - Leicester 2009.
In partnership with
• Leicester City Council Arts and Museums Servive
• Nottingham City Council - Museums & Galleries Service
• Northampton Museums
• Lincolnshire Museums
• The Richard Attenborough Centre
• MACE Media Archive for Central England
• Derby Museums and Art Gallery
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