Clothing, Costume & Fashion Accessories

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Ladies collar

Collars and chemisettes were popular additions to the day dress of the 1850s-60s. They were made of

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Ladies dress cuffs

The embroidered cuff addd decoration to a plain dress. The cuff could be easily removed and replace

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Ladies dress sleeve

Embroidered muslin sleeve decorated with stars, striped border and a palm-like raised stitch design.

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Ladies sleeves (2)

White cotton sleeves decorated with hand embroidered broderie anglaise. This form of decoration was

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Ladies sleeves (1)

These delicate sleeves date from the 1850s. They are made of fine net with embroidered dot design.

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Ladies sleeves

Costumiers and tailors in earlier centuries sold sleeves and collars separately. These accessories

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Day dress (2)

This day dress is made of blue pinstriped silk, a fashionable material of the time. The bodice is d

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Baby's boot

Made of soft leather, these baby boots were for the toddlers of the family. They were made to last,

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Child's clogs

These wooden clogs were made by a local clogmaker in Newton Stewart. The leather uppers were shaped

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Flapper dress

Fashionable in the 1920s-30s this dress is made in the flapper style. It would have been worn for s

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Wartime wedding dress

Wedding dress worn by Mrs Love, nee McDowall on 26/3/1947 at Stranraer Old Parish Church. Rationing

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Ladies cape (1)

Black was a fashionable colour for capes and mantles during the 1870s bu the use of black ribbons an

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