Palm trees, shells, the ocean... 🏖️For #archivetravel and #FashionFriday we have this gorgeous fabric print designed by Dame Dame Zandra Rhodes

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For #HeritageDay check out our latest blog post on cataloguing the very special and fascinating Leicester Tigers archival collecion 🏉: library.dmu.ac.uk/archivesblog/h…

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For our #Archive30 #ConservationWin we have the repackaging of costing files from the Dame Dame Zandra Rhodes collection: from old sticky plastic wallets 😱to divine archive folders 😇

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🚨CLOSING DATE: Monday 15th April 2024!
Last chance to write for an anthology inspired by items held in the archive? More here 👇🏽library.dmu.ac.uk/archivesblog/h………

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#Archive30 More on the #camping theme, this joyous print design for a chair and brolly/parasol by Dame Dame Zandra Rhodes for Millets. An #Archiveobject combo perfect for soaking up some #EYAnature

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We are pleased to share that there are some places available for our annual lecture dmuleicester on April 23, 2024 - 5:30-8:30pm.

Tickets are free but limited. Please sign up here⬇️

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What curious #ArchiveObject do you have in your collections?

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🚨🚨DEADLINE EXTENDED 🚨🚨

There's still time to submit an entry for the archives-inspired anthology! New deadline is midnight on Monday 22 April. If you can't make it to the archive in person have a look at our digital resources for your inspo --> library.dmu.ac.uk/specialcollect…

#NostalgiaTuesday

Furniture Design students from Leicester Polytechnic (now known as dmuleicester) posing for a photo in 1979 📸🎓

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'original talent, intuitive judgement... & genius'. Chess champion José Capablanca's horoscope for #ChessTuesday . One of my more unusual finds in the ECF library. From Chess Pie, 1922.

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With the collection of Dame Dame Zandra Rhodes we're brimming with fab #archivefashion but most helpful to our #fashion students are the toiles, mock-up garments to gauge drape & shape.

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#Archive30 Having trained as a textiles print designer it is a common misconception that Dame Dame Zandra Rhodes started out as a fashion designer! #archivemyths

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With many of Dame Dame Zandra Rhodes designs inspired by nature we're spoilt for choice for #archiveanimals for #Archive30 But we really love this peacock feather fabric & butterfly top for People tree.

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For #somethingbig and glamorous how about this vibrant teepee designed by Dame Zandra Rhodes for Millets, 2010. Happy glamping!

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#fashion #camping

#Archive30 Dame Dame Zandra Rhodes sketches daily while on her travels, providing inspiration for her patterns and designs, incl. this 2014 cityscape dress. #archivebuildings #FashionFriday

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#Archive30 An everyday item irl but gorge floral bed linen from the Dame Dame Zandra Rhodes collection is a 1st for us & is deffo one of our more #unusualitems

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Dame Dame Zandra Rhodes has designed looks for royalty, pop stars and big brands. Delve into the archives for the #hiddenhistories of each creation. Images: Designs for Luke Spiller of The Struts, 2014.

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#ChessTuesday ‘A hobby is a healthy uncoupling from a hot and nervous daily job…’ and how to play correspondence chess 👇🏽
From the International Correspondence Chess Association Monthly Resume, 1946, ECF library.

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#Archive30 jewellery, garments, sketches fabrics, patterns & more 👗💎
You can browse the #archivecollection of fashion designer Dame Dame Zandra Rhodes on our catalogue: specialcollections.catalogue.dmu.ac.uk/records/ZR

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🚨1 week till CLOSING DATE: 15th April, 2024.

dmuleicester writers, would you like to write for an anthology inspired by items held in the archive? More here 👇🏽library.dmu.ac.uk/archivesblog/h………

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