Sullington Windmills WI

(Barbara Stanwyck, Ziegfeld Girl - Image Credit: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Susan Bishop is a Fashion Historian and Curator. Her research includes historical department store fashion shows, marketing and consumer shopping habits.

She has worked in fashion for over 45 years and is an avid collector of vintage jewellery, toys and a variety of other objects.

As a curator Susan has volunteered at various museums in London and the South of England. Recently Susan has worked with the Fashion and Textile Museum and the Barbican.

Susan is also an Associate Lecturer at Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL.

This month Susan's talk will look at how, in the 1920s, Hollywood influenced fashion, largely because Paris couturiers were designing for the stars.

With the introduction of the new media publicity about the films, consumers could see inspirational photographs of the glamour of cinema. Movie stars promoted new styles and trends, and in America, department stores sold copies of film costume.

Costume designers were also very influential, and many of the iconic looks still go in and out of fashion today.

This talk will look at some key stars and how they influenced what we wore, whilst also discussing how film influences fashion designer collections.

There will also be time for refreshments and the raffle.