Black Pool Pleasure Beach - Costume Archive

Being given the chance to see the Blackpool Pleasure Beach Costume Archive was an amazing opportunity and provided plenty of inspiration for colour combinations and extravagance that I may want to use in my work.
The archive holds over 10000 costumes made for circus performers, ice skaters and burlesque shows held in Blackpool but also worldwide. There were some incredible one off costumes made to order, alongside mass produced costumes for shows. Within all the costumes there was a fantastic use of colour, feathers, sequins and ribbons.
We also got to see the workshop where the costumes were made and it held the most brilliant collection of fabrics, lace, beads, and much more.