Loan to Crown to Couture at Kensington Palace

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A new must-see fashion exhibition is opening at Kensington Palace in April 2023 and we’re thrilled to reveal that our world-famous Silver Tissue Dress will be opening the show. 
Image: The Silver Tissue Dress
Silver Tissue Dress

Crown to Couture will see dazzling contemporary couture worn by celebrities including Lizzo and Lady Gaga, displayed alongside beautiful historic costume, highlighting parallels between the world of the red carpet and the Royal Court.

The Silver Tissue Dress is a rare example of fashion worn at the court of Charles II and will be loaned from the Fashion Museum collection for the duration of the exhibition. Handmade of fine silk woven with silver thread, it is believed to have been worn to court by a young Lady Theophila Harris and is one of very few complete dresses from the seventeenth century. Crown to Couture will be one of the largest exhibitions ever staged at Kensington Palace, with over two hundred stunning objects filling the palace’s spectacular historic State Apartments. We can’t wait!