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The Walker Art Gallery will showcase 14 dresses from the decades that brought about some of the most glamorous garments ever created. Shimmer and Shine: Beaded Evening Dresses, 1920-1940 (15 April 2022 to autumn 2023) is a free display which will be showcased in the Walker’s Craft and Design Gallery.  
Visitors will see some of the beaded and sequined dresses that were incredibly popular in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of them were manufactured in France and exported throughout Europe. Such dazzling creations offered a stark contrast to the practical clothing adopted by women during the First World War. 

One sequined evening dress from the 1930s belonged to Mrs Jane Moreton, neé Wilde (1900-1986), daughter of the Chief Officer on the Titanic, Henry Tingle Wilde, who perished with the ship in 1912. Jane married wealthy businessman Henry Stafford Moreton. Her busy social life, linked to Henry’s business, gave her the opportunity to wear such striking and fashionable clothing.

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