ADVENTURES IN COSTUME
Experience life in the Past - Grown Up Dressing Up
Be transported to the past in this unique dressing up experience. Choose from over 20 exquisite, handmade replica costumes in sumptuous fabrics. Embody Claire (or Jamie!) from Outlander, become a young Victoria or dine at Downton. Channel Jane Austen or party like its 1799.
Book an hour in the museum or an afternoon 'on location' with our expert dresser who will take you on an adventure through time. Take home a video and souvenir photographs and feel what it was like to be dressed in the finery of the day - corsets, petticoats, bustles and crinolines included!
1 Hour Costume Experience at the Museum
This costs £50 per person & we can accommodate 1-2 people per appointment.
Hen Parties
Want a unique hen party? Book the museum for a few hours in the evening and bring your gal pals along (max. 6)
- try on costumes, take photos and video, for an evening you'll never forget.
Champagne included. £200.
Unique On Location Experience
We can craft a unique on location experience.
£200 for a morning or afternoon (not including any entrance fees to the chosen location).
If you would like to make an appointment or have any questions about our events, please contact - info@grantownmuseum.co.uk
You can see a short video on YouTube where Suzi talks about some of the Outlander costumes here - youtu.be/SJLODP-XuUo
You can also see a longer (50 minute) tour of the museum and the costumes here - vod.virtualtoursofscotland.com
Check out our Adventures in Costume website - adventuresincostume.com
Be transported to the past in this unique dressing up experience. Choose from over 20 exquisite, handmade replica costumes in sumptuous fabrics. Embody Claire (or Jamie!) from Outlander, become a young Victoria or dine at Downton. Channel Jane Austen or party like its 1799.
Book an hour in the museum or an afternoon 'on location' with our expert dresser who will take you on an adventure through time. Take home a video and souvenir photographs and feel what it was like to be dressed in the finery of the day - corsets, petticoats, bustles and crinolines included!
1 Hour Costume Experience at the Museum
This costs £50 per person & we can accommodate 1-2 people per appointment.
Hen Parties
Want a unique hen party? Book the museum for a few hours in the evening and bring your gal pals along (max. 6)
- try on costumes, take photos and video, for an evening you'll never forget.
Champagne included. £200.
Unique On Location Experience
We can craft a unique on location experience.
£200 for a morning or afternoon (not including any entrance fees to the chosen location).
If you would like to make an appointment or have any questions about our events, please contact - info@grantownmuseum.co.uk
You can see a short video on YouTube where Suzi talks about some of the Outlander costumes here - youtu.be/SJLODP-XuUo
You can also see a longer (50 minute) tour of the museum and the costumes here - vod.virtualtoursofscotland.com
Check out our Adventures in Costume website - adventuresincostume.com
This is a red silk gown similar to that worn by the character Claire, to the Court of Louis XV. There is a corset, chemise and panniers that are worn underneath. Will fit UK sizes 12-16.
BTW - in case you are wondering how the dress will fit multiple sizes, the skirt is constructed in such a way to fit almost any size. The back half is tied around the front of the waist and then the front half ties over the top of the back. And then the bodice laces up the back and the laces can be let out to accommodate larger sizes.
Read more - adventuresincostume.com
BTW - in case you are wondering how the dress will fit multiple sizes, the skirt is constructed in such a way to fit almost any size. The back half is tied around the front of the waist and then the front half ties over the top of the back. And then the bodice laces up the back and the laces can be let out to accommodate larger sizes.
Read more - adventuresincostume.com
"Outlander"
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"Outlander"
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Outlander - Claire's Wedding Dress
Recreated in dove grey linen and white silk with silver embroidery & off the shoulder sleeves. Worn with panniers, corset, bum pad and chemise. Fits sizes 12-14. Read more - adventuresincostume.com
"The Duchess"
Robe à la Française
This gown is a reproduction of a Saque (or sack) back gown from the 18th century, also called a robe à la française (as seen in the movie "The Duchess" with Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes). There is a complicated arrangement of pleats on the back of the gown that flows to the floor with a short train. The gown is made in silk taffeta, with a silk taffeta petticoat, silk brocade stomacher, with chemise, corset and panniers to go underneath. Read more - adventuresincostume.com |
Robe à l'Anglaise
The brown and gold, silk brocade and taffeta gown is a copy of an 18th century Robe à l'Anglaise - unlike the flowing back of the robe à la française, the back is fitted to the body. This is worn with chemise, corset, split rump, panniers & stomacher. Will fit UK sizes 10-16 Read more - adventuresincostume.com |
The Marquise & The MaidThe Marquise in her travelling ensemble - a printed silk skirt and fitted linen jacket. Skirt will fit almost any size, the jacket will fit UK size 12-14.
The maid's dress is cotton with silk ribbon trim - there is no charge to try on this dress. Read more - adventuresincostume.com |
The Clan Grant Wedding Dress
The Clan Grant Wedding Dress was inspired by the Isabella MacTavish Fraser wedding dress at the Inverness Museum & Art Gallery. This dress is special because it is the only 18th century wedding gown in tartan known to exist.
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You can read more about the Isabella dress here -
highlifehighland.com/inverness-museum I decided to make a similar dress in Clan Grant Tartan, so here it is - the dress is shown with a navy linen petticoat and stomacher. Read more - adventuresincostume.com |
"Bridgerton" or
"Pride & Prejudice"
Now we have moved into the Regency period - Jane Austen reigns supreme, and ladies started wearing looser fitting, higher waisted dresses with a much lighter corset (or no corset at all!). The navy linen cutaway coat with velvet covered buttons goes over the cotton lawn and velvet trim dress. The blue dress and coat will fit UK sizes 8-10, and the white dress will fit UK sizes 10-16. Read more - adventuresincostume.com
Victorian Era
We have two Victorian outfits - an early Victorian ball gown made from Swiss knot cotton, lace and silk ribbon. It comes with a chemise, petticoats, drawers, crinoline, skirt and a boned and lined bodice which laces up the back. Will fit UK sizes 12-16. The second outfit is a late Victorian bustle dress - this dress started life from an original Victorian pattern - unfortunately the waist was so small (they really laced their corsets tight) that the skirt had to be expanded, but still this dress will only fit UK sizes 8-10. Comes with drawers, corset, corset cover and padded bustle. Made in linen, cotton, lace and velvet. Read more - adventuresincostume.com
Young Ladies Costumes
We have several young ladies costumes to try on - the pink one is made from an actual Victorian pattern from 1867, and the blue one is a reproduction of an 18th century design. Both dresses will fit a 28 inch chest (71 cm). The brown and gold dress is silk and silk brocade and fits a 31" chest, & the yellow dress fits a 30" chest. No charge to try on.
Accessories & Undies
We have the appropriate undergarments and accessories to help create an authentic historical experience - corsets (18th century, Regency, Victorian), chemises, shawls and pockets (yes, pockets were a separate garment that were tied on the body over your petticoats and under your gown - the handbag of the time). We have tried to make the the construction of the garments as authentic as possible (the notable exception being whalebone!) Note the period details such as handmade 18th century buttons and hand stitched eyelets (metal eyelets were not invented until the 19th century, so Regency and 18th century corsets were not tied so tightly as Victorian corsets - once they invented those metal eyelets then they could really go to town with tight lacing - if they tied the corsets too tight in the 18th century the hand sewn eyelets would rip)
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