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Lower Briggate, Leeds, in 1880, featuring Frederic Forster's Leeds Mourning Warehouse, left, and a black bodice with long sleeves on a mannequin. 
Lower Briggate picture credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries

The death of Queen Victoria and the need to wear mourning dress meant a booming trade for Leeds’ high street.  

School of Design sign in the common room, surrounded by students working at picnic style tables.

Catch up on the next episode of the Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour Global Challenges Podcast.

Former BBC presenter Louise Minchin sitting on a bed, smiling, holding a bag of wool
Picture via Woolroom

Louise Minchin has teamed up with Woolroom for its Menopause and Clean Sleep campaign after revealing how the menopause started to affect her job on BBC Breakfast.

Distance figure walks towards Sadler and Baines on a sunny day

Congratulations to our PGCAP graduates.

A 1950 wool Barathea jacket on a mannekin, left, and a picture of Salts Mill, Saltaire.
Images via Yorkshire Fashion Archive and Flickr/paulmccoubrie

An exhibition in Saltaire will showcase Yorkshire's textile and fashion manufacturing heritage with historical garments and luxury fashion.