> I'm looking into squeezing in a day in London on our holiday next > spring, and was wondering what's the best place to go spend half a day > looking at costume and clothing related items? I'll probably only really > have time to spend at one location, so I want to make it a good one, > unless there are two quite close to each other. Tower of London? V&A? > Portrait Gallery? Any suggestions?
Wow, how to choose?! The V & A costume collection is quite awesome. So if you want to see actual clothing, that is the place. I also really enjoyed the National Portrait Gallery. Seeing the paintings of the Tudors and whatnot that you have only seen in books before is quite an experience. And you discover new things by being able to stick your nose right up to them. For example, I never realized that the embroidery on Mary Tudor's dress was redwork! For budget places to sleep, I used the Rick Steve's travel book. He had a series on public television called Travels in Europe that was great. He tells you interesting, off the path places to go and gives ideas on good budget place to sleep that aren't dumps. Have fun! Diana www.RenaissanceFabrics.net "Everything for the Costumer" _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
