Stepping Back In Time!

On Monday, Mel and I were lucky enough to be invited along to visit The Costume Collection. It is sometimes called the Melbourne Costume Museum.

Here we are with Loel, the owner of all these beautiful items. Loel is a private collector who has dedicated her time and money to the collection, preserving and displaying over
200 years of Australian fashion.
There were fashions from right back in 1788!

Loel started off by telling us the history of how her collection began and then had many interesting stories about life "in the old days".
I could have sat there all day listening to her!

Part of someone's Trousseau in amazing condition.

 

We then could wander through the museum to see all the fashions. They were all original clothing, not reproductions.

 

 Jane Austen period.

 Picnic at Hanging Rock.

 The 1950's.

 Children's clothing.

 Both Mel and I were totally blown away with what we saw. 

I'll show you some more photos another day. 

Mel will have some too.