The Sydney Design Festival is now on and a number of interesting workshops are scheduled. In particular, ESMOD is hosting several that may be of value and inspiration to the vintage clothing enthusiast:

Tuesday nights until September 8 – 20th century Haute Couture and the origins of Ready to Wear, with a different era covered each night (tonight is Victorian, next Tuesday is Edwardian, the week after is ’20s etc).

This Saturday is Embellishment: couture beading and embroidery techniques.

This Sunday, a one day seminar on Conservation and Restoration.

There is also Visual Appeal: colour and textile in fashion design and Fashion Drawing: the ESMOD methode.

For more information, follow the above links or check out ESMOD’s site.

Photo courtesy ESMOD.