Post by OnlyMark on Aug 24, 2022 10:29:30 GMT 2
A number of years ago I was with the female contingent of the family, numbering three, and had couple of hours to spare before dropping them off at the airport.
Casting around for something to occupy us I suggested a visit to what was advertised as a car museum. Groans all round until I mentioned it said they had dresses, clothing, hats etc there as well.
We set off with some alacrity and enthusiasm but I know that in the back of their minds they were somewhat disbelieving as to how a car museum could have female apparel.
It turned out to their moderate surprise that it did.
The displays are in chronological order (though I’m not so sure my photos are) and each era displays the cars and dresses in close proximity before moving on to the next.
It opened in 2010 as the Automobile Museum and was renamed in 2021 as Automobile and Fashion Museum. It houses the private collection of Portuguese car fanatic Joao Magalhaes. The collection is worth around 25 million Euros, and is said to be one of the most important vintage car collections in the world.
This museum is housed in the old tobacco factory (Fabrica de Tabacos) constructed in 1927.
It now houses more than 80 vintage and modern cars, dresses, clothing and a collection of 300 vintage hats. “From Balenciaga to Schiaparelli features headpieces dating from hat heyday, the 1920s to 1950s, from all the great fashion houses: Chanel, Dior, Lanvin, Balmain......”
www.museoautomovilmalaga.com/
Here is a selection. I’ve tried to pare it down but I still end up with 50 or so -
More to come.
Casting around for something to occupy us I suggested a visit to what was advertised as a car museum. Groans all round until I mentioned it said they had dresses, clothing, hats etc there as well.
We set off with some alacrity and enthusiasm but I know that in the back of their minds they were somewhat disbelieving as to how a car museum could have female apparel.
It turned out to their moderate surprise that it did.
The displays are in chronological order (though I’m not so sure my photos are) and each era displays the cars and dresses in close proximity before moving on to the next.
It opened in 2010 as the Automobile Museum and was renamed in 2021 as Automobile and Fashion Museum. It houses the private collection of Portuguese car fanatic Joao Magalhaes. The collection is worth around 25 million Euros, and is said to be one of the most important vintage car collections in the world.
This museum is housed in the old tobacco factory (Fabrica de Tabacos) constructed in 1927.
It now houses more than 80 vintage and modern cars, dresses, clothing and a collection of 300 vintage hats. “From Balenciaga to Schiaparelli features headpieces dating from hat heyday, the 1920s to 1950s, from all the great fashion houses: Chanel, Dior, Lanvin, Balmain......”
www.museoautomovilmalaga.com/
Here is a selection. I’ve tried to pare it down but I still end up with 50 or so -
More to come.
