Residents and staff at Glebefields care home reminisced about their favourite fashions over the years from the swinging sixties to the punk era.
Staff and residents swapped photos of their favourite outfits, talked about clothes they had made themselves or that they had bought or had made for special occasions.
They watched some catwalk shows from London Fashion Weeks past and present and picked out which were their favourite designers and those they weren’t so keen on!
Marlene, a resident at Glebefields said: “I have always loved clothes and keeping up with the latest trends.
“I used to make my own outfits when I was younger, I had a little sewing machine and I would look at what the models were wearing in the fashion magazines and run myself up something similar to wear to the dance!”
London Fashion Week first took place in 1984 and it is a clothing trade show that now showcases over 250 designers.
General manager, Nisha Shaji said: “Our residents loved talking about their favourite outfits from over the years, where they got their clothes from and how much they cost.
“Clothes are such an important part of an occasion, it was wonderful to see our residents’ photos from significant events in their lives and to talk about what everyone wore at that point in time.”
Source: Oxford Mail
