Eastern European Folk clothing is quite a specific area for me to be looking at so I couldn't find any exhibitions that related to it so I decided to go to the National Gallery, The V&A and the Museum of London.
The V&A usually has a whole section on East Europe but unfortunately this section was closed when we went so I didn't find anything on Folk clothing but there was a lot of painting of menswear in the 1800s. The Museum of London was particularly good for this because although there wasn't a big collection, I was able to see the actual clothes rather than just a painting of it. This meant I could get quite close to them and draw specific details that I found interesting. There were lots of paintings in the National Gallery but there weren't many that were specific to my themes so I drew some the paintings of women that had interesting details. I found it more useful to zoom in to certain parts of the garments they were wearing rather that trying to draw the whole painting because it forced me to extract specific details which would be more useful to me when I started my design development.
Overall I didn't find this day a good way to spend my time mainly because I couldn't find much that related to me and project. There were some interesting details that I saw in paintings but I think the research I'd gathered from books was a lot more in depth and useful to me. I think it was good to see the clothing on a larger scale than in a book or on a screen but I think this will help me more in another project when there is a exhibition that relates to my work.
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