Part of: Bonnet
index
Interview

Interview: Oriole Cullen on Bonnets

published on 13 November 2014

Oriole Cullen, curator of Modern Textiles and Fashion, explains the history of the bonnet to Lou Stoppard at the V&A's Clothworkers' Centre.

Oriole Cullen, curator of Modern Textiles and Fashion, explains the history of the bonnet to Lou Stoppard at the V&A's Clothworkers' Centre.

Housing over 104,000 objects, the Clothworkers' Centre aims to bring the V&A's reserve collections of textiles and fashion to the widest possible audience. Researchers, students and enthusiasts are encouraged to study and research the collections, with a spacious new public study room, staff and reference books available for consultation. Entry is free, and individual and group appointments must be booked in advance to enable the Museum to ensure that requested objects and the appropriate space to study them are available. Public tours of the Clothworkers’ Centre take place on the last Friday of every month.

Interview by:

Explore

Interview

Interview: Stephen Jones and Oriole Cullen on Cecil Beaton

23 February 2009
Curator Oriole Cullen and milliner Stephen Jones talk taking inspiration from 1971's landmark V&A exhibition Fashion: An Anthology by Cecil Beaton.
Interview

Interview: Oriole Cullen and Stephen Jones on the V&A Archives

23 February 2009
Curator Oriole Cullen and milliner Stephen Jones discuss working with the millinery in the V&A archives.
Interview

Interview: Robin Muir on Baron Adolph de Meyer

24 June 2016
Nick Knight and Robin Muir discuss 'Dolores and the Crystal Ball' by Baron Adolph de Meyer, May 1919, in the Vogue 100 exhibition.
Back to top