I went to the Fashion and Textile Museum, which is a cozy little museum that shows one large exhibit for several months. Its current exhibit is called Riviera Style--swimwear fashion from 1900 to present day. It was pretty interesting! Pictures are below.
After I walked through the exhibit, I killed some time at the museum cafe with a large glass of white wine ("Good for you!" the cashier said to me) before meeting Jon for pre-theatre dinner at a French restaurant. The food was amazing--my appetizer was a savory cheesecake. I did not know that was a thing until tonight, but it was amazing.
After dinner we saw a play called The Mentalists, with Stephen Merchant and Steffan Rhodri. It was fantastic--and super British! Merchant wants to start a utopian society using Skinner's classical conditioning methods (essentially conditioning everyone to always behave decently, so there would be no war, poverty, pollution, etc.) Rhodri is his best friend, as well as his cameraman--the two of them hole up in a hotel room to create a video explaining Merchant's utopian vision so that he can recruit others for his society. It gets wonderfully weird and dark from there; we were both very happy with it! (It was much better than Bad Jews!) Something that baffles us about London theatre--you have to pay for a program! Not just a nominal fee either, it's 4 pounds! For a glorified cast list! Ridiculous.
There's a Tube strike starting Wednesday evening--the biggest strike in a decade--that will probably go through Thursday, so I imagine we'll be staying a bit closer to home for the next couple days. It'll be a good chance to explore more restaurants and pubs!
If a brief history of swimwear over the last century is of interest to you, see the pictures below!
Bathing dress from the 1890s. It's made of wool, and you'd also wear a cap and shoes with it. They didn't do so well when wet. |
Hannah
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