Category: Fashion History Kingston upon Hull

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A Story to Tantalise The Eyes… Welcome to our YouTube channel @houseofmirellehull  Watch ‘The Locations’ below  Tour historic Hull from Victorian times through the present-day and explore key places in fashion history and Hull’s history, the place Mirelle called home. Learn the big names in retail, where the House...

Hull History: An Introduction To The House of Mirelle, The Showroom

The Showroom is now live on our YouTube channel House of Mirelle Hull Subscribe to the channel and hit the bell notification icon to be informed of when all the new videos are uploaded Here’s what’s in it…   Between the 1930s and the 1970s some of the most...

Hull History. The House of Mirelle: An Introduction to the Workroom

  The Workroom is now live on YouTube Subscribe to the channel and hit the bell notification icon to be informed when the next Workroom talk is live. —– Here’s what’s in it…   The sewing Workroom was as important to Mirelle as the clothes sold through its doors....

Hull History: An Introduction To The House of Mirelle Locations.

Listen and watch The Locations on YouTube Covering the years between 1938 and 1978 it’s free for you to listen to and share. Learn about its place in the history of fashion and how Hull shaped its success. The House of Mirelle, Hull’s famous fashion house is fondly remembered...

Hull History: Madame Clapham’s 2nd April 1911 visit to 18 Langley Avenue, Surrey

The name ‘Madame Clapham’ is loaded with history. Hull’s famous couturier who made clothes for Norwegian Queen Maude married in Scarborough to the wonderfully named Haigh Clapham, he from Wakefield Yorkshire she from the other side of Britain, Cheltenham, Glos. Initially living in Sculcoates part of Hull where her...

Hull History: The 1950s and 1960s were Glamorous Times at the New York Hotel

Anlaby Road runs behind Paragon Station, unmissable because the Tower Cinema, one of Hull’s landmarks stands sentry over its past. The history of Anlaby Road includes that of the New York Hotel close to where the Tower stands now. Owned by famed hotelier Frederick – Freddy – Gamble, described...

Fashion History: Researching the House of Mirelle Clothing Collection – A Frank Usher Late 1960s Dress

The House of Mirelle was a fashion house with taste. Over the 40 years it was open customers bought a glittering array of clothes, hats and shoes from some of the most well known labels of the time. The list of what was sold at Mirelle is a roll-call...

S.O.S. Give Your Memories Of Hull’s Co-Op BHS and 3 Ships Mural to SAVE OUR SHIPS!

As a child Esther’s father told his daughter stories of the deep sea waters he fished in and the rise and fall of the city of Hull that was their home.   Sipping cafe drinks they sat in front of a building so large its front curved all the...

Hull Fashion History: Modelling in Hull between 1930s and 1950s and Modelling Today

The life of a fashion model seems impossibly glamorous, endless gorgeous clothes, runways and catwalks and camera flashes popping left right and centre as you go about your job. Models and modelling was present in Hull from the early days, as far back as the 1920s and 1930s. In...

Hull Fashion History: Perth Australia House Of Mirelle 1950s Wedding Dress

Watch our video on YouTube Do you recognise this wedding dress? Throughout the 1950s Hull newspapers ran adverts selling tickets to emigrate to Australia; the cost of the ticket to this brand new life was £10.00. Australia believed it needed to increase its population to prevent the risk of...

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