Horrockses Fashions

This Horrockses Fashions dress from the late 1940s is made from Rayon and is printed with a blue, purple, mauve and green floral design on cream background. The front closure has three clear plastic buttons which add a sense of modernism to the design. 

This Horrockses Fashions dress from the late 1940s is made from Rayon and is printed with a blue, purple, mauve and green floral design on cream background. The front closure has three clear plastic buttons which add a sense of modernism to the design. 

This Horrockses Fashions dress from the late 1940s is made from Rayon and is printed with a blue, purple, mauve and green floral design on cream background. The front closure has three clear plastic buttons which add a sense of modernism to the design. 

Donated by Sylvia Eldridge, who was brought up in the Wirral, remembers she ‘always had a good time in this dress.‘ It was bought for her by a family friend who went on regular shopping trips to London. It was worn to dances in the Chester and Liverpool area at venues such as Quaintways, Clemences and Reeces. Horrockses was a well known label at the time and she knew it was a Preston firm as her father was from Lancashire.  

Donated by Sylvia Eldridge, who was brought up in the Wirral, remembers she ‘always had a good time in this dress.‘ It was bought for her by a family friend who went on regular shopping trips to London. It was worn to dances in the Chester and Liverpool area at venues such as Quaintways, Clemences and Reeces. Horrockses was a well known label at the time and she knew it was a Preston firm as her father was from Lancashire.  

Donated by Sylvia Eldridge, who was brought up in the Wirral, remembers she ‘always had a good time in this dress.‘ It was bought for her by a family friend who went on regular shopping trips to London. It was worn to dances in the Chester and Liverpool area at venues such as Quaintways, Clemences and Reeces. Horrockses was a well known label at the time and she knew it was a Preston firm as her father was from Lancashire.  

This dress was discovered in a Preston charity shop by Mrs Karlena Irvine, who immediately connected the Horrockses Fashions label with The Harris. Having visited the museum often as a child and admired its historic costumes, she bought the dress for £2.50 and donated it so it could become part of the collection she had long loved. The elegant cotton dress features a lilac ground scattered with flowing white ribbons and soft pink roses, their painterly design giving the fabric a light, romantic feel. With its full skirt, capped sleeves and gently fitted bodice, it reflects the graceful silhouette typical of Horrockses daywear. 

This dress was discovered in a Preston charity shop by Mrs Karlena Irvine, who immediately connected the Horrockses Fashions label with The Harris. Having visited the museum often as a child and admired its historic costumes, she bought the dress for £2.50 and donated it so it could become part of the collection she had long loved. The elegant cotton dress features a lilac ground scattered with flowing white ribbons and soft pink roses, their painterly design giving the fabric a light, romantic feel. With its full skirt, capped sleeves and gently fitted bodice, it reflects the graceful silhouette typical of Horrockses daywear. 

This dress was discovered in a Preston charity shop by Mrs Karlena Irvine, who immediately connected the Horrockses Fashions label with The Harris. Having visited the museum often as a child and admired its historic costumes, she bought the dress for £2.50 and donated it so it could become part of the collection she had long loved. The elegant cotton dress features a lilac ground scattered with flowing white ribbons and soft pink roses, their painterly design giving the fabric a light, romantic feel. With its full skirt, capped sleeves and gently fitted bodice, it reflects the graceful silhouette typical of Horrockses daywear.