Mining Couture - Huddersfield Art Gallery

Mining Couture – Huddersfield Art Gallery 16 June – 11 August Mining Couture explores a relationship between coal mining and fashion; the concept emerged from an art commission at Snibston Discovery Museum in North West Leicestershire. Snibston is based at an ex-colliery which also houses one of the largest fashion collections outside London. Mining Couture resulted in a series of mini-projects and interventions that are founded on site-conditional and artist-in-residence contexts; weaving human narratives, places and activities into the content and production of the work. The exhibition features the design of work-wear within the everyday and considers how work-wear designs manifest themselves within broader community settings.